Strikeouts : 1934 American League Top 25

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1934 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lefty Gomez 158 New York Yankees 1
Tommy Bridges 151 Detroit Tigers 2
Schoolboy Rowe 149 Detroit Tigers 3
Red Ruffing 149 New York Yankees  
Monte Pearson 140 Cleveland Indians 5
Bobo Newsom 135 St. Louis Browns 6
George Earnshaw 97 Chicago White Sox 7
Earl Whitehill 96 Washington Senators 8
Johnny Marcum 92 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Mel Harder 91 Cleveland Indians 10
Johnny Welch 91 Boston Red Sox  
Bill Dietrich 88 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Elden Auker 86 Detroit Tigers 13
Les Tietje 81 Chicago White Sox 14
Bump Hadley 79 St. Louis Browns 15
Gordon Rhodes 79 Boston Red Sox  
Fritz Ostermueller 75 Boston Red Sox 17
Johnny Broaca 74 New York Yankees 18
Oral Hildebrand 72 Cleveland Indians 19
Joe Cascarella 71 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Bob Weiland 71 Boston Red Sox  
Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Murphy 70 New York Yankees 22
Alvin Crowder 69 Washington Senators 23
Detroit Tigers  
Wes Ferrell 67 Boston Red Sox 24
George Blaeholder 66 St. Louis Browns 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.

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?