Strikeouts : 1919 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"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)
 

1919 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Walter Johnson 147 Washington Senators 1
Jim Shaw 128 Washington Senators 2
Lefty Williams 125 Chicago White Sox 3
Bob Shawkey 122 New York Yankees 4
Stan Coveleski 118 Cleveland Indians 5
Allen Russell 113 New York Yankees 6
Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Cicotte 110 Chicago White Sox 7
Carl Mays 107 Boston Red Sox 8
New York Yankees  
Allen Sothoron 106 St. Louis Browns 9
Dutch Leonard 102 Detroit Tigers 10
Walt Kinney 97 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Jack Quinn 97 New York Yankees  
Eric Erickson 90 Detroit Tigers 13
Washington Senators  
Harry Harper 87 Washington Senators 14
Urban Shocker 86 St. Louis Browns 15
Bert Gallia 83 St. Louis Browns 16
Howard Ehmke 79 Detroit Tigers 17
Dickey Kerr 79 Chicago White Sox  
Hooks Dauss 73 Detroit Tigers 19
Bernie Boland 71 Detroit Tigers 20
Herb Pennock 70 Boston Red Sox 21
Rollie Naylor 68 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Jing Johnson 67 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Sam Jones 67 Boston Red Sox  
Guy Morton 64 Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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.