Strikeouts : 1958 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1958 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Early Wynn 179 Chicago White Sox 1
Jim Bunning 177 Detroit Tigers 2
Bob Turley 168 New York Yankees 3
Jack Harshman 161 Baltimore Orioles 4
Camilo Pascual 146 Washington Senators 5
Whitey Ford 145 New York Yankees 6
Billy Pierce 144 Chicago White Sox 7
Billy O'Dell 137 Baltimore Orioles 8
Paul Foytack 135 Detroit Tigers 9
Ralph Terry 134 Kansas City Athletics 10
Pedro Ramos 132 Washington Senators 11
Frank Lary 131 Detroit Tigers 12
Dick Donovan 127 Chicago White Sox 13
Tom Brewer 124 Boston Red Sox 14
Mudcat Grant 111 Cleveland Indians 15
Russ Kemmerer 111 Washington Senators  
Gary Bell 110 Cleveland Indians 17
Ray Herbert 108 Kansas City Athletics 18
Frank Sullivan 103 Boston Red Sox 19
Ray Narleski 102 Cleveland Indians 20
Cal McLish 97 Cleveland Indians 21
Billy Hoeft 94 Detroit Tigers 22
Dick Tomanek 92 Cleveland Indians 23
Kansas City Athletics  
Hoyt Wilhelm 92 Cleveland Indians  
Baltimore Orioles  
Arnie Portocarrero 90 Baltimore Orioles 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.

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).

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.