Wins : 1960 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)
 

1960 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Chuck Estrada 18 Baltimore Orioles 1
Jim Perry 18 Cleveland Indians  
Bud Daley 16 Kansas City Athletics 3
Art Ditmar 15 New York Yankees 4
Frank Lary 15 Detroit Tigers  
Milt Pappas 15 Baltimore Orioles  
Ray Herbert 14 Kansas City Athletics 7
Bill Monbouquette 14 Boston Red Sox  
Billy Pierce 14 Chicago White Sox  
Frank Baumann 13 Chicago White Sox 10
Jim Coates 13 New York Yankees  
Bob Shaw 13 Chicago White Sox  
Jerry Staley 13 Chicago White Sox  
Early Wynn 13 Chicago White Sox  
Hal Brown 12 Baltimore Orioles 15
Jack Fisher 12 Baltimore Orioles  
Whitey Ford 12 New York Yankees  
Camilo Pascual 12 Washington Senators  
Chuck Stobbs 12 Washington Senators  
Jim Bunning 11 Detroit Tigers 20
Pedro Ramos 11 Washington Senators  
Hoyt Wilhelm 11 Baltimore Orioles  
Steve Barber 10 Baltimore Orioles 23
Tom Brewer 10 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Fornieles 10 Boston Red Sox  



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?

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.