Strikeouts : 1932 American League Top 25

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1932 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Red Ruffing 190 New York Yankees 1
Lefty Grove 188 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Lefty Gomez 176 New York Yankees 3
Bump Hadley 145 Chicago White Sox 4
St. Louis Browns  
George Pipgras 111 New York Yankees 5
Johnny Allen 109 New York Yankees 6
George Earnshaw 109 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tommy Bridges 108 Detroit Tigers 8
Roy Mahaffey 106 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Wes Ferrell 105 Cleveland Indians 10
Alvin Crowder 103 Washington Senators 11
Rube Walberg 96 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Mel Harder 90 Cleveland Indians 13
Lefty Stewart 86 St. Louis Browns 14
Vic Sorrell 84 Detroit Tigers 15
Monte Weaver 83 Washington Senators 16
Whit Wyatt 82 Detroit Tigers 17
Earl Whitehill 81 Detroit Tigers 18
George Blaeholder 80 St. Louis Browns 19
Sam Gray 79 St. Louis Browns 20
Firpo Marberry 66 Washington Senators 21
Willis Hudlin 65 Cleveland Indians 22
Sam Jones 64 Chicago White Sox 23
Bob Weiland 63 Boston Red Sox 24
Danny MacFayden 62 Boston Red Sox 25
New York Yankees  



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).

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.