Wins : 1917 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:

"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)
 

1917 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 30 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Fred Toney 24 Cincinnati Reds 2
Hippo Vaughn 23 Chicago Cubs 3
Ferdie Schupp 21 New York Giants 4
Pete Schneider 20 Cincinnati Reds 5
Rube Marquard 19 Brooklyn Robins 6
Slim Sallee 18 New York Giants 7
Wilbur Cooper 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Art Nehf 17 Boston Braves  
Pol Perritt 17 New York Giants  
Bill Doak 16 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Eppa Rixey 16 Philadelphia Phillies  
Red Ames 15 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Rube Benton 15 New York Giants  
Lee Meadows 15 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Oeschger 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Phil Douglas 14 Chicago Cubs 17
Lefty Tyler 14 Boston Braves  
Jesse Barnes 13 Boston Braves 19
Leon Cadore 13 Brooklyn Robins  
Dick Rudolph 13 Boston Braves  
Jeff Tesreau 13 New York Giants  
Sherry Smith 12 Brooklyn Robins 23
Erskine Mayer 11 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Jeff Pfeffer 11 Brooklyn Robins  



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 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.