Wins : 2002 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

2002 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Barry Zito 23 Oakland Athletics 1
Derek Lowe 21 Boston Red Sox 2
Pedro Martinez 20 Boston Red Sox 3
Mark Buehrle 19 Chicago White Sox 4
Roy Halladay 19 Toronto Blue Jays  
Mark Mulder 19 Oakland Athletics  
David Wells 19 New York Yankees  
Mike Mussina 18 New York Yankees 8
Jarrod Washburn 18 Anaheim Angels  
Paul Byrd 17 Kansas City Royals 10
Freddy Garcia 16 Seattle Mariners 11
Tim Hudson 15 Oakland Athletics 12
Rodrigo Lopez 15 Baltimore Orioles  
Ramon Ortiz 15 Anaheim Angels  
Rick Reed 15 Minnesota Twins  
Kevin Appier 14 Anaheim Angels 16
Joel Pineiro 14 Seattle Mariners  
Danny Wright 14 Chicago White Sox  
John Burkett 13 Boston Red Sox 19
Roger Clemens 13 New York Yankees  
Kyle Lohse 13 Minnesota Twins  
Eric Milton 13 Minnesota Twins  
Jamie Moyer 13 Seattle Mariners  
Andy Pettitte 13 New York Yankees  
Kenny Rogers 13 Texas Rangers  



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 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).