Wins : 1963 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)
 

1963 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Juan Marichal 25 San Francisco Giants  
Jim Maloney 23 Cincinnati Reds 3
Warren Spahn 23 Milwaukee Braves  
Dick Ellsworth 22 Chicago Cubs 5
Don Drysdale 19 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Ernie Broglio 18 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Bob Gibson 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Friend 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Jim O'Toole 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Ron Perranoski 16 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Jack Sanford 16 San Francisco Giants  
Joe Nuxhall 15 Cincinnati Reds 13
Curt Simmons 15 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ray Culp 14 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Turk Farrell 14 Houston Colt .45s  
Larry Jackson 14 Chicago Cubs  
Billy O'Dell 14 San Francisco Giants  
Johnny Podres 14 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Cardwell 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Al Jackson 13 New York Mets  
Al McBean 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Lindy McDaniel 13 Chicago Cubs  
Cal McLish 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Tsitouris 12 Cincinnati Reds 25



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).

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.