Strikeouts : 1909 American 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)
 

1909 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Smith 177 Chicago White Sox 1
Walter Johnson 164 Washington Senators 2
Heinie Berger 162 Cleveland Naps 3
Chief Bender 161 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Rube Waddell 141 St. Louis Browns 5
Harry Krause 139 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Jim Scott 135 Chicago White Sox 7
Eddie Plank 132 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Bob Groom 131 Washington Senators 9
Ed Walsh 127 Chicago White Sox 10
George Mullin 124 Detroit Tigers 11
Joe Lake 117 New York Highlanders 12
Bill Bailey 114 St. Louis Browns 13
Cy Morgan 111 Boston Red Sox 14
Philadelphia Athletics  
Cy Young 109 Cleveland Naps 15
Ed Summers 107 Detroit Tigers 16
Jack Coombs 97 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Jack Warhop 95 New York Highlanders 18
Ed Willett 89 Detroit Tigers 19
Barney Pelty 88 St. Louis Browns 20
Joe Wood 88 Boston Red Sox  
Dolly Gray 87 Washington Senators 22
Charlie Smith 83 Washington Senators 23
Boston Red Sox  
Frank Arellanes 82 Boston Red Sox 24
Eddie Cicotte 82 Boston Red Sox  



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

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.

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?