Top 25 Strikeouts in 1969 in the American League

Strikeouts : 1969 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)

1969 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Sam McDowell 279 Cleveland Indians 1

Mickey Lolich 271 Detroit Tigers 2

Andy Messersmith 211 California Angels 3

Dave Boswell 190 Minnesota Twins 4

Joe Coleman 182 Washington Senators 5

Mike Cuellar 182 Baltimore Orioles

Denny McLain 181 Detroit Tigers 7

Ray Culp 172 Boston Red Sox 8

Dave McNally 166 Baltimore Orioles 9

Bill Butler 156 Kansas City Royals 10

Luis Tiant 156 Cleveland Indians

Jim Perry 153 Minnesota Twins 12

Catfish Hunter 150 Oakland Athletics 13

Blue Moon Odom 150 Oakland Athletics

Fritz Peterson 150 New York Yankees

Earl Wilson 150 Detroit Tigers

Gary Peters 140 Chicago White Sox 17

Gene Brabender 139 Seattle Pilots 18

Jim Kaat 139 Minnesota Twins

Stan Williams 139 Cleveland Indians

Chuck Dobson 137 Oakland Athletics 21

Rudy May 133 California Angels 22

Sonny Siebert 133 Cleveland Indians

Boston Red Sox

Stan Bahnsen 130 New York Yankees 24

Wally Bunker 130 Kansas City Royals

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox � including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.

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