Wins : 1901 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)
 

1901 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Donovan 25 Brooklyn Superbas 1
Jack Harper 23 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Noodles Hahn 22 Cincinnati Reds 3
Deacon Phillippe 22 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Chesbro 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Red Donahue 21 Philadelphia Phillies  
Christy Mathewson 20 New York Giants 7
Al Orth 20 Philadelphia Phillies  
Vic Willis 20 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Duggleby 19 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Frank Kitson 19 Brooklyn Superbas  
Kid Nichols 19 Boston Beaneaters  
Jack Powell 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jesse Tannehill 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Dummy Taylor 18 New York Giants  
Jay Hughes 17 Brooklyn Superbas 16
Willie Sudhoff 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Dinneen 15 Boston Beaneaters 18
Sam Leever 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bill Phillips 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Rube Waddell 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Chicago Orphans  
Doc White 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Togie Pittinger 13 Boston Beaneaters 23
Jack Taylor 13 Chicago Orphans  
Tom Hughes 10 Chicago Orphans 25



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

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.