Wins : 1894 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)
 

1894 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Amos Rusie 36 New York Giants 1
Jouett Meekin 33 New York Giants 2
Kid Nichols 32 Boston Beaneaters 3
Ted Breitenstein 27 St. Louis Browns 4
Ed Stein 26 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5
Jack Stivetts 26 Boston Beaneaters  
Cy Young 26 Cleveland Spiders  
Sadie McMahon 25 Baltimore Orioles 8
Nig Cuppy 24 Cleveland Spiders 9
Brickyard Kennedy 24 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Jack Taylor 23 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Clark Griffith 21 Chicago Colts 12
Frank Dwyer 19 Cincinnati Reds 13
Red Ehret 19 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pink Hawley 19 St. Louis Browns  
Kid Carsey 18 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Kid Gleason 17 St. Louis Browns 17
Baltimore Orioles  
George Hemming 17 Louisville Colonels  
Baltimore Orioles  
Win Mercer 17 Washington Senators  
Tom Parrott 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Hawke 16 Baltimore Orioles 21
Gus Weyhing 16 Philadelphia Phillies  
Duke Esper 15 Washington Senators 23
Baltimore Orioles  
Ad Gumbert 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Hutchinson 14 Chicago Colts 25



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.