Wins : 1986 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1986 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Roger Clemens 24 Boston Red Sox 1
Jack Morris 21 Detroit Tigers 2
Teddy Higuera 20 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Dennis Rasmussen 18 New York Yankees 4
Mike Witt 18 California Angels  
Bert Blyleven 17 Minnesota Twins 6
Charlie Hough 17 Texas Rangers  
Kirk McCaskill 17 California Angels  
Oil Can Boyd 16 Boston Red Sox 9
Tom Candiotti 16 Cleveland Indians  
Frank Viola 16 Minnesota Twins  
Don Sutton 15 California Angels 12
Walt Terrell 15 Detroit Tigers  
Mike Boddicker 14 Baltimore Orioles 14
Jim Clancy 14 Toronto Blue Jays  
Mark Eichhorn 14 Toronto Blue Jays  
Jimmy Key 14 Toronto Blue Jays  
Charlie Leibrandt 14 Kansas City Royals  
Ken Schrom 14 Cleveland Indians  
Bruce Hurst 13 Boston Red Sox 20
Mike Smithson 13 Minnesota Twins  
Curt Young 13 Oakland Athletics  
Joaquin Andujar 12 Oakland Athletics 23
Ed Correa 12 Texas Rangers  
Mark Gubicza 12 Kansas City Royals  



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?

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).