Strikeouts : 1936 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1936 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tommy Bridges 175 Detroit Tigers 1
Johnny Allen 165 Cleveland Indians 2
Bobo Newsom 156 Washington Senators 3
Lefty Grove 130 Boston Red Sox 4
Monte Pearson 118 New York Yankees 5
Schoolboy Rowe 115 Detroit Tigers 6
Wes Ferrell 106 Boston Red Sox 7
Lefty Gomez 105 New York Yankees 8
Red Ruffing 102 New York Yankees 9
Vern Kennedy 99 Chicago White Sox 10
Fritz Ostermueller 90 Boston Red Sox 11
Johnny Broaca 84 New York Yankees 12
Mel Harder 84 Cleveland Indians  
Harry Kelley 82 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Pete Appleton 77 Washington Senators 15
Bill Dietrich 77 Philadelphia Athletics  
Washington Senators  
Chicago White Sox  
Bob Feller 76 Cleveland Indians 17
Bump Hadley 74 New York Yankees 18
Jack Wilson 74 Boston Red Sox  
Pat Malone 72 New York Yankees 20
Denny Galehouse 71 Cleveland Indians 21
John Whitehead 70 Chicago White Sox 22
Chief Hogsett 68 Detroit Tigers 23
St. Louis Browns  
Elden Auker 66 Detroit Tigers 24
Oral Hildebrand 65 Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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?