Top 25 Strikeouts in 1964 in the American League

Strikeouts : 1964 American League Top 25

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1964 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Al Downing 217 New York Yankees 1

Camilo Pascual 213 Minnesota Twins 2

Dean Chance 207 Los Angeles Angels 3

Gary Peters 205 Chicago White Sox 4

Mickey Lolich 192 Detroit Tigers 5

Orlando Pena 184 Kansas City Athletics 6

Dick Radatz 181 Boston Red Sox 7

Sam McDowell 177 Cleveland Indians 8

Whitey Ford 172 New York Yankees 9

Jim Kaat 171 Minnesota Twins 10

Earl Wilson 166 Boston Red Sox 11

Dave Wickersham 164 Detroit Tigers 12

Juan Pizarro 162 Chicago White Sox 13

Dick Stigman 159 Minnesota Twins 14

Milt Pappas 157 Baltimore Orioles 15

Diego Segui 155 Kansas City Athletics 16

Sonny Siebert 144 Cleveland Indians 17

Dave Morehead 139 Boston Red Sox 18

Joe Horlen 138 Chicago White Sox 19

Claude Osteen 133 Washington Senators 20

Lee Stange 132 Minnesota Twins 21

Cleveland Indians

Jim Bouton 125 New York Yankees 22

Buster Narum 121 Washington Senators 23

Bill Monbouquette 120 Boston Red Sox 24

Moe Drabowsky 119 Kansas City Athletics 25

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

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).

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?

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