Wins : 1893 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:

"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)
 

1893 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frank Killen 36 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Kid Nichols 34 Boston Beaneaters 2
Cy Young 34 Cleveland Spiders  
Amos Rusie 33 New York Giants 4
Brickyard Kennedy 25 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5
Sadie McMahon 23 Baltimore Orioles 6
Gus Weyhing 23 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kid Gleason 21 St. Louis Browns 8
Kid Carsey 20 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Jack Stivetts 20 Boston Beaneaters  
Ted Breitenstein 19 St. Louis Browns 11
Ed Stein 19 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Frank Dwyer 18 Cincinnati Reds 13
Red Ehret 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
George Hemming 18 Louisville Colonels  
Tony Mullane 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Baltimore Orioles  
Harry Staley 18 Boston Beaneaters  
Nig Cuppy 17 Cleveland Spiders 18
Willie McGill 17 Chicago Colts  
Mark Baldwin 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
New York Giants  
Elton Chamberlain 16 Cincinnati Reds  
John Clarkson 16 Cleveland Spiders  
Bill Hutchinson 16 Chicago Colts  
Hank Gastright 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Boston Beaneaters  
Dad Clarkson 12 St. Louis Browns 25



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?

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.

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.