Strikeouts : 1923 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)
 

1923 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 130 Washington Senators 1
Joe Bush 125 New York Yankees 2
Bob Shawkey 125 New York Yankees  
Howard Ehmke 121 Boston Red Sox 4
Urban Shocker 109 St. Louis Browns 5
George Uhle 109 Cleveland Indians  
Hooks Dauss 105 Detroit Tigers 7
Dave Danforth 96 St. Louis Browns 8
Syl Johnson 93 Detroit Tigers 9
Herb Pennock 93 New York Yankees  
Red Faber 91 Chicago White Sox 11
Charlie Robertson 91 Chicago White Sox  
Slim Harriss 89 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Mike Cvengros 86 Chicago White Sox 14
Eddie Rommel 76 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Elam Vangilder 74 St. Louis Browns 16
Alex Ferguson 72 Boston Red Sox 17
Jack Quinn 71 Boston Red Sox 18
Jim Joe Edwards 68 Cleveland Indians 19
Sam Jones 68 New York Yankees  
Allen Russell 67 Washington Senators 21
Dixie Leverett 64 Chicago White Sox 22
Herman Pillette 64 Detroit Tigers  
Fred Heimach 63 Philadelphia Athletics 24
George Mogridge 62 Washington Senators 25



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

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.

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.