1931 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Lefty Grove	175	Philadelphia Athletics	1
George Earnshaw	152	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Lefty Gomez	150	New York Yankees	3
Red Ruffing	132	New York Yankees	4
Bump Hadley	124	Washington Senators	5
Wes Ferrell	123	Cleveland Indians	6
Hank Johnson	106	New York Yankees	7
Rube Walberg	106	Philadelphia Athletics
Tommy Bridges	105	Detroit Tigers	9
Vic Sorrell	99	Detroit Tigers	10
Carl Fischer	96	Washington Senators	11
Lefty Stewart	89	St. Louis Browns	12
Sam Gray	88	St. Louis Browns	13
Firpo Marberry	88	Washington Senators
Vic Frazier	87	Chicago White Sox	15
Alvin Crowder	85	Washington Senators	16
Willis Hudlin	83	Cleveland Indians	17
Earl Whitehill	81	Detroit Tigers	18
George Blaeholder	79	St. Louis Browns	19
Lloyd Brown	79	Washington Senators
Danny MacFayden	74	Boston Red Sox	21
Tommy Thomas	72	Chicago White Sox	22
Herb Pennock	65	New York Yankees	23
Art Herring	64	Detroit Tigers	24
Mel Harder	63	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.