Strikeouts : 1950 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:

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

1950 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Lemon 170 Cleveland Indians 1
Allie Reynolds 160 New York Yankees 2
Vic Raschi 155 New York Yankees 3
Early Wynn 143 Cleveland Indians 4
Bob Feller 119 Cleveland Indians 5
Tommy Byrne 118 New York Yankees 6
Billy Pierce 118 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Kuzava 105 Chicago White Sox 8
Washington Senators  
Ted Gray 102 Detroit Tigers 9
Lou Brissie 101 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Mickey McDermott 96 Boston Red Sox 11
Ellis Kinder 95 Boston Red Sox 12
Ray Scarborough 94 Washington Senators 13
Chicago White Sox  
Mel Parnell 93 Boston Red Sox 14
Bobby Shantz 93 Philadelphia Athletics  
Art Houtteman 88 Detroit Tigers 16
Dizzy Trout 88 Detroit Tigers  
Hal Newhouser 87 Detroit Tigers 18
Ned Garver 85 St. Louis Browns 19
Alex Kellner 85 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Dobson 81 Boston Red Sox 21
Chuck Stobbs 78 Boston Red Sox 22
Al Widmar 78 St. Louis Browns  
Bob Cain 77 Chicago White Sox 24
Mike Garcia 76 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.

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).

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.