Wins : 1912 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)
 

1912 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Wood 34 Boston Red Sox 1
Walter Johnson 33 Washington Senators 2
Ed Walsh 27 Chicago White Sox 3
Eddie Plank 26 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Bob Groom 24 Washington Senators 5
Jack Coombs 21 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Hugh Bedient 20 Boston Red Sox 7
Vean Gregg 20 Cleveland Naps  
Buck O'Brien 20 Boston Red Sox  
Fred Blanding 18 Cleveland Naps 10
Jean Dubuc 17 Detroit Tigers 11
Ed Willett 17 Detroit Tigers  
Charley Hall 15 Boston Red Sox 13
Chief Bender 13 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Joe Benz 13 Chicago White Sox  
Boardwalk Brown 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ray Collins 13 Boston Red Sox  
Russ Ford 13 New York Highlanders  
Tom Hughes 13 Washington Senators  
George Kahler 12 Cleveland Naps 20
George Mullin 12 Detroit Tigers  
George Baumgardner 11 St. Louis Browns 22
Earl Hamilton 11 St. Louis Browns  
Carl Cashion 10 Washington Senators 24
Eddie Cicotte 10 Boston Red Sox  
Chicago White Sox  



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).

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

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?