Wins : 1918 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1918 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hippo Vaughn 22 Chicago Cubs 1
Claude Hendrix 20 Chicago Cubs 2
Wilbur Cooper 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Burleigh Grimes 19 Brooklyn Robins  
Lefty Tyler 19 Chicago Cubs  
Pol Perritt 18 New York Giants 6
Hod Eller 16 Cincinnati Reds 7
Erskine Mayer 16 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Nehf 15 Boston Braves 9
Brad Hogg 13 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Mike Prendergast 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gene Packard 12 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Fred Toney 12 Cincinnati Reds  
New York Giants  
Red Causey 11 New York Giants 14
Larry Cheney 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Frank Miller 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Phil Douglas 10 Chicago Cubs 17
Pete Schneider 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Red Ames 9 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Bill Doak 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Elmer Jacobs 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Rube Marquard 9 Brooklyn Robins  
Jimmy Ring 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Dick Rudolph 9 Boston Braves  
Rube Bressler 8 Cincinnati Reds 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.

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?

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).