Wins : 1926 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1926 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pete Donohue 20 Cincinnati Reds 1
Ray Kremer 20 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Lee Meadows 20 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Flint Rhem 20 St. Louis Cardinals  
Carl Mays 19 Cincinnati Reds 5
Charlie Root 18 Chicago Cubs 6
Hal Carlson 17 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Jesse Petty 17 Brooklyn Robins  
Bill Sherdel 16 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Larry Benton 14 Boston Braves 10
Freddie Fitzsimmons 14 New York Giants  
Eppa Rixey 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Guy Bush 13 Chicago Cubs 13
Kent Greenfield 13 New York Giants  
Jesse Haines 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dolf Luque 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Jakie May 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Scott 13 New York Giants  
Grover Alexander 12 Chicago Cubs 19
St. Louis Cardinals  
Burleigh Grimes 12 Brooklyn Robins  
Percy Jones 12 Chicago Cubs  
Sheriff Blake 11 Chicago Cubs 22
Hugh McQuillan 11 New York Giants  
Doug McWeeny 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Jimmy Ring 11 New York Giants  



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.

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?