Wins : 1965 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1965 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax 26 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Tony Cloninger 24 Milwaukee Braves 2
Don Drysdale 23 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Sammy Ellis 22 Cincinnati Reds 4
Juan Marichal 22 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Gibson 20 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Jim Maloney 20 Cincinnati Reds  
Jim Bunning 19 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Chris Short 18 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Vern Law 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Bob Veale 17 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Wade Blasingame 16 Milwaukee Braves 12
Ken Johnson 16 Houston Astros  
Milwaukee Braves  
Bob Shaw 16 San Francisco Giants  
Claude Osteen 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Bobby Bolin 14 San Francisco Giants 16
Ray Culp 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dick Ellsworth 14 Chicago Cubs  
Larry Jackson 14 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Buhl 13 Chicago Cubs 20
Don Cardwell 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ron Herbel 12 San Francisco Giants 22
Turk Farrell 11 Houston Astros 23
Joe Nuxhall 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Tracy Stallard 11 St. Louis Cardinals  



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?

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

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.