Strikeouts : 1908 American 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1908 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Walsh 269 Chicago White Sox 1
Rube Waddell 232 St. Louis Browns 2
Tom Hughes 165 Washington Senators 3
Jimmy Dygert 164 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Walter Johnson 160 Washington Senators 5
Rube Vickers 156 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Cy Young 150 Boston Red Sox 7
Glenn Liebhardt 146 Cleveland Naps 8
Bill Donovan 141 Detroit Tigers 9
Eddie Plank 135 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Addie Joss 130 Cleveland Naps 11
Frank Smith 129 Chicago White Sox 12
Doc White 126 Chicago White Sox 13
Jack Chesbro 124 New York Highlanders 14
George Mullin 121 Detroit Tigers 15
Joe Lake 118 New York Highlanders 16
Harry Howell 117 St. Louis Browns 17
Rube Manning 113 New York Highlanders 18
Ed Summers 103 Detroit Tigers 19
Heinie Berger 101 Cleveland Naps 20
Cy Morgan 99 Boston Red Sox 21
Eddie Cicotte 95 Boston Red Sox 22
Fred Burchell 94 Boston Red Sox 23
Chief Bender 85 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Jack Powell 85 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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?