Wins : 1989 National League Top 25

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1989 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Scott 20 Houston Astros 1
Greg Maddux 19 Chicago Cubs 2
Mike Bielecki 18 Chicago Cubs 3
Joe Magrane 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rick Reuschel 17 San Francisco Giants 5
Jose DeLeon 16 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Dennis Martinez 16 Montreal Expos  
Rick Sutcliffe 16 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Whitson 16 San Diego Padres  
Tim Belcher 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Tom Browning 15 Cincinnati Reds  
Jim Deshaies 15 Houston Astros  
Orel Hershiser 15 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bruce Hurst 15 San Diego Padres  
David Cone 14 New York Mets 15
Ron Darling 14 New York Mets  
Doug Drabek 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Sid Fernandez 14 New York Mets  
Scott Garrelts 14 San Francisco Giants  
Tom Glavine 14 Atlanta Braves  
Bob Ojeda 13 New York Mets 21
Bob Walk 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ken Howell 12 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Mark Langston 12 Montreal Expos  
Jeff Parrett 12 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.