Strikeouts : 1955 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1955 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Herb Score 245 Cleveland Indians 1
Bob Turley 210 New York Yankees 2
Billy Pierce 157 Chicago White Sox 3
Whitey Ford 137 New York Yankees 4
Billy Hoeft 133 Detroit Tigers 5
Frank Sullivan 129 Boston Red Sox 6
Early Wynn 122 Cleveland Indians 7
Mike Garcia 120 Cleveland Indians 8
Jack Harshman 116 Chicago White Sox 9
Bob Lemon 100 Cleveland Indians 10
Frank Lary 98 Detroit Tigers 11
Jim Wilson 96 Baltimore Orioles 12
Willard Nixon 95 Boston Red Sox 13
Ray Narleski 94 Cleveland Indians 14
Tom Brewer 91 Boston Red Sox 15
Virgil Trucks 91 Chicago White Sox  
Ike Delock 88 Boston Red Sox 17
Dick Donovan 88 Chicago White Sox  
Dean Stone 84 Washington Senators 19
Ned Garver 83 Detroit Tigers 20
Camilo Pascual 82 Washington Senators 21
Ray Moore 80 Baltimore Orioles 22
Ted Abernathy 79 Washington Senators 23
Art Ditmar 79 Kansas City Athletics  
Mickey McDermott 78 Washington Senators 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.

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.

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