Wins : 1916 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1916 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 33 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jeff Pfeffer 25 Brooklyn Robins 2
Eppa Rixey 22 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Al Mamaux 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Al Demaree 19 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Dick Rudolph 19 Boston Braves  
Larry Cheney 18 Brooklyn Robins 7
Pol Perritt 18 New York Giants  
Lefty Tyler 17 Boston Braves 9
Hippo Vaughn 17 Chicago Cubs  
Rube Benton 16 New York Giants 11
Tom Hughes 16 Boston Braves  
Slim Sallee 14 St. Louis Cardinals 13
New York Giants  
Sherry Smith 14 Brooklyn Robins  
Jeff Tesreau 14 New York Giants  
Fred Toney 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Coombs 13 Brooklyn Robins 17
Rube Marquard 13 Brooklyn Robins  
Wilbur Cooper 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bill Doak 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Lee Meadows 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Ames 11 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Clarence Mitchell 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Lavender 10 Chicago Cubs 24
Gene Packard 10 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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

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.