Wins : 1899 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1899 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jay Hughes 28 Brooklyn Superbas 1
Joe McGinnity 28 Baltimore Orioles  
Vic Willis 27 Boston Beaneaters 3
Cy Young 26 St. Louis Perfectos 4
Jesse Tannehill 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Jack Dunn 23 Brooklyn Superbas 6
Noodles Hahn 23 Cincinnati Reds  
Wiley Piatt 23 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jack Powell 23 St. Louis Perfectos  
Clark Griffith 22 Chicago Orphans 10
Brickyard Kennedy 22 Brooklyn Superbas  
Frank Kitson 22 Baltimore Orioles  
Nixey Callahan 21 Chicago Orphans 13
Red Donahue 21 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chick Fraser 21 Philadelphia Phillies  
Sam Leever 21 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Kid Nichols 21 Boston Beaneaters  
Deacon Phillippe 21 Louisville Colonels  
Doc McJames 19 Brooklyn Superbas 19
Jack Taylor 18 Chicago Orphans 20
Bert Cunningham 17 Louisville Colonels 21
Ted Lewis 17 Boston Beaneaters  
Jerry Nops 17 Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Phillips 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Gus Weyhing 17 Washington Senators  



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.

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

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?