Strikeouts : 1907 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)
 

1907 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rube Waddell 232 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Ed Walsh 206 Chicago White Sox 2
Eddie Plank 183 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Jimmy Dygert 151 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Cy Young 147 Boston Americans 5
George Mullin 146 Detroit Tigers 6
Doc White 141 Chicago White Sox 7
Frank Smith 139 Chicago White Sox 8
Addie Joss 127 Cleveland Naps 9
Bill Donovan 123 Detroit Tigers 10
Charlie Smith 119 Washington Senators 11
Harry Howell 118 St. Louis Browns 12
Chief Bender 112 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Glenn Liebhardt 110 Cleveland Naps 14
Cy Falkenberg 108 Washington Senators 15
Tom Hughes 102 Washington Senators 16
Ed Killian 96 Detroit Tigers 17
Jack Powell 96 St. Louis Browns  
Slow Joe Doyle 94 New York Highlanders 19
Ed Siever 88 Detroit Tigers 20
George Winter 88 Boston Americans  
Barney Pelty 85 St. Louis Browns 22
Jack Chesbro 78 New York Highlanders 23
Al Orth 78 New York Highlanders  
Bob Rhoads 76 Cleveland Naps 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?

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.