Wins : 1946 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)
 

1946 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Howie Pollet 21 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Sain 20 Boston Braves 2
Kirby Higbe 17 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Harry Brecheen 15 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Murry Dickson 15 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Hatten 14 Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Dave Koslo 14 New York Giants  
Hank Wyse 14 Chicago Cubs  
Mort Cooper 13 Boston Braves 9
Vic Lombardi 13 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Fritz Ostermueller 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Beggs 12 Cincinnati Reds 12
Hank Borowy 12 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Wright 12 Boston Braves  
Hank Behrman 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Al Brazle 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hugh Casey 11 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Oscar Judd 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Schoolboy Rowe 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Schmitz 11 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Lee 10 Boston Braves 21
Nick Strincevich 10 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Vander Meer 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Bucky Walters 10 Cincinnati Reds  
Ewell Blackwell 9 Cincinnati Reds 25



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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

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.