Strikeouts : 1950 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1950 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Lemon 170 Cleveland Indians 1
Allie Reynolds 160 New York Yankees 2
Vic Raschi 155 New York Yankees 3
Early Wynn 143 Cleveland Indians 4
Bob Feller 119 Cleveland Indians 5
Tommy Byrne 118 New York Yankees 6
Billy Pierce 118 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Kuzava 105 Chicago White Sox 8
Washington Senators  
Ted Gray 102 Detroit Tigers 9
Lou Brissie 101 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Mickey McDermott 96 Boston Red Sox 11
Ellis Kinder 95 Boston Red Sox 12
Ray Scarborough 94 Washington Senators 13
Chicago White Sox  
Mel Parnell 93 Boston Red Sox 14
Bobby Shantz 93 Philadelphia Athletics  
Art Houtteman 88 Detroit Tigers 16
Dizzy Trout 88 Detroit Tigers  
Hal Newhouser 87 Detroit Tigers 18
Ned Garver 85 St. Louis Browns 19
Alex Kellner 85 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Dobson 81 Boston Red Sox 21
Chuck Stobbs 78 Boston Red Sox 22
Al Widmar 78 St. Louis Browns  
Bob Cain 77 Chicago White Sox 24
Mike Garcia 76 Cleveland Indians 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.

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?

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.