Strikeouts : 1960 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)
 

1960 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jim Bunning 201 Detroit Tigers 1
Pedro Ramos 160 Washington Senators 2
Early Wynn 158 Chicago White Sox 3
Frank Lary 149 Detroit Tigers 4
Chuck Estrada 144 Baltimore Orioles 5
Camilo Pascual 143 Washington Senators 6
Bill Monbouquette 134 Boston Red Sox 7
Bud Daley 126 Kansas City Athletics 8
Milt Pappas 126 Baltimore Orioles  
Ray Herbert 122 Kansas City Athletics 10
Jim Perry 120 Cleveland Indians 11
Steve Barber 112 Baltimore Orioles 12
Gary Bell 109 Cleveland Indians 13
Billy Pierce 108 Chicago White Sox 14
Hoyt Wilhelm 107 Baltimore Orioles 15
Dick Stigman 104 Cleveland Indians 16
Jack Fisher 99 Baltimore Orioles 17
Frank Sullivan 98 Boston Red Sox 18
Barry Latman 94 Cleveland Indians 19
Ralph Terry 92 New York Yankees 20
Don Lee 88 Washington Senators 21
Bob Turley 87 New York Yankees 22
Russ Kemmerer 86 Washington Senators 23
Chicago White Sox  
Whitey Ford 85 New York Yankees 24
Ken Johnson 83 Kansas City Athletics 25



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).

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.