Top 25 Strikeouts in 1902 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1902 National League Top 25

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"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)

1902 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Vic Willis 225 Boston Beaneaters 1

Doc White 185 Philadelphia Phillies 2

Togie Pittinger 174 Boston Beaneaters 3

Bill Donovan 170 Brooklyn Superbas 4

Christy Mathewson 159 New York Giants 5

Noodles Hahn 142 Cincinnati Reds 6

Jack Chesbro 136 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Deacon Phillippe 122 Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Frank Kitson 107 Brooklyn Superbas 9

Doc Newton 107 Brooklyn Superbas

Ham Iburg 106 Philadelphia Phillies 11

Mike O'Neill 105 St. Louis Cardinals 12

Jesse Tannehill 100 Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Chick Fraser 97 Philadelphia Phillies 14

Jay Hughes 94 Brooklyn Superbas 15

Pop Williams 94 Chicago Cubs

Ed Doheny 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 17

Dummy Taylor 87 New York Giants 18

Sam Leever 86 Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Bill Phillips 85 Cincinnati Reds 20

Roy Evans 83 New York Giants 21

Brooklyn Superbas

Jack Taylor 83 Chicago Cubs

Stan Yerkes 81 St. Louis Cardinals 23

Bob Wicker 78 St. Louis Cardinals 24

Carl Lundgren 68 Chicago Cubs 25

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

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?

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

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