Strikeouts : 1922 American League Top 25

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"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
 

1922 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Urban Shocker 149 St. Louis Browns 1
Red Faber 148 Chicago White Sox 2
Bob Shawkey 130 New York Yankees 3
Howard Ehmke 108 Detroit Tigers 4
Walter Johnson 105 Washington Senators 5
Slim Harriss 102 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Guy Morton 102 Cleveland Indians  
Stan Coveleski 98 Cleveland Indians 8
Waite Hoyt 95 New York Yankees 9
Joe Bush 92 New York Yankees 10
Charlie Robertson 83 Chicago White Sox 11
George Uhle 82 Cleveland Indians 12
Sam Jones 81 New York Yankees 13
Hooks Dauss 78 Detroit Tigers 14
Red Oldham 72 Detroit Tigers 15
Herman Pillette 71 Detroit Tigers 16
Hub Pruett 70 St. Louis Browns 17
Rip Collins 69 Boston Red Sox 18
Jack Quinn 67 Boston Red Sox 19
Dixie Davis 65 St. Louis Browns 20
Ray Francis 64 Washington Senators 21
Elam Vangilder 63 St. Louis Browns 22
Eric Erickson 61 Washington Senators 23
George Mogridge 61 Washington Senators  
Dixie Leverett 60 Chicago White Sox 25



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?

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.

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).