Wins : 1927 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)
 

1927 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Charlie Root 26 Chicago Cubs 1
Jesse Haines 24 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Carmen Hill 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Grover Alexander 21 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Burleigh Grimes 19 New York Giants 5
Ray Kremer 19 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Lee Meadows 19 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Red Lucas 18 Cincinnati Reds 8
Larry Benton 17 Boston Braves 9
New York Giants  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 17 New York Giants  
Bill Sherdel 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hal Carlson 16 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Chicago Cubs  
Dazzy Vance 16 Brooklyn Robins  
Vic Aldridge 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Jakie May 15 Cincinnati Reds  
Virgil Barnes 14 New York Giants 16
Sheriff Blake 13 Chicago Cubs 17
Kent Greenfield 13 New York Giants  
Boston Braves  
Dolf Luque 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Jesse Petty 13 Brooklyn Robins  
Eppa Rixey 12 Cincinnati Reds 21
Bill Doak 11 Brooklyn Robins 22
Joe Genewich 11 Boston Braves  
Dutch Henry 11 New York Giants  
Guy Bush 10 Chicago Cubs 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.

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?