Strikeouts : 1962 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)
 

1962 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Camilo Pascual 206 Minnesota Twins 1
Jim Bunning 184 Detroit Tigers 2
Ralph Terry 176 New York Yankees 3
Jim Kaat 173 Minnesota Twins 4
Juan Pizarro 173 Chicago White Sox  
Chuck Estrada 165 Baltimore Orioles 6
Whitey Ford 160 New York Yankees 7
Ed Rakow 159 Kansas City Athletics 8
Hank Aguirre 156 Detroit Tigers 9
Bill Monbouquette 153 Boston Red Sox 10
Tom Cheney 147 Washington Senators 11
Bo Belinsky 145 Los Angeles Angels 12
Dick Radatz 144 Boston Red Sox 13
Jack Kralick 139 Minnesota Twins 14
Earl Wilson 137 Boston Red Sox 15
Gene Conley 134 Boston Red Sox 16
Milt Pappas 130 Baltimore Orioles 17
Dean Chance 127 Los Angeles Angels 18
Dan Pfister 123 Kansas City Athletics 19
Dave Stenhouse 123 Washington Senators  
Don Mossi 121 Detroit Tigers 21
Barry Latman 117 Cleveland Indians 22
Dick Stigman 116 Minnesota Twins 23
Ray Herbert 115 Chicago White Sox 24
Bill Stafford 109 New York Yankees 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 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).