Top 25 Wins in 1996 in the American League

Wins : 1996 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1996 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Wins Team Rank

Andy Pettitte 21 New York Yankees 1

Pat Hentgen 20 Toronto Blue Jays 2

Mike Mussina 19 Baltimore Orioles 3

Charles Nagy 17 Cleveland Indians 4

Alex Fernandez 16 Chicago White Sox 5

Ken Hill 16 Texas Rangers

Bobby Witt 16 Texas Rangers

Wilson Alvarez 15 Chicago White Sox 8

Tim Belcher 15 Kansas City Royals

Chuck Finley 15 California Angels

Orel Hershiser 15 Cleveland Indians

Roger Pavlik 15 Texas Rangers

Kevin Appier 14 Kansas City Royals 13

Darren Oliver 14 Texas Rangers

Tim Wakefield 14 Boston Red Sox

Scott Erickson 13 Baltimore Orioles 16

Erik Hanson 13 Toronto Blue Jays

Sterling Hitchcock 13 Seattle Mariners

Scott Karl 13 Milwaukee Brewers

Jack McDowell 13 Cleveland Indians

Jamie Moyer 13 Boston Red Sox

Seattle Mariners

Frankie Rodriguez 13 Minnesota Twins

Kevin Tapani 13 Chicago White Sox

Shawn Boskie 12 California Angels 24

Tom Gordon 12 Boston Red Sox

Name Wins Team Rank

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.

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?

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