Wins : 1884 American Association Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1884 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Guy Hecker 52 Louisville Colonels 1
Tim Keefe 37 New York Metropolitans 2
Jack Lynch 37 New York Metropolitans  
Tony Mullane 36 Toledo Blue Stockings 4
Ed Morris 34 Columbus Colts 5
Will White 34 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Bob Emslie 32 Baltimore Orioles 7
Bobby Mathews 30 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Hardie Henderson 27 Baltimore Orioles 9
Jumbo McGinnis 24 St. Louis Browns 10
Frank Mountain 23 Columbus Colts 11
Bill Mountjoy 19 Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
Adonis Terry 19 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers  
Sam Kimber 18 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 14
Larry McKeon 18 Indianapolis Blues  
Billy Taylor 18 Philadelphia Athletics  
Fleury Sullivan 16 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 17
Dave Foutz 15 St. Louis Browns 18
Bob Barr 12 Washington Nationals 19
Indianapolis Blues  
Al Atkinson 11 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Jack Neagle 11 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Tip O'Neill 11 St. Louis Browns  
Gus Shallix 11 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Daisy Davis 10 St. Louis Browns 24
Hank O'Day 9 Toledo Blue Stockings 25



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).

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.

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