Wins : 1969 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)
 

1969 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Denny McLain 24 Detroit Tigers 1
Mike Cuellar 23 Baltimore Orioles 2
Dave Boswell 20 Minnesota Twins 3
Dave McNally 20 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Perry 20 Minnesota Twins  
Mel Stottlemyre 20 New York Yankees  
Mickey Lolich 19 Detroit Tigers 7
Sam McDowell 18 Cleveland Indians 8
Ray Culp 17 Boston Red Sox 9
Fritz Peterson 17 New York Yankees  
Andy Messersmith 16 California Angels 11
Jim Palmer 16 Baltimore Orioles  
Chuck Dobson 15 Oakland Athletics 13
Blue Moon Odom 15 Oakland Athletics  
Dick Bosman 14 Washington Senators 15
Jim Kaat 14 Minnesota Twins  
Tom Phoebus 14 Baltimore Orioles  
Sonny Siebert 14 Cleveland Indians  
Boston Red Sox  
Gene Brabender 13 Seattle Pilots 19
Joe Horlen 13 Chicago White Sox  
Wally Bunker 12 Kansas City Royals 21
Joe Coleman 12 Washington Senators  
Casey Cox 12 Washington Senators  
Catfish Hunter 12 Oakland Athletics  
Mike Nagy 12 Boston Red Sox  



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?

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).

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