Wins : 1974 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)
 

1974 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Catfish Hunter 25 Oakland Athletics 1
Fergie Jenkins 25 Texas Rangers  
Steve Busby 22 Kansas City Royals 3
Mike Cuellar 22 Baltimore Orioles  
Nolan Ryan 22 California Angels  
Luis Tiant 22 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Kaat 21 Chicago White Sox 7
Gaylord Perry 21 Cleveland Indians  
Wilbur Wood 20 Chicago White Sox 9
Jim Bibby 19 Texas Rangers 10
Pat Dobson 19 New York Yankees  
Ken Holtzman 19 Oakland Athletics  
Doc Medich 19 New York Yankees  
Ross Grimsley 18 Baltimore Orioles 14
Vida Blue 17 Oakland Athletics 15
Bert Blyleven 17 Minnesota Twins  
John Hiller 17 Detroit Tigers  
Bill Lee 17 Boston Red Sox  
Jim Perry 17 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Decker 16 Minnesota Twins 20
Mickey Lolich 16 Detroit Tigers  
Dave McNally 16 Baltimore Orioles  
Joe Coleman 14 Detroit Tigers 23
Frank Tanana 14 California Angels  
Jackie Brown 13 Texas Rangers 25



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 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?

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.