Strikeouts : 1956 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)
 

1956 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Herb Score 263 Cleveland Indians 1
Billy Pierce 192 Chicago White Sox 2
Paul Foytack 184 Detroit Tigers 3
Billy Hoeft 172 Detroit Tigers 4
Frank Lary 165 Detroit Tigers 5
Camilo Pascual 162 Washington Senators 6
Early Wynn 158 Cleveland Indians 7
Jack Harshman 143 Chicago White Sox 8
Whitey Ford 141 New York Yankees 9
Connie Johnson 136 Chicago White Sox 10
Baltimore Orioles  
Tom Brewer 127 Boston Red Sox 11
Art Ditmar 126 Kansas City Athletics 12
Dick Donovan 120 Chicago White Sox 13
Mike Garcia 119 Cleveland Indians 14
Frank Sullivan 116 Boston Red Sox 15
Jim Wilson 113 Baltimore Orioles 16
Chicago White Sox  
Tom Sturdivant 110 New York Yankees 17
Don Larsen 107 New York Yankees 18
Ike Delock 105 Boston Red Sox 19
Ray Moore 105 Baltimore Orioles  
Chuck Stobbs 97 Washington Senators 21
Bob Lemon 94 Cleveland Indians 22
Dave Sisler 93 Boston Red Sox 23
Bob Turley 91 New York Yankees 24
Dean Stone 86 Washington Senators 25



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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.