Top 25 Wins in 1899 in the National League

Wins : 1899 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)

1899 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Wins Team Rank

Jay Hughes 28 Brooklyn Superbas 1

Joe McGinnity 28 Baltimore Orioles

Vic Willis 27 Boston Beaneaters 3

Cy Young 26 St. Louis Perfectos 4

Jesse Tannehill 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Jack Dunn 23 Brooklyn Superbas 6

Noodles Hahn 23 Cincinnati Reds

Wiley Piatt 23 Philadelphia Phillies

Jack Powell 23 St. Louis Perfectos

Clark Griffith 22 Chicago Orphans 10

Brickyard Kennedy 22 Brooklyn Superbas

Frank Kitson 22 Baltimore Orioles

Nixey Callahan 21 Chicago Orphans 13

Red Donahue 21 Philadelphia Phillies

Chick Fraser 21 Philadelphia Phillies

Sam Leever 21 Pittsburgh Pirates

Kid Nichols 21 Boston Beaneaters

Deacon Phillippe 21 Louisville Colonels

Doc McJames 19 Brooklyn Superbas 19

Jack Taylor 18 Chicago Orphans 20

Bert Cunningham 17 Louisville Colonels 21

Ted Lewis 17 Boston Beaneaters

Jerry Nops 17 Baltimore Orioles

Bill Phillips 17 Cincinnati Reds

Gus Weyhing 17 Washington Senators

Name Wins Team Rank

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.

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).

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?

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