Wins : 1962 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)
 

1962 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Don Drysdale 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Jack Sanford 24 San Francisco Giants 2
Bob Purkey 23 Cincinnati Reds 3
Joey Jay 21 Cincinnati Reds 4
Art Mahaffey 19 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Billy O'Dell 19 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Friend 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Juan Marichal 18 San Francisco Giants  
Warren Spahn 18 Milwaukee Braves  
Larry Jackson 16 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Jim O'Toole 16 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Pierce 16 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Gibson 15 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Al McBean 15 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Podres 15 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Shaw 15 Milwaukee Braves  
Sandy Koufax 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Stan Williams 14 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jack Baldschun 12 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Ernie Broglio 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Buhl 12 Milwaukee Braves  
Chicago Cubs  
Ray Washburn 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Hendley 11 Milwaukee Braves 23
Cal McLish 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chris Short 11 Philadelphia Phillies  



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

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.

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).