Wins : 1945 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1945 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Red Barrett 23 Boston Braves 1
St. Louis Cardinals  
Hank Wyse 22 Chicago Cubs 2
Ken Burkhart 18 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Hal Gregg 18 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Claude Passeau 17 Chicago Cubs 5
Paul Derringer 16 Chicago Cubs 6
Nick Strincevich 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry Brecheen 15 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Van Mungo 14 New York Giants 9
Preacher Roe 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Voiselle 14 New York Giants  
Ray Prim 13 Chicago Cubs 12
Harry Feldman 12 New York Giants 13
Ace Adams 11 New York Giants 14
Hank Borowy 11 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Bowman 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Ken Gables 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Heusser 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Rip Sewell 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Max Butcher 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Curt Davis 10 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Vic Lombardi 10 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Tom Seats 10 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bucky Walters 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Mort Cooper 9 St. Louis Cardinals 25
Boston Braves  



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.

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