Strikeouts : 1994 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"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)
 

1994 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Randy Johnson 204 Seattle Mariners 1
Roger Clemens 168 Boston Red Sox 2
Chuck Finley 148 California Angels 3
Pat Hentgen 147 Toronto Blue Jays 4
Kevin Appier 145 Kansas City Royals 5
David Cone 132 Kansas City Royals 6
Jason Bere 127 Chicago White Sox 7
Jack McDowell 127 Chicago White Sox  
Tom Gordon 126 Kansas City Royals 9
Juan Guzman 124 Toronto Blue Jays 10
Kevin Brown 123 Texas Rangers 11
Alex Fernandez 122 Chicago White Sox 12
Kenny Rogers 120 Texas Rangers 13
Dave Stewart 111 Toronto Blue Jays 14
Bobby Witt 111 Oakland Athletics  
Mark Langston 109 California Angels 16
Melido Perez 109 New York Yankees  
Wilson Alvarez 108 Chicago White Sox 18
Ron Darling 108 Oakland Athletics  
Charles Nagy 108 Cleveland Indians  
Aaron Sele 105 Boston Red Sox 21
Todd Stottlemyre 105 Toronto Blue Jays  
Scott Erickson 104 Minnesota Twins 23
Al Leiter 100 Toronto Blue Jays 24
Jack Morris 100 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.

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.