1909 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Frank Smith	177	Chicago White Sox	1
Walter Johnson	164	Washington Senators	2
Heinie Berger	162	Cleveland Naps	3
Chief Bender	161	Philadelphia Athletics	4
Rube Waddell	141	St. Louis Browns	5
Harry Krause	139	Philadelphia Athletics	6
Jim Scott	135	Chicago White Sox	7
Eddie Plank	132	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Bob Groom	131	Washington Senators	9
Ed Walsh	127	Chicago White Sox	10
George Mullin	124	Detroit Tigers	11
Joe Lake	117	New York Highlanders	12
Bill Bailey	114	St. Louis Browns	13
Cy Morgan	111	Boston Red Sox	14
		Philadelphia Athletics
Cy Young	109	Cleveland Naps	15
Ed Summers	107	Detroit Tigers	16
Jack Coombs	97	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Jack Warhop	95	New York Highlanders	18
Ed Willett	89	Detroit Tigers	19
Barney Pelty	88	St. Louis Browns	20
Joe Wood	88	Boston Red Sox
Dolly Gray	87	Washington Senators	22
Charlie Smith	83	Washington Senators	23
		Boston Red Sox
Frank Arellanes	82	Boston Red Sox	24
Eddie Cicotte	82	Boston Red Sox
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. 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. 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.