Top 25 Wins in 1946 in the National League

Wins : 1946 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1946 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Wins Team Rank

Howie Pollet 21 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Johnny Sain 20 Boston Braves 2

Kirby Higbe 17 Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Harry Brecheen 15 St. Louis Cardinals 4

Murry Dickson 15 St. Louis Cardinals

Joe Hatten 14 Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Dave Koslo 14 New York Giants

Hank Wyse 14 Chicago Cubs

Mort Cooper 13 Boston Braves 9

Vic Lombardi 13 Brooklyn Dodgers

Fritz Ostermueller 13 Pittsburgh Pirates

Joe Beggs 12 Cincinnati Reds 12

Hank Borowy 12 Chicago Cubs

Ed Wright 12 Boston Braves

Hank Behrman 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 15

Al Brazle 11 St. Louis Cardinals

Hugh Casey 11 Brooklyn Dodgers

Oscar Judd 11 Philadelphia Phillies

Schoolboy Rowe 11 Philadelphia Phillies

Johnny Schmitz 11 Chicago Cubs

Bill Lee 10 Boston Braves 21

Nick Strincevich 10 Pittsburgh Pirates

Johnny Vander Meer 10 Cincinnati Reds

Bucky Walters 10 Cincinnati Reds

Ewell Blackwell 9 Cincinnati Reds 25

Name Wins Team Rank

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

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?

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.

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