Wins : 1940 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
 

1940 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bucky Walters 22 Cincinnati Reds 1
Paul Derringer 20 Cincinnati Reds 2
Claude Passeau 20 Chicago Cubs  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 16 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Bill McGee 16 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rip Sewell 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Junior Thompson 16 Cincinnati Reds  
Lon Warneke 16 St. Louis Cardinals  
Whit Wyatt 15 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Larry French 14 Chicago Cubs 10
Kirby Higbe 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Turner 14 Cincinnati Reds  
Hugh Mulcahy 13 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Vern Olsen 13 Chicago Cubs  
Hal Schumacher 13 New York Giants  
Clyde Shoun 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Beggs 12 Cincinnati Reds 17
Dick Errickson 12 Boston Bees  
Harry Gumbert 12 New York Giants  
Bill Posedel 12 Boston Bees  
Hugh Casey 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Mort Cooper 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Carl Hubbell 11 New York Giants  
Mace Brown 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bill Lohrman 10 New York Giants  



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?

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.

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