Wins : 1931 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1931 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jumbo Elliott 19 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill Hallahan 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Heinie Meine 19 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ed Brandt 18 Boston Braves 4
Paul Derringer 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 18 New York Giants  
Burleigh Grimes 17 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Charlie Root 17 Chicago Cubs  
Guy Bush 16 Chicago Cubs 9
Pat Malone 16 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Walker 16 New York Giants  
Larry French 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Bob Smith 15 Chicago Cubs  
Ray Benge 14 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Watty Clark 14 Brooklyn Robins  
Carl Hubbell 14 New York Giants  
Red Lucas 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Clarence Mitchell 13 New York Giants 18
Phil Collins 12 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Jesse Haines 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Si Johnson 11 Cincinnati Reds 21
Syl Johnson 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ray Kremer 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Flint Rhem 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Shaute 11 Brooklyn Robins  



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.

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?

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).