Strikeouts : 1982 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)
 

1982 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Floyd Bannister 209 Seattle Mariners 1
Len Barker 187 Cleveland Indians 2
Dave Righetti 163 New York Yankees 3
Ron Guidry 162 New York Yankees 4
John Tudor 146 Boston Red Sox 5
Rick Sutcliffe 142 Cleveland Indians 6
Dave Stieb 141 Toronto Blue Jays 7
Jim Beattie 140 Seattle Mariners 8
Jim Clancy 139 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Jack Morris 135 Detroit Tigers 10
Dan Petry 132 Detroit Tigers 11
Brad Havens 129 Minnesota Twins 12
Charlie Hough 128 Texas Rangers 13
Dennis Eckersley 127 Boston Red Sox 14
La Marr Hoyt 124 Chicago White Sox 15
Bobby Castillo 123 Minnesota Twins 16
Britt Burns 116 Chicago White Sox 17
Gaylord Perry 116 Seattle Mariners  
Milt Wilcox 112 Detroit Tigers 19
Bill Caudill 111 Seattle Mariners 20
Luis Leal 111 Toronto Blue Jays  
Dennis Martinez 111 Baltimore Orioles  
Shane Rawley 111 New York Yankees  
Mark Clear 109 Boston Red Sox 24
Richard Dotson 109 Chicago White Sox  



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.

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