Wins : 1962 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1962 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ralph Terry 23 New York Yankees 1
Dick Donovan 20 Cleveland Indians 2
Ray Herbert 20 Chicago White Sox  
Camilo Pascual 20 Minnesota Twins  
Jim Bunning 19 Detroit Tigers 5
Jim Kaat 18 Minnesota Twins 6
Whitey Ford 17 New York Yankees 7
Hank Aguirre 16 Detroit Tigers 8
Gene Conley 15 Boston Red Sox 9
Bill Monbouquette 15 Boston Red Sox  
Dean Chance 14 Los Angeles Angels 11
Ed Rakow 14 Kansas City Athletics  
Bill Stafford 14 New York Yankees  
Jack Kralick 12 Minnesota Twins 14
Milt Pappas 12 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Perry 12 Cleveland Indians  
Juan Pizarro 12 Chicago White Sox  
Dick Stigman 12 Minnesota Twins  
Earl Wilson 12 Boston Red Sox  
Don Lee 11 Minnesota Twins 20
Los Angeles Angels  
Ken McBride 11 Los Angeles Angels  
Don Mossi 11 Detroit Tigers  
Phil Regan 11 Detroit Tigers  
Dave Stenhouse 11 Washington Senators  
Dave Wickersham 11 Kansas City Athletics  



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).

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.

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