Strikeouts : 1941 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1941 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller 260 Cleveland Indians 1
Bobo Newsom 175 Detroit Tigers 2
Thornton Lee 130 Chicago White Sox 3
Johnny Rigney 119 Chicago White Sox 4
Mickey Harris 111 Boston Red Sox 5
Eddie Smith 111 Chicago White Sox  
Sid Hudson 108 Washington Senators 7
Hal Newhouser 106 Detroit Tigers 8
Marius Russo 105 New York Yankees 9
Ken Chase 98 Washington Senators 10
Dutch Leonard 91 Washington Senators 11
Tommy Bridges 90 Detroit Tigers 12
Dizzy Trout 88 Detroit Tigers 13
Al Milnar 82 Cleveland Indians 14
Marv Breuer 77 New York Yankees 15
Lefty Gomez 76 New York Yankees 16
Al Smith 76 Cleveland Indians  
Phil Marchildon 74 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Atley Donald 71 New York Yankees 19
Joe Dobson 69 Boston Red Sox 20
Johnny Niggeling 68 St. Louis Browns 21
Bob Muncrief 67 St. Louis Browns 22
Al Benton 63 Detroit Tigers 23
Ted Lyons 63 Chicago White Sox  
Denny Galehouse 61 St. Louis Browns 25



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).

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.

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.