Wins : 2006 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

2006 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johan Santana 19 Minnesota Twins 1
Chien-Ming Wang 19 New York Yankees  
Jon Garland 18 Chicago White Sox 3
Freddy Garcia 17 Chicago White Sox 4
Randy Johnson 17 New York Yankees  
Kenny Rogers 17 Detroit Tigers  
Justin Verlander 17 Detroit Tigers  
Josh Beckett 16 Boston Red Sox 8
Joe Blanton 16 Oakland Athletics  
Roy Halladay 16 Toronto Blue Jays  
Kevin Millwood 16 Texas Rangers  
Ervin Santana 16 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Barry Zito 16 Oakland Athletics  
Erik Bedard 15 Baltimore Orioles 14
Ted Lilly 15 Toronto Blue Jays  
Mike Mussina 15 New York Yankees  
Vicente Padilla 15 Texas Rangers  
Curt Schilling 15 Boston Red Sox  
Jake Westbrook 15 Cleveland Indians  
Jeremy Bonderman 14 Detroit Tigers 20
Dan Haren 14 Oakland Athletics  
Cliff Lee 14 Cleveland Indians  
Jose Contreras 13 Chicago White Sox 23
John Lackey 13 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Nate Robertson 13 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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.