Wins : 1881 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1881 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Corcoran 31 Chicago White Stockings 1
Jim Whitney 31 Boston Red Caps  
George Derby 29 Detroit Wolverines 3
Pud Galvin 28 Buffalo Bisons 4
Jim McCormick 26 Cleveland Blues 5
Old Hoss Radbourn 25 Providence Grays 6
Lee Richmond 25 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Fred Goldsmith 24 Chicago White Stockings 8
Mickey Welch 21 Troy Trojans 9
Tim Keefe 18 Troy Trojans 10
John Ward 18 Providence Grays  
Jack Lynch 10 Buffalo Bisons 12
The Only Nolan 8 Cleveland Blues 13
Stump Wiedman 8 Detroit Wolverines  
Fred Corey 6 Worcester Ruby Legs 15
John Fox 6 Boston Red Caps  
Bobby Mathews 5 Providence Grays 17
Boston Red Caps  
Blondie Purcell 4 Buffalo Bisons 18
Curry Foley 3 Buffalo Bisons 19
Frank Mountain 3 Detroit Wolverines  
George Bradley 2 Cleveland Blues 21
Harry McCormick 1 Worcester Ruby Legs 22
Tony Mullane 1 Detroit Wolverines  
Ned Williamson 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.