Wins : 1996 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1996 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Smoltz 24 Atlanta Braves 1
Andy Benes 18 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Kevin Brown 17 Florida Marlins 3
Kevin Ritz 17 Colorado Rockies  
Al Leiter 16 Florida Marlins 5
Denny Neagle 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Atlanta Braves  
Hideo Nomo 16 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Shane Reynolds 16 Houston Astros  
Jeff Fassero 15 Montreal Expos 9
Tom Glavine 15 Atlanta Braves  
Joey Hamilton 15 San Diego Padres  
Greg Maddux 15 Atlanta Braves  
Ramon Martinez 15 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jaime Navarro 15 Chicago Cubs  
Ismael Valdez 15 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mark Clark 14 New York Mets 16
Todd Stottlemyre 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Alan Benes 13 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Pedro Martinez 13 Montreal Expos  
Donovan Osborne 13 St. Louis Cardinals  
John Smiley 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Steve Trachsel 13 Chicago Cubs  
Fernando Valenzuela 13 San Diego Padres  
Mark Gardner 12 San Francisco Giants 24
Bobby Jones 12 New York Mets  



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.

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.

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.