Wins : 1962 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)
 

1962 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Don Drysdale 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Jack Sanford 24 San Francisco Giants 2
Bob Purkey 23 Cincinnati Reds 3
Joey Jay 21 Cincinnati Reds 4
Art Mahaffey 19 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Billy O'Dell 19 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Friend 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Juan Marichal 18 San Francisco Giants  
Warren Spahn 18 Milwaukee Braves  
Larry Jackson 16 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Jim O'Toole 16 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Pierce 16 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Gibson 15 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Al McBean 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Podres 15 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Shaw 15 Milwaukee Braves  
Sandy Koufax 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Stan Williams 14 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jack Baldschun 12 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Ernie Broglio 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Buhl 12 Milwaukee Braves  
Chicago Cubs  
Ray Washburn 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Hendley 11 Milwaukee Braves 23
Cal McLish 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chris Short 11 Philadelphia Phillies  



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?

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.