Wins : 1911 American 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)
 

1911 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jack Coombs 28 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Ed Walsh 27 Chicago White Sox 2
Walter Johnson 25 Washington Senators 3
Vean Gregg 23 Cleveland Naps 4
Eddie Plank 23 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Wood 23 Boston Red Sox  
Russ Ford 22 New York Highlanders 7
George Mullin 18 Detroit Tigers 8
Chief Bender 17 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Cy Morgan 15 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Ray Caldwell 14 New York Highlanders 11
Jim Scott 14 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Groom 13 Washington Senators 13
Gene Krapp 13 Cleveland Naps  
Ed Willett 13 Detroit Tigers  
Jack Warhop 12 New York Highlanders 16
Eddie Cicotte 11 Boston Red Sox 17
Ray Collins 11 Boston Red Sox  
Tom Hughes 11 Washington Senators  
Harry Krause 11 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Lafitte 11 Detroit Tigers  
Ed Summers 11 Detroit Tigers  
Ralph Works 11 Detroit Tigers  
Bill Donovan 10 Detroit Tigers 24
Ray Fisher 10 New York Highlanders  



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.

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.

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.