1979 Wins Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Wins	Team	Rank
Mike Flanagan	23	Baltimore Orioles	1
Tommy John	21	New York Yankees	2
Jerry Koosman	20	Minnesota Twins	3
Ron Guidry	18	New York Yankees	4
Steve Comer	17	Texas Rangers	5
Dennis Eckersley	17	Boston Red Sox
Jack Morris	17	Detroit Tigers
Mike Caldwell	16	Milwaukee Brewers	8
Dave Frost	16	California Angels
Fergie Jenkins	16	Texas Rangers
Nolan Ryan	16	California Angels
Bob Stanley	16	Boston Red Sox
Mike Torrez	16	Boston Red Sox
Rick Waits	16	Cleveland Indians
Ken Kravec	15	Chicago White Sox	15
Dennis Martinez	15	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Slaton	15	Milwaukee Brewers
Lary Sorensen	15	Milwaukee Brewers
Paul Splittorff	15	Kansas City Royals
Rick Wise	15	Cleveland Indians
Ron Davis	14	New York Yankees	21
Dave Goltz	14	Minnesota Twins
Dennis Leonard	14	Kansas City Royals
Mike Parrott	14	Seattle Mariners
Bill Travers	14	Milwaukee Brewers
Name	Wins	Team	Rank

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