Wins : 1916 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)
 

1916 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 33 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jeff Pfeffer 25 Brooklyn Robins 2
Eppa Rixey 22 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Al Mamaux 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Al Demaree 19 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Dick Rudolph 19 Boston Braves  
Larry Cheney 18 Brooklyn Robins 7
Pol Perritt 18 New York Giants  
Lefty Tyler 17 Boston Braves 9
Hippo Vaughn 17 Chicago Cubs  
Rube Benton 16 New York Giants 11
Tom Hughes 16 Boston Braves  
Slim Sallee 14 St. Louis Cardinals 13
New York Giants  
Sherry Smith 14 Brooklyn Robins  
Jeff Tesreau 14 New York Giants  
Fred Toney 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Coombs 13 Brooklyn Robins 17
Rube Marquard 13 Brooklyn Robins  
Wilbur Cooper 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bill Doak 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Lee Meadows 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Ames 11 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Clarence Mitchell 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Lavender 10 Chicago Cubs 24
Gene Packard 10 Chicago Cubs  



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).

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?

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.