Wins : 1903 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)
 

1903 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe McGinnity 31 New York Giants 1
Christy Mathewson 30 New York Giants 2
Sam Leever 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Deacon Phillippe 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Noodles Hahn 22 Cincinnati Reds 5
Henry Schmidt 22 Brooklyn Superbas  
Jack Taylor 21 Chicago Cubs 7
Jake Weimer 20 Chicago Cubs 8
Bob Wicker 20 St. Louis Cardinals  
Chicago Cubs  
Oscar Jones 19 Brooklyn Superbas 10
Togie Pittinger 18 Boston Beaneaters 11
Ed Doheny 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Jack Sutthoff 16 Cincinnati Reds  
Ned Garvin 15 Brooklyn Superbas 14
Bob Ewing 14 Cincinnati Reds 15
Bill Duggleby 13 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Dummy Taylor 13 New York Giants  
Chick Fraser 12 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Vic Willis 12 Boston Beaneaters  
Carl Lundgren 11 Chicago Cubs 20
John Malarkey 11 Boston Beaneaters  
Fred Mitchell 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tully Sparks 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mordecai Brown 9 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Brickyard Kennedy 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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

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.

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.