Wins : 1983 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:

"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)
 

1983 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Denny 19 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill Gullickson 17 Montreal Expos 2
Steve Rogers 17 Montreal Expos  
Mario Soto 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Charlie Lea 16 Montreal Expos 5
John Candelaria 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Steve Carlton 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Craig McMurtry 15 Atlanta Braves  
Larry McWilliams 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Niekro 15 Houston Astros  
Pascual Perez 15 Atlanta Braves  
Eric Show 15 San Diego Padres  
Fernando Valenzuela 15 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Welch 15 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dave Dravecky 14 San Diego Padres 15
Chuck Rainey 14 Chicago Cubs  
Nolan Ryan 14 Houston Astros  
Bill Laskey 13 San Francisco Giants 18
Jesse Orosco 13 New York Mets  
Rick Rhoden 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dick Ruthven 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chicago Cubs  
Neil Allen 12 New York Mets 22
St. Louis Cardinals  
Dave LaPoint 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Alejandro Pena 12 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jerry Reuss 12 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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 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?