Wins : 1882 American Association 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)
 

1882 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Will White 40 Cincinnati Red Stockings 1
Tony Mullane 30 Louisville Eclipse 2
Sam Weaver 26 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Jumbo McGinnis 25 St. Louis Brown Stockings 4
Harry Salisbury 20 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 5
Harry McCormick 14 Cincinnati Red Stockings 6
Denny Driscoll 13 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 7
Doc Landis 12 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Sweeney 9 Philadelphia Athletics 9
John Schappert 8 St. Louis Brown Stockings 10
Guy Hecker 6 Louisville Eclipse 11
Harry Arundel 4 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 12
Bill Geis 4 Baltimore Orioles  
John Reccius 4 Louisville Eclipse  
Jack Leary 3 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 15
Baltimore Orioles  
Bert Dorr 2 St. Louis Brown Stockings 16
Frank Mountain 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Charlie Bohn 1 Louisville Eclipse 18
Morrie Critchley 1 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Eddie Fusselback 1 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Tricky Nichols 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Charlie Reynolds 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Schenck 1 Louisville Colonels  
George Snyder 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cub Stricker 1 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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.