Keep in mind that Johnson's peak strike-out years were during the dead-ball era when batters were swinging to make contact, rather than swinging for the fences, which made batters harder to strike out. But, even in the 1920's after the advent of the lively ball and when Johnson was in the downside of his career, he led the A.L. in strike outs three times (1921, 1923 & 1924) and MLB once (1921). I daresay that if Johnson were pitching in the 21st century, IMO, he would accumulate 6,000 or more strike outs because there are so few contact hitters in today's game.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 cards of Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
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