Wins : 1942 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)
 

1942 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mort Cooper 22 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Beazley 21 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Claude Passeau 19 Chicago Cubs 3
Whit Wyatt 19 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Johnny Vander Meer 18 Cincinnati Reds 5
Rip Sewell 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Kirby Higbe 16 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Curt Davis 15 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Larry French 15 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Ray Starr 15 Cincinnati Reds  
Bucky Walters 15 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Lohrman 14 St. Louis Cardinals 12
New York Giants  
Howie Krist 13 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Max Lanier 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Lee 13 Chicago Cubs  
Tommy Hughes 12 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Al Javery 12 Boston Braves  
Hal Schumacher 12 New York Giants  
Jim Tobin 12 Boston Braves  
Bob Carpenter 11 New York Giants 20
Carl Hubbell 11 New York Giants  
Cliff Melton 11 New York Giants  
Lon Warneke 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Allen 10 Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Paul Derringer 10 Cincinnati Reds  



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?

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.