Wins : 1919 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)
 

1919 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jesse Barnes 25 New York Giants 1
Slim Sallee 21 Cincinnati Reds 2
Hippo Vaughn 21 Chicago Cubs  
Wilbur Cooper 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Hod Eller 19 Cincinnati Reds  
Dutch Ruether 19 Cincinnati Reds  
Babe Adams 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Rube Benton 17 New York Giants  
Art Nehf 17 Boston Braves  
New York Giants  
Jeff Pfeffer 17 Brooklyn Robins  
Grover Alexander 16 Chicago Cubs 11
Leon Cadore 14 Brooklyn Robins 12
Ray Fisher 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Red Causey 13 New York Giants 14
Boston Braves  
Bill Doak 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Frank Miller 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dick Rudolph 13 Boston Braves  
Fred Toney 13 New York Giants  
Phil Douglas 12 Chicago Cubs 19
New York Giants  
Lee Meadows 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Marv Goodwin 11 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Burleigh Grimes 10 Brooklyn Robins 22
Claude Hendrix 10 Chicago Cubs  
Dolf Luque 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Al Mamaux 10 Brooklyn Robins  



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).

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.

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