Wins : 1883 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1883 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Old Hoss Radbourn 48 Providence Grays 1
Pud Galvin 46 Buffalo Bisons 2
Jim Whitney 37 Boston Beaneaters 3
Larry Corcoran 34 Chicago White Stockings 4
Jim McCormick 28 Cleveland Blues 5
Charlie Buffinton 25 Boston Beaneaters 6
Fred Goldsmith 25 Chicago White Stockings  
Mickey Welch 25 New York Gothams  
Hugh Daily 23 Cleveland Blues 9
Stump Wiedman 20 Detroit Wolverines 10
John Ward 16 New York Gothams 11
John Coleman 12 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Dupee Shaw 10 Detroit Wolverines 13
Charlie Sweeney 7 Providence Grays 14
Jack Jones 6 Detroit Wolverines 15
Tip O'Neill 5 New York Gothams 16
Will Sawyer 4 Cleveland Blues 17
Ed Cushman 3 Buffalo Bisons 18
Lee Richmond 3 Providence Grays  
Dick Burns 2 Detroit Wolverines 20
George Derby 2 Buffalo Bisons  
Blondie Purcell 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Curry Foley 1 Buffalo Bisons 23
Art Hagan 1 Philadelphia Phillies  
Buffalo Bisons  
Frank McIntyre 1 Detroit Wolverines  



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).