Strikeouts : 1974 American League Top 25

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

1974 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nolan Ryan 367 California Angels 1
Bert Blyleven 249 Minnesota Twins 2
Fergie Jenkins 225 Texas Rangers 3
Gaylord Perry 216 Cleveland Indians 4
Mickey Lolich 202 Detroit Tigers 5
Steve Busby 198 Kansas City Royals 6
Frank Tanana 180 California Angels 7
Joe Coleman 177 Detroit Tigers 8
Luis Tiant 176 Boston Red Sox 9
Vida Blue 174 Oakland Athletics 10
Wilbur Wood 169 Chicago White Sox 11
Joe Decker 158 Minnesota Twins 12
Ross Grimsley 158 Baltimore Orioles  
Pat Dobson 157 New York Yankees 14
Doc Medich 154 New York Yankees 15
Jim Bibby 149 Texas Rangers 16
Catfish Hunter 143 Oakland Athletics 17
Jim Kaat 142 Chicago White Sox 18
Jackie Brown 134 Texas Rangers 19
John Hiller 134 Detroit Tigers  
Jim Slaton 126 Milwaukee Brewers 21
Ken Holtzman 117 Oakland Athletics 22
Dave McNally 111 Baltimore Orioles 23
Roger Moret 111 Boston Red Sox  
Dick Tidrow 108 Cleveland Indians 25
New York Yankees  



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

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.