Wins : 1986 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
 

1986 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Fernando Valenzuela 21 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Mike Krukow 20 San Francisco Giants 2
Bob Ojeda 18 New York Mets 3
Mike Scott 18 Houston Astros  
Dwight Gooden 17 New York Mets 5
Bob Knepper 17 Houston Astros  
Sid Fernandez 16 New York Mets 7
Ron Darling 15 New York Mets 8
Bill Gullickson 15 Cincinnati Reds  
Rick Rhoden 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tom Browning 14 Cincinnati Reds 11
Bob Forsch 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Orel Hershiser 14 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Rick Mahler 14 Atlanta Braves  
Roger McDowell 14 New York Mets  
Scott Garrelts 13 San Francisco Giants 16
John Tudor 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Floyd Youmans 13 Montreal Expos  
Danny Cox 12 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Jim Deshaies 12 Houston Astros  
Kevin Gross 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Nolan Ryan 12 Houston Astros  
John Denny 11 Cincinnati Reds 23
Rick Honeycutt 11 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Charlie Kerfeld 11 Houston Astros  



Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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.