Wins : 1914 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)
 

1914 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 27 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill James 26 Boston Braves 2
Dick Rudolph 26 Boston Braves  
Jeff Tesreau 26 New York Giants  
Christy Mathewson 24 New York Giants 5
Jeff Pfeffer 23 Brooklyn Robins 6
Erskine Mayer 21 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Hippo Vaughn 21 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Cheney 20 Chicago Cubs 9
Bill Doak 19 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Slim Sallee 18 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Rube Benton 16 Cincinnati Reds 12
Wilbur Cooper 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pol Perritt 16 St. Louis Cardinals  
Lefty Tyler 16 Boston Braves  
Red Ames 15 Cincinnati Reds 16
Babe Adams 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Bob Harmon 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
George McQuillan 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Raleigh Aitchison 12 Brooklyn Robins 20
Rube Marquard 12 New York Giants  
Phil Douglas 11 Cincinnati Reds 22
Jimmy Lavender 11 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Reulbach 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Al Demaree 10 New York Giants 25



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.

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.

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