Top 25 Wins in 1904 in the National League

Wins : 1904 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)

1904 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Wins Team Rank

Joe McGinnity 35 New York Giants 1

Christy Mathewson 33 New York Giants 2

Jack Harper 23 Cincinnati Reds 3

Kid Nichols 21 St. Louis Cardinals 4

Dummy Taylor 21 New York Giants

Jack Taylor 20 St. Louis Cardinals 6

Jake Weimer 20 Chicago Cubs

Buttons Briggs 19 Chicago Cubs 8

Patsy Flaherty 19 Pittsburgh Pirates

Sam Leever 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Vic Willis 18 Boston Beaneaters

Oscar Jones 17 Brooklyn Superbas 12

Carl Lundgren 17 Chicago Cubs

Bob Wicker 17 Chicago Cubs

Noodles Hahn 16 Cincinnati Reds 15

Mordecai Brown 15 Chicago Cubs 16

Win Kellum 15 Cincinnati Reds

Mike Lynch 15 Pittsburgh Pirates

Togie Pittinger 15 Boston Beaneaters

Tom Walker 15 Cincinnati Reds

Chick Fraser 14 Philadelphia Phillies 21

Chappie McFarland 14 St. Louis Cardinals

Kaiser Wilhelm 14 Boston Beaneaters

Hooks Wiltse 13 New York Giants 24

Jack Cronin 12 Brooklyn Superbas 25

Name Wins Team Rank

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?

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.

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