Wins : 2006 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

2006 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Aaron Harang 16 Cincinnati Reds 1
Derek Lowe 16 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Brad Penny 16 Los Angeles Dodgers  
John Smoltz 16 Atlanta Braves  
Brandon Webb 16 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Carlos Zambrano 16 Chicago Cubs  
Chris Carpenter 15 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Tom Glavine 15 New York Mets  
Greg Maddux 15 Chicago Cubs  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Roy Oswalt 15 Houston Astros  
Steve Trachsel 15 New York Mets  
Bronson Arroyo 14 Cincinnati Reds 12
Jason Marquis 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Andy Pettitte 14 Houston Astros  
Ian Snell 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Matt Cain 13 San Francisco Giants 16
Jeff Francis 13 Colorado Rockies  
Livan Hernandez 13 Washington Nationals  
Arizona Diamondbacks  
Tim Hudson 13 Atlanta Braves  
Dave Bush 12 Milwaukee Brewers 20
Josh Johnson 12 Florida Marlins  
Brett Myers 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Scott Olsen 12 Florida Marlins  
Jeff Suppan 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Claudio Vargas 12 Arizona Diamondbacks  



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

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 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?