Top 25 Strikeouts in 1924 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1924 National 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)

1924 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Dazzy Vance 262 Brooklyn Robins 1

Burleigh Grimes 135 Brooklyn Robins 2

Dolf Luque 86 Cincinnati Reds 3

Johnny Morrison 85 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Tony Kaufmann 79 Chicago Cubs 5

Vic Keen 75 Chicago Cubs 6

Vic Aldridge 74 Chicago Cubs 7

Pete Donohue 72 Cincinnati Reds 8

Art Nehf 72 New York Giants

Jimmy Ring 72 Philadelphia Phillies

Jesse Haines 69 St. Louis Cardinals 11

Johnny Cooney 67 Boston Braves 12

Hal Carlson 66 Philadelphia Phillies 13

Ray Kremer 64 Pittsburgh Pirates 14

Carl Mays 63 Cincinnati Reds 15

Dutch Ruether 63 Brooklyn Robins

Wilbur Cooper 62 Pittsburgh Pirates 17

Allen Sothoron 62 St. Louis Cardinals

Lee Meadows 61 Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Jack Bentley 60 New York Giants 20

Virgil Barnes 59 New York Giants 21

Jakie May 59 Cincinnati Reds

Eppa Rixey 57 Cincinnati Reds 23

Bill Sherdel 57 St. Louis Cardinals

Tiny Osborne 54 Chicago Cubs 25

Brooklyn Robins

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

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.

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).

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?

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