Strikeouts : 1995 American League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1995 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Randy Johnson 294 Seattle Mariners 1
Todd Stottlemyre 205 Oakland Athletics 2
Chuck Finley 195 California Angels 3
David Cone 191 Toronto Blue Jays 4
New York Yankees  
Kevin Appier 185 Kansas City Royals 5
Alex Fernandez 159 Chicago White Sox 6
Mike Mussina 158 Baltimore Orioles 7
Jack McDowell 157 New York Yankees 8
Al Leiter 153 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Roger Pavlik 149 Texas Rangers 10
Mark Langston 142 California Angels 11
Kenny Rogers 140 Texas Rangers 12
Erik Hanson 139 Boston Red Sox 13
Charles Nagy 139 Cleveland Indians  
Pat Hentgen 135 Toronto Blue Jays 15
Roger Clemens 132 Boston Red Sox 16
Todd Van Poppel 122 Oakland Athletics 17
Sterling Hitchcock 121 New York Yankees 18
Tom Gordon 119 Kansas City Royals 19
Tim Wakefield 119 Boston Red Sox  
Wilson Alvarez 118 Chicago White Sox 21
Kevin Brown 117 Baltimore Orioles 22
Andy Pettitte 114 New York Yankees 23
Orel Hershiser 111 Cleveland Indians 24
Jason Bere 110 Chicago White Sox 25



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).

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.