Strikeouts : 1947 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)
 

1947 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Feller 196 Cleveland Indians 1
Hal Newhouser 176 Detroit Tigers 2
Walt Masterson 135 Washington Senators 3
Allie Reynolds 129 New York Yankees 4
Phil Marchildon 128 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Tex Hughson 119 Boston Red Sox 6
Joe Page 116 New York Yankees 7
Fred Hutchinson 113 Detroit Tigers 8
Joe Dobson 110 Boston Red Sox 9
Ellis Kinder 110 St. Louis Browns  
Ed Lopat 109 Chicago White Sox 11
Virgil Trucks 108 Detroit Tigers 12
Spec Shea 89 New York Yankees 13
Bobo Newsom 82 Washington Senators 14
New York Yankees  
Frank Papish 79 Chicago White Sox 15
Bill Bevens 77 New York Yankees 16
Cliff Fannin 77 St. Louis Browns  
Mickey Haefner 77 Washington Senators  
Jack Kramer 77 St. Louis Browns  
Dick Fowler 75 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Bob Muncrief 74 St. Louis Browns 21
Dizzy Trout 74 Detroit Tigers  
Early Wynn 73 Washington Senators 23
Don Black 72 Cleveland Indians 24
Spud Chandler 68 New York Yankees 25



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.

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.

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).