Wins : 1890 Players 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1890 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the Players League

Mark Baldwin 34 Chicago Pirates 1
Silver King 30 Chicago Pirates 2
Gus Weyhing 30 Brooklyn Wonders  
Old Hoss Radbourn 27 Boston Red Stockings 4
Ad Gumbert 23 Boston Red Stockings 5
Henry Gruber 22 Cleveland Infants 6
Phil Knell 22 Philadelphia Quakers  
Hank O'Day 22 New York Giants  
Harry Staley 21 Pittsburgh Burghers 9
Charlie Buffinton 19 Philadelphia Quakers 10
Ben Sanders 19 Philadelphia Quakers  
John Sowders 19 Brooklyn Wonders  
Bill Daley 18 Boston Red Stockings 13
John Ewing 18 New York Giants  
Tim Keefe 17 New York Giants 15
Ed Crane 16 New York Giants 16
Al Maul 16 Pittsburgh Burghers  
George Van Haltren 15 Brooklyn Wonders 18
Jersey Bakley 12 Cleveland Infants 19
Bert Cunningham 12 Philadelphia Quakers  
Buffalo Bisons  
Pud Galvin 12 Pittsburgh Burghers  
Willie McGill 11 Cleveland Infants 22
George Haddock 9 Buffalo Bisons 23
Matt Kilroy 9 Boston Red Stockings  
Charlie Bartson 8 Chicago Pirates 25



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.

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.

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.