Wins : 2007 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

2007 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Josh Beckett 20 Boston Red Sox 1
Fausto Carmona 19 Cleveland Indians 2
John Lackey 19 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
C.C. Sabathia 19 Cleveland Indians  
Chien-Ming Wang 19 New York Yankees  
Kelvim Escobar 18 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6
Justin Verlander 18 Detroit Tigers  
Tim Wakefield 17 Boston Red Sox 8
Miguel Batista 16 Seattle Mariners 9
Roy Halladay 16 Toronto Blue Jays  
Paul Byrd 15 Cleveland Indians 11
Dan Haren 15 Oakland Athletics  
Daisuke Matsuzaka 15 Boston Red Sox  
Andy Pettitte 15 New York Yankees  
Johan Santana 15 Minnesota Twins  
Javier Vazquez 15 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Blanton 14 Oakland Athletics 17
Felix Hernandez 14 Seattle Mariners  
Erik Bedard 13 Baltimore Orioles 19
Scott Kazmir 13 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Carlos Silva 13 Minnesota Twins  
Jered Weaver 13 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  
Brian Bannister 12 Kansas City Royals 23
Shaun Marcum 12 Toronto Blue Jays  
Dustin McGowan 12 Toronto Blue Jays  



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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.