Wins : 1934 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)
 

1934 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Gomez 26 New York Yankees 1
Schoolboy Rowe 24 Detroit Tigers 2
Tommy Bridges 22 Detroit Tigers 3
Mel Harder 20 Cleveland Indians 4
Red Ruffing 19 New York Yankees 5
Monte Pearson 18 Cleveland Indians 6
Bobo Newsom 16 St. Louis Browns 7
Elden Auker 15 Detroit Tigers 8
Willis Hudlin 15 Cleveland Indians  
Firpo Marberry 15 Detroit Tigers  
George Blaeholder 14 St. Louis Browns 11
George Earnshaw 14 Chicago White Sox  
Wes Ferrell 14 Boston Red Sox  
Johnny Marcum 14 Philadelphia Athletics  
Johnny Murphy 14 New York Yankees  
Earl Whitehill 14 Washington Senators  
Johnny Welch 13 Boston Red Sox 17
Johnny Broaca 12 New York Yankees 18
Joe Cascarella 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
Gordon Rhodes 12 Boston Red Sox  
Bill Dietrich 11 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Oral Hildebrand 11 Cleveland Indians  
Ted Lyons 11 Chicago White Sox  
Monte Weaver 11 Washington Senators  
Bump Hadley 10 St. Louis Browns 25



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.

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?

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.