Wins : 1931 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1931 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Grove 31 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Wes Ferrell 22 Cleveland Indians 2
George Earnshaw 21 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Lefty Gomez 21 New York Yankees  
Rube Walberg 20 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Alvin Crowder 18 Washington Senators 6
Danny MacFayden 16 Boston Red Sox 7
Firpo Marberry 16 Washington Senators  
Red Ruffing 16 New York Yankees  
Lloyd Brown 15 Washington Senators 10
Willis Hudlin 15 Cleveland Indians  
Roy Mahaffey 15 Philadelphia Athletics  
Lefty Stewart 14 St. Louis Browns 13
Carl Fischer 13 Washington Senators 14
Vic Frazier 13 Chicago White Sox  
Mel Harder 13 Cleveland Indians  
Waite Hoyt 13 Detroit Tigers  
Philadelphia Athletics  
Hank Johnson 13 New York Yankees  
Vic Sorrell 13 Detroit Tigers  
Earl Whitehill 13 Detroit Tigers  
George Blaeholder 11 St. Louis Browns 21
Clint Brown 11 Cleveland Indians  
Sam Gray 11 St. Louis Browns  
Bump Hadley 11 Washington Senators  
Wilcy Moore 11 Boston Red Sox  



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

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.

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.