Top 25 Strikeouts in 1967 in the American League

Strikeouts : 1967 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)

1967 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Jim Lonborg 246 Boston Red Sox 1

Sam McDowell 236 Cleveland Indians 2

Dean Chance 220 Minnesota Twins 3

Luis Tiant 219 Cleveland Indians 4

Gary Peters 215 Chicago White Sox 5

Jim Kaat 211 Minnesota Twins 6

Dave Boswell 204 Minnesota Twins 7

Catfish Hunter 196 Kansas City Athletics 8

Jim Nash 186 Kansas City Athletics 9

Earl Wilson 184 Detroit Tigers 10

Tom Phoebus 179 Baltimore Orioles 11

Mickey Lolich 174 Detroit Tigers 12

Al Downing 171 New York Yankees 13

George Brunet 165 California Angels 14

Denny McLain 161 Detroit Tigers 15

Jim Merritt 161 Minnesota Twins

Gary Bell 154 Cleveland Indians 17

Boston Red Sox

Joe Sparma 153 Detroit Tigers 18

Mel Stottlemyre 151 New York Yankees 19

Steve Hargan 141 Cleveland Indians 20

Jim McGlothlin 137 California Angels 21

Sonny Siebert 136 Cleveland Indians 22

Pete Richert 131 Washington Senators 23

Baltimore Orioles

Phil Ortega 122 Washington Senators 24

Steve Barber 118 Baltimore Orioles 25

New York Yankees

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

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.

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

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