Wins : 2003 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

2003 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Russ Ortiz 21 Atlanta Braves 1
Mark Prior 18 Chicago Cubs 2
Woody Williams 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jason Schmidt 17 San Francisco Giants 4
Greg Maddux 16 Atlanta Braves 5
Hideo Nomo 16 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Steve Trachsel 16 New York Mets  
Randy Wolf 16 Philadelphia Phillies  
Livan Hernandez 15 Montreal Expos 9
Al Leiter 15 New York Mets  
Jeriome Robertson 15 Houston Astros  
Kevin Brown 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Matt Clement 14 Chicago Cubs  
Mike Hampton 14 Atlanta Braves  
Wade Miller 14 Houston Astros  
Kevin Millwood 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Brett Myers 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Vicente Padilla 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Brad Penny 14 Florida Marlins  
Mark Redman 14 Florida Marlins  
Dontrelle Willis 14 Florida Marlins  
Kerry Wood 14 Chicago Cubs  
Darren Oliver 13 Colorado Rockies 23
Brett Tomko 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Javier Vazquez 13 Montreal Expos  



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.

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.