Wins : 2002 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

2002 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Randy Johnson 24 Arizona Diamondbacks 1
Curt Schilling 23 Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Roy Oswalt 19 Houston Astros 3
Tom Glavine 18 Atlanta Braves 4
Kevin Millwood 18 Atlanta Braves  
Matt Morris 17 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Jason Jennings 16 Colorado Rockies 7
Greg Maddux 16 Atlanta Braves  
Hideo Nomo 16 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Jimmy Haynes 15 Cincinnati Reds 10
Wade Miller 15 Houston Astros  
Odalis Perez 15 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Kazuhisa Ishii 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Russ Ortiz 14 San Francisco Giants  
Vicente Padilla 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kirk Rueter 14 San Francisco Giants  
Ryan Jensen 13 San Francisco Giants 17
Al Leiter 13 New York Mets  
Tomo Ohka 13 Montreal Expos  
Jason Schmidt 13 San Francisco Giants  
Tony Armas, Jr. 12 Montreal Expos 21
Pedro Astacio 12 New York Mets  
A.J. Burnett 12 Florida Marlins  
Matt Clement 12 Chicago Cubs  
Josh Fogg 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.