Top 25 Wins in 1955 in the National League

Wins : 1955 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)

1955 Wins Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Wins Team Rank

Robin Roberts 23 Philadelphia Phillies 1

Don Newcombe 20 Brooklyn Dodgers 2

Joe Nuxhall 17 Cincinnati Redlegs 3

Warren Spahn 17 Milwaukee Braves

Johnny Antonelli 14 New York Giants 5

Bob Friend 14 Pittsburgh Pirates

Jim Hearn 14 New York Giants

Sam Jones 14 Chicago Cubs

Bob Buhl 13 Milwaukee Braves 9

Lew Burdette 13 Milwaukee Braves

Clem Labine 13 Brooklyn Dodgers

Bob Rush 13 Chicago Cubs

Murry Dickson 12 Philadelphia Phillies 13

Harvey Haddix 12 St. Louis Cardinals

Luis Arroyo 11 St. Louis Cardinals 15

Gene Conley 11 Milwaukee Braves

Carl Erskine 11 Brooklyn Dodgers

Art Fowler 11 Cincinnati Redlegs

Warren Hacker 11 Chicago Cubs

Ray Crone 10 Milwaukee Braves 20

Vern Law 10 Pittsburgh Pirates

Don Liddle 10 New York Giants

Billy Loes 10 Brooklyn Dodgers

Herm Wehmeier 10 Philadelphia Phillies

Jackie Collum 9 Cincinnati Redlegs 25

Name Wins Team Rank

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).

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?

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