Wins : 1928 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1928 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Benton 25 New York Giants 1
Burleigh Grimes 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dazzy Vance 22 Brooklyn Robins 3
Bill Sherdel 21 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Freddie Fitzsimmons 20 New York Giants 5
Jesse Haines 20 St. Louis Cardinals  
Eppa Rixey 19 Cincinnati Reds 7
Pat Malone 18 Chicago Cubs 8
Sheriff Blake 17 Chicago Cubs 9
Grover Alexander 16 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Carmen Hill 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Guy Bush 15 Chicago Cubs 12
Ray Kremer 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jesse Petty 15 Brooklyn Robins  
Joe Genewich 14 Boston Braves 15
New York Giants  
Doug McWeeny 14 Brooklyn Robins  
Charlie Root 14 Chicago Cubs  
Ray Kolp 13 Cincinnati Reds 18
Red Lucas 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Art Nehf 13 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Smith 13 Boston Braves  
Watty Clark 12 Brooklyn Robins 22
Dolf Luque 11 Cincinnati Reds 23
Flint Rhem 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Carl Hubbell 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.

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.

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).