Wins : 1964 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1964 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Jackson 24 Chicago Cubs 1
Juan Marichal 21 San Francisco Giants 2
Ray Sadecki 20 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Jim Bunning 19 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Tony Cloninger 19 Milwaukee Braves  
Bob Gibson 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Sandy Koufax 19 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Drysdale 18 Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Curt Simmons 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Veale 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Denny Lemaster 17 Milwaukee Braves 11
Jim O'Toole 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Chris Short 17 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Bruce 15 Houston Colt .45s 14
Bob Buhl 15 Chicago Cubs  
Jim Maloney 15 Cincinnati Reds  
Dick Ellsworth 14 Chicago Cubs 17
Bob Friend 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Dennis Bennett 12 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Vern Law 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Mahaffey 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gaylord Perry 12 San Francisco Giants  
Turk Farrell 11 Houston Colt .45s 23
Hank Fischer 11 Milwaukee Braves  
Al Jackson 11 New York Mets  



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).

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.

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.