Strikeouts : 1920 National 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1920 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 173 Chicago Cubs 1
Burleigh Grimes 131 Brooklyn Robins 2
Hippo Vaughn 131 Chicago Cubs  
Jesse Haines 120 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Ferdie Schupp 119 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Wilbur Cooper 114 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Eppa Rixey 109 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Al Mamaux 101 Brooklyn Robins 8
Dutch Ruether 99 Cincinnati Reds 9
Lee Meadows 95 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Jack Scott 94 Boston Braves 11
Bill Doak 90 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Rube Marquard 89 Brooklyn Robins 13
Babe Adams 84 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Fred Toney 81 New York Giants 15
Joe Oeschger 80 Boston Braves 16
Jeff Pfeffer 80 Brooklyn Robins  
Leon Cadore 79 Brooklyn Robins 18
Art Nehf 79 New York Giants  
Hod Eller 76 Cincinnati Reds 20
Earl Hamilton 74 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Bill Sherdel 74 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jimmy Ring 73 Cincinnati Reds 23
Claude Hendrix 72 Chicago Cubs 24
Dolf Luque 72 Cincinnati Reds  



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

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?

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.