Strikeouts : 1912 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1912 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 303 Washington Senators 1
Joe Wood 258 Boston Red Sox 2
Ed Walsh 254 Chicago White Sox 3
Vean Gregg 184 Cleveland Naps 4
Bob Groom 179 Washington Senators 5
Earl Hamilton 139 St. Louis Browns 6
Hugh Bedient 122 Boston Red Sox 7
Jack Coombs 120 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Buck O'Brien 115 Boston Red Sox 9
Joe Lake 114 St. Louis Browns 10
Detroit Tigers  
Russ Ford 112 New York Highlanders 11
Eddie Plank 110 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Jack Warhop 110 New York Highlanders  
Tom Hughes 108 Washington Senators 14
George Kahler 104 Cleveland Naps 15
George Baumgardner 102 St. Louis Browns 16
Joe Benz 97 Chicago White Sox 17
Jean Dubuc 97 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Lange 96 Chicago White Sox 19
Ray Caldwell 95 New York Highlanders 20
Hippo Vaughn 95 New York Highlanders  
Washington Senators  
Willie Mitchell 94 Cleveland Naps 22
George McConnell 91 New York Highlanders 23
Chief Bender 90 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Eddie Cicotte 90 Boston Red Sox  
Chicago White Sox  



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?

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.