Wins : 1929 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)
 

1929 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pat Malone 22 Chicago Cubs 1
Red Lucas 19 Cincinnati Reds 2
Charlie Root 19 Chicago Cubs  
Guy Bush 18 Chicago Cubs 4
Carl Hubbell 18 New York Giants  
Ray Kremer 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Burleigh Grimes 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Erv Brame 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Watty Clark 16 Brooklyn Robins  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 15 New York Giants 10
Claude Willoughby 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Sheriff Blake 14 Chicago Cubs 12
Dazzy Vance 14 Brooklyn Robins  
Bill Walker 14 New York Giants  
Jesse Haines 13 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Syl Johnson 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Morrison 13 Brooklyn Robins  
Les Sweetland 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Socks Seibold 12 Boston Braves 19
Ray Benge 11 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Larry Benton 11 New York Giants  
Hal Carlson 11 Chicago Cubs  
Ray Moss 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Jesse Petty 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bob Smith 11 Boston Braves  



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).

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?