Top 25 Wins in 1905 in the National League

Wins : 1905 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)

1905 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Wins Team Rank

Christy Mathewson 31 New York Giants 1

Togie Pittinger 23 Philadelphia Phillies 2

Red Ames 22 New York Giants 3

Joe McGinnity 21 New York Giants 4

Bob Ewing 20 Cincinnati Reds 5

Sam Leever 20 Pittsburgh Pirates

Deacon Phillippe 20 Pittsburgh Pirates

Irv Young 20 Boston Beaneaters

Mordecai Brown 18 Chicago Cubs 9

Bill Duggleby 18 Philadelphia Phillies

Orval Overall 18 Cincinnati Reds

Ed Reulbach 18 Chicago Cubs

Jake Weimer 18 Chicago Cubs

Mike Lynch 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 14

Dummy Taylor 16 New York Giants 15

Jack Taylor 15 St. Louis Cardinals 16

Jake Thielman 15 St. Louis Cardinals

Hooks Wiltse 15 New York Giants

Charlie Chech 14 Cincinnati Reds 19

Chick Fraser 14 Boston Beaneaters

Doc Scanlan 14 Brooklyn Superbas

Tully Sparks 14 Philadelphia Phillies

Carl Lundgren 13 Chicago Cubs 23

Bob Wicker 13 Chicago Cubs

Vic Willis 12 Boston Beaneaters 25

Name Wins Team Rank

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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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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