Strikeouts : 1964 American League Top 25

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1964 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Al Downing 217 New York Yankees 1
Camilo Pascual 213 Minnesota Twins 2
Dean Chance 207 Los Angeles Angels 3
Gary Peters 205 Chicago White Sox 4
Mickey Lolich 192 Detroit Tigers 5
Orlando Pena 184 Kansas City Athletics 6
Dick Radatz 181 Boston Red Sox 7
Sam McDowell 177 Cleveland Indians 8
Whitey Ford 172 New York Yankees 9
Jim Kaat 171 Minnesota Twins 10
Earl Wilson 166 Boston Red Sox 11
Dave Wickersham 164 Detroit Tigers 12
Juan Pizarro 162 Chicago White Sox 13
Dick Stigman 159 Minnesota Twins 14
Milt Pappas 157 Baltimore Orioles 15
Diego Segui 155 Kansas City Athletics 16
Sonny Siebert 144 Cleveland Indians 17
Dave Morehead 139 Boston Red Sox 18
Joe Horlen 138 Chicago White Sox 19
Claude Osteen 133 Washington Senators 20
Lee Stange 132 Minnesota Twins 21
Cleveland Indians  
Jim Bouton 125 New York Yankees 22
Buster Narum 121 Washington Senators 23
Bill Monbouquette 120 Boston Red Sox 24
Moe Drabowsky 119 Kansas City Athletics 25



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

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.

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.