Strikeouts : 1917 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1917 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 188 Washington Senators 1
Eddie Cicotte 150 Chicago White Sox 2
Dutch Leonard 144 Boston Red Sox 3
Stan Coveleski 133 Cleveland Indians 4
Babe Ruth 128 Boston Red Sox 5
Joe Bush 121 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Jim Shaw 118 Washington Senators 7
Ray Caldwell 102 New York Yankees 8
Hooks Dauss 102 Detroit Tigers  
Dave Davenport 100 St. Louis Browns 10
Harry Harper 99 Washington Senators 11
Bob Shawkey 97 New York Yankees 12
Carl Mays 91 Boston Red Sox 13
Howard Ehmke 90 Detroit Tigers 14
Bernie Boland 89 Detroit Tigers 15
Elmer Myers 88 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Allen Sothoron 85 St. Louis Browns 17
Lefty Williams 85 Chicago White Sox  
Red Faber 84 Chicago White Sox 19
Bert Gallia 84 Washington Senators  
Jim Bagby 83 Cleveland Indians 21
Bob Groom 82 St. Louis Browns 22
Slim Love 82 New York Yankees  
Willie Mitchell 80 Detroit Tigers 24
Dave Danforth 79 Chicago White Sox 25



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

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?

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).