Wins : 1971 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1971 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Fergie Jenkins 24 Chicago Cubs 1
Steve Carlton 20 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Al Downing 20 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Tom Seaver 20 New York Mets  
Dock Ellis 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Juan Marichal 18 San Francisco Giants 6
Milt Pappas 17 Chicago Cubs 7
Bill Stoneman 17 Montreal Expos  
Don Sutton 17 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Rick Wise 17 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Gibson 16 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Don Gullett 16 Cincinnati Reds  
Gaylord Perry 16 San Francisco Giants  
Don Wilson 16 Houston Astros  
Steve Blass 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Clay Kirby 15 San Diego Padres  
Phil Niekro 15 Atlanta Braves  
Steve Renko 15 Montreal Expos  
Claude Osteen 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Jerry Reuss 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dave Roberts 14 San Diego Padres  
Ron Reed 13 Atlanta Braves 22
Reggie Cleveland 12 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Larry Dierker 12 Houston Astros  
Gary Gentry 12 New York Mets  



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

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).

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.