Wins : 1981 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1981 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Tom Seaver 14 Cincinnati Reds 1
Steve Carlton 13 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Fernando Valenzuela 13 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Steve Rogers 12 Montreal Expos 4
Dick Ruthven 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mario Soto 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Doyle Alexander 11 San Francisco Giants 7
Burt Hooton 11 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Nolan Ryan 11 Houston Astros  
Don Sutton 11 Houston Astros  
Bob Forsch 10 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Jerry Reuss 10 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bruce Berenyi 9 Cincinnati Reds 13
Ray Burris 9 Montreal Expos  
Rick Camp 9 Atlanta Braves  
Tom Hume 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Bob Knepper 9 Houston Astros  
Mike Krukow 9 Chicago Cubs  
Sparky Lyle 9 Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Niekro 9 Houston Astros  
Rick Rhoden 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Scott Sanderson 9 Montreal Expos  
Bob Welch 9 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Joaquin Andujar 8 Houston Astros 24
St. Louis Cardinals  
Vida Blue 8 San Francisco Giants  



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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