Top 25 Strikeouts in 1973 in the American League

Strikeouts : 1973 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)

1973 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Nolan Ryan 383 California Angels 1

Bert Blyleven 258 Minnesota Twins 2

Bill Singer 241 California Angels 3

Gaylord Perry 238 Cleveland Indians 4

Mickey Lolich 214 Detroit Tigers 5

Luis Tiant 206 Boston Red Sox 6

Joe Coleman 202 Detroit Tigers 7

Wilbur Wood 199 Chicago White Sox 8

Steve Busby 174 Kansas City Royals 9

Vida Blue 158 Oakland Athletics 10

Jim Palmer 158 Baltimore Orioles

Ken Holtzman 157 Oakland Athletics 12

Jim Bibby 155 Texas Rangers 13

Doc Medich 145 New York Yankees 14

Mike Cuellar 140 Baltimore Orioles 15

Steve Stone 138 Chicago White Sox 16

Dick Tidrow 138 Cleveland Indians

Jim Colborn 135 Milwaukee Brewers 18

Rudy May 134 California Angels 19

Jim Slaton 134 Milwaukee Brewers

John Hiller 124 Detroit Tigers 21

Catfish Hunter 124 Oakland Athletics

Stan Bahnsen 120 Chicago White Sox 23

Terry Forster 120 Chicago White Sox

Bill Lee 120 Boston Red Sox

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

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?

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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