Top 25 Wins in 1959 in the American League

Wins : 1959 American League Top 25

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"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)

1959 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Wins Team Rank

Early Wynn 22 Chicago White Sox 1

Cal McLish 19 Cleveland Indians 2

Bob Shaw 18 Chicago White Sox 3

Jim Bunning 17 Detroit Tigers 4

Frank Lary 17 Detroit Tigers

Don Mossi 17 Detroit Tigers

Camilo Pascual 17 Washington Senators

Gary Bell 16 Cleveland Indians 8

Bud Daley 16 Kansas City Athletics

Whitey Ford 16 New York Yankees

Milt Pappas 15 Baltimore Orioles 11

Hoyt Wilhelm 15 Baltimore Orioles

Paul Foytack 14 Detroit Tigers 13

Duke Maas 14 New York Yankees

Billy Pierce 14 Chicago White Sox

Jerry Casale 13 Boston Red Sox 16

Art Ditmar 13 New York Yankees

Pedro Ramos 13 Washington Senators

Jim Perry 12 Cleveland Indians 19

Hal Brown 11 Baltimore Orioles 20

Ike Delock 11 Boston Red Sox

Ray Herbert 11 Kansas City Athletics

Jerry Walker 11 Baltimore Orioles

Tom Brewer 10 Boston Red Sox 24

Ned Garver 10 Kansas City Athletics

Name Wins Team Rank

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?

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.

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).

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