Wins : 1958 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1958 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Turley 21 New York Yankees 1
Billy Pierce 17 Chicago White Sox 2
Frank Lary 16 Detroit Tigers 3
Cal McLish 16 Cleveland Indians  
Dick Donovan 15 Chicago White Sox 5
Paul Foytack 15 Detroit Tigers  
Arnie Portocarrero 15 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Bunning 14 Detroit Tigers 8
Ike Delock 14 Boston Red Sox  
Whitey Ford 14 New York Yankees  
Billy O'Dell 14 Baltimore Orioles  
Pedro Ramos 14 Washington Senators  
Early Wynn 14 Chicago White Sox  
Ray Narleski 13 Cleveland Indians 14
Frank Sullivan 13 Boston Red Sox  
Gary Bell 12 Cleveland Indians 16
Tom Brewer 12 Boston Red Sox  
Ned Garver 12 Kansas City Athletics  
Jack Harshman 12 Baltimore Orioles  
Duke Maas 11 Kansas City Athletics 20
New York Yankees  
Ralph Terry 11 Kansas City Athletics  
Murry Dickson 10 Kansas City Athletics 22
New York Yankees  
Mudcat Grant 10 Cleveland Indians  
Billy Hoeft 10 Detroit Tigers  
Dick Hyde 10 Washington Senators  



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.

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

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.