Strikeouts : 1920 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:

"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
 

1920 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Stan Coveleski 133 Cleveland Indians 1
Lefty Williams 128 Chicago White Sox 2
Bob Shawkey 126 New York Yankees 3
Red Faber 108 Chicago White Sox 4
Urban Shocker 107 St. Louis Browns 5
Doc Ayers 103 Detroit Tigers 6
Jack Quinn 101 New York Yankees 7
Howard Ehmke 98 Detroit Tigers 8
Carl Mays 92 New York Yankees 9
Rollie Naylor 90 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Joe Bush 88 Boston Red Sox 11
Jim Shaw 88 Washington Senators  
Eddie Cicotte 87 Chicago White Sox 13
Eric Erickson 87 Washington Senators  
Sam Jones 86 Boston Red Sox 15
Dixie Davis 85 St. Louis Browns 16
Hooks Dauss 82 Detroit Tigers 17
Allen Sothoron 81 St. Louis Browns 18
Ray Caldwell 80 Cleveland Indians 19
Scott Perry 79 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Walter Johnson 78 Washington Senators 21
Dutch Leonard 76 Detroit Tigers 22
Jim Bagby 73 Cleveland Indians 23
Dickey Kerr 72 Chicago White Sox 24
Guy Morton 72 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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?