Wins : 1923 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)
 

1923 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dolf Luque 27 Cincinnati Reds 1
Johnny Morrison 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Grover Alexander 22 Chicago Cubs 3
Pete Donohue 21 Cincinnati Reds 4
Burleigh Grimes 21 Brooklyn Robins  
Jesse Haines 20 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Eppa Rixey 20 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Ring 18 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Dazzy Vance 18 Brooklyn Robins  
Wilbur Cooper 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Lee Meadows 17 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vic Aldridge 16 Chicago Cubs 12
Rosy Ryan 16 New York Giants  
Jack Scott 16 New York Giants  
Hugh McQuillan 15 New York Giants 15
Dutch Ruether 15 Brooklyn Robins  
Bill Sherdel 15 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rube Benton 14 Cincinnati Reds 18
Tony Kaufmann 14 Chicago Cubs  
Babe Adams 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Jesse Barnes 13 New York Giants  
Boston Braves  
Jack Bentley 13 New York Giants  
Joe Genewich 13 Boston Braves  
Art Nehf 13 New York Giants  
Vic Keen 12 Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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?

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