Wins : 1946 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)
 

1946 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller 26 Cleveland Indians 1
Hal Newhouser 26 Detroit Tigers  
Dave Ferriss 25 Boston Red Sox 3
Spud Chandler 20 New York Yankees 4
Tex Hughson 20 Boston Red Sox  
Mickey Harris 17 Boston Red Sox 6
Dizzy Trout 17 Detroit Tigers  
Bill Bevens 16 New York Yankees 8
Mickey Haefner 14 Washington Senators 9
Fred Hutchinson 14 Detroit Tigers  
Bobo Newsom 14 Philadelphia Athletics  
Washington Senators  
Virgil Trucks 14 Detroit Tigers  
Earl Caldwell 13 Chicago White Sox 13
Joe Dobson 13 Boston Red Sox  
Jack Kramer 13 St. Louis Browns  
Ed Lopat 13 Chicago White Sox  
Phil Marchildon 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
Al Benton 11 Detroit Tigers 18
Randy Gumpert 11 New York Yankees  
Allie Reynolds 11 Cleveland Indians  
Dutch Leonard 10 Washington Senators 21
Jesse Flores 9 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Dick Fowler 9 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Page 9 New York Yankees  
Sam Zoldak 9 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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.

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.