Wins : 1883 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1883 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Old Hoss Radbourn 48 Providence Grays 1
Pud Galvin 46 Buffalo Bisons 2
Jim Whitney 37 Boston Beaneaters 3
Larry Corcoran 34 Chicago White Stockings 4
Jim McCormick 28 Cleveland Blues 5
Charlie Buffinton 25 Boston Beaneaters 6
Fred Goldsmith 25 Chicago White Stockings  
Mickey Welch 25 New York Gothams  
Hugh Daily 23 Cleveland Blues 9
Stump Wiedman 20 Detroit Wolverines 10
John Ward 16 New York Gothams 11
John Coleman 12 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Dupee Shaw 10 Detroit Wolverines 13
Charlie Sweeney 7 Providence Grays 14
Jack Jones 6 Detroit Wolverines 15
Tip O'Neill 5 New York Gothams 16
Will Sawyer 4 Cleveland Blues 17
Ed Cushman 3 Buffalo Bisons 18
Lee Richmond 3 Providence Grays  
Dick Burns 2 Detroit Wolverines 20
George Derby 2 Buffalo Bisons  
Blondie Purcell 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Curry Foley 1 Buffalo Bisons 23
Art Hagan 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Buffalo Bisons  
Frank McIntyre 1 Detroit Wolverines  



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).