Wins : 1895 National League Top 25

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1895 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cy Young 35 Cleveland Spiders 1
Pink Hawley 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Bill Hoffer 31 Baltimore Orioles  
Nig Cuppy 26 Cleveland Spiders 4
Clark Griffith 26 Chicago Colts  
Kid Nichols 26 Boston Beaneaters  
Jack Taylor 26 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kid Carsey 24 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Amos Rusie 23 New York Giants 9
Adonis Terry 21 Chicago Colts 10
George Hemming 20 Baltimore Orioles 11
Ted Breitenstein 19 St. Louis Browns 12
Brickyard Kennedy 19 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Billy Rhines 19 Cincinnati Reds  
Dad Clarke 18 New York Giants 15
Frank Dwyer 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Stivetts 17 Boston Beaneaters 17
Con Lucid 16 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 18
Philadelphia Phillies  
Jouett Meekin 16 New York Giants  
Ed Stein 15 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 20
Bill Hart 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Dad Clarkson 13 St. Louis Browns 22
Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Hutchinson 13 Chicago Colts  
Win Mercer 13 Washington Senators  
Bobby Wallace 12 Cleveland Spiders 25



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).

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.

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.