Strikeouts : 1995 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1995 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Randy Johnson 294 Seattle Mariners 1
Todd Stottlemyre 205 Oakland Athletics 2
Chuck Finley 195 California Angels 3
David Cone 191 Toronto Blue Jays 4
New York Yankees  
Kevin Appier 185 Kansas City Royals 5
Alex Fernandez 159 Chicago White Sox 6
Mike Mussina 158 Baltimore Orioles 7
Jack McDowell 157 New York Yankees 8
Al Leiter 153 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Roger Pavlik 149 Texas Rangers 10
Mark Langston 142 California Angels 11
Kenny Rogers 140 Texas Rangers 12
Erik Hanson 139 Boston Red Sox 13
Charles Nagy 139 Cleveland Indians  
Pat Hentgen 135 Toronto Blue Jays 15
Roger Clemens 132 Boston Red Sox 16
Todd Van Poppel 122 Oakland Athletics 17
Sterling Hitchcock 121 New York Yankees 18
Tom Gordon 119 Kansas City Royals 19
Tim Wakefield 119 Boston Red Sox  
Wilson Alvarez 118 Chicago White Sox 21
Kevin Brown 117 Baltimore Orioles 22
Andy Pettitte 114 New York Yankees 23
Orel Hershiser 111 Cleveland Indians 24
Jason Bere 110 Chicago White Sox 25



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?

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