Wins : 1877 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1877 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tommy Bond 40 Boston Red Caps 1
Jim Devlin 35 Louisville Grays 2
Terry Larkin 29 Hartford Dark Blues 3
George Bradley 18 Chicago White Stockings 4
Tricky Nichols 18 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Joe Blong 10 St. Louis Brown Stockings 6
Bobby Mitchell 6 Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Candy Cummings 5 Cincinnati Red Stockings 8
Cal McVey 4 Chicago White Stockings 9
Bobby Mathews 3 Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Laurie Reis 3 Chicago White Stockings  
Will White 2 Boston Red Caps 12
Amos Booth 1 Cincinnati Red Stockings 13
John Cassidy 1 Hartford Dark Blues  
Bob Ferguson 1 Hartford Dark Blues  
Al Spalding 1 Chicago White Stockings  



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.