Wins : 1981 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)
 

1981 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dennis Martinez 14 Baltimore Orioles 1
Steve McCatty 14 Oakland Athletics  
Jack Morris 14 Detroit Tigers  
Pete Vuckovich 14 Milwaukee Brewers  
Dennis Leonard 13 Kansas City Royals 5
Scott McGregor 13 Baltimore Orioles  
Rick Langford 12 Oakland Athletics 7
Mike Norris 12 Oakland Athletics  
Milt Wilcox 12 Detroit Tigers  
Bert Blyleven 11 Cleveland Indians 10
Mike Caldwell 11 Milwaukee Brewers  
Ken Forsch 11 California Angels  
Ron Guidry 11 New York Yankees  
Larry Gura 11 Kansas City Royals  
Moose Haas 11 Milwaukee Brewers  
Rick Honeycutt 11 Texas Rangers  
Dave Stieb 11 Toronto Blue Jays  
Britt Burns 10 Chicago White Sox 18
John Denny 10 Cleveland Indians  
Matt Keough 10 Oakland Athletics  
Doc Medich 10 Texas Rangers  
Dan Petry 10 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Stanley 10 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Torrez 10 Boston Red Sox  
Geoff Zahn 10 California Angels  



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.

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 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?