Wins : 1892 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1892 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Hutchinson 36 Chicago Colts 1
Cy Young 36 Cleveland Spiders  
Kid Nichols 35 Boston Beaneaters 3
Jack Stivetts 35 Boston Beaneaters  
Gus Weyhing 32 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Amos Rusie 31 New York Giants 6
George Haddock 29 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 7
Frank Killen 29 Washington Senators  
Nig Cuppy 28 Cleveland Spiders 9
Ed Stein 27 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 10
Mark Baldwin 26 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
John Clarkson 25 Boston Beaneaters 12
Cleveland Spiders  
Silver King 23 New York Giants 13
Ad Gumbert 22 Chicago Colts 14
Harry Staley 22 Boston Beaneaters  
Frank Dwyer 21 St. Louis Browns 16
Cincinnati Reds  
Tony Mullane 21 Cincinnati Reds  
Scott Stratton 21 Louisville Colonels  
Kid Gleason 20 St. Louis Browns 19
Kid Carsey 19 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Elton Chamberlain 19 Cincinnati Reds  
Tim Keefe 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Sadie McMahon 19 Baltimore Orioles  
Adonis Terry 18 Baltimore Orioles 24
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Crane 16 New York Giants 25



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.

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).