Wins : 1886 National 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:

"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)
 

1886 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lady Baldwin 42 Detroit Wolverines 1
Tim Keefe 42 New York Giants  
John Clarkson 36 Chicago White Stockings 3
Mickey Welch 33 New York Giants 4
Jim McCormick 31 Chicago White Stockings 5
Charlie Ferguson 30 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Charlie Getzien 30 Detroit Wolverines  
Old Hoss Radbourn 27 Boston Beaneaters 8
Dan Casey 24 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Jocko Flynn 23 Chicago White Stockings 10
Bill Stemmeyer 22 Boston Beaneaters 11
John Healy 17 St. Louis Maroons 12
Ed Daily 16 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Dupee Shaw 13 Washington Senators 14
Jim Whitney 12 Kansas City Cowboys 15
Stump Wiedman 12 Kansas City Cowboys  
Pete Conway 11 Kansas City Cowboys 17
Detroit Wolverines  
John Kirby 11 St. Louis Maroons  
Henry Boyle 9 St. Louis Maroons 19
Charlie Buffinton 7 Boston Beaneaters 20
Bill Smith 5 Detroit Wolverines 21
Charlie Sweeney 5 St. Louis Maroons  
Frank Gilmore 4 Washington Senators 23
Bob Barr 3 Washington Senators 24
Hardy Richardson 3 Detroit Wolverines  



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

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.

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.