1934 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Lefty Gomez	158	New York Yankees	1
Tommy Bridges	151	Detroit Tigers	2
Schoolboy Rowe	149	Detroit Tigers	3
Red Ruffing	149	New York Yankees
Monte Pearson	140	Cleveland Indians	5
Bobo Newsom	135	St. Louis Browns	6
George Earnshaw	97	Chicago White Sox	7
Earl Whitehill	96	Washington Senators	8
Johnny Marcum	92	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Mel Harder	91	Cleveland Indians	10
Johnny Welch	91	Boston Red Sox
Bill Dietrich	88	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Elden Auker	86	Detroit Tigers	13
Les Tietje	81	Chicago White Sox	14
Bump Hadley	79	St. Louis Browns	15
Gordon Rhodes	79	Boston Red Sox
Fritz Ostermueller	75	Boston Red Sox	17
Johnny Broaca	74	New York Yankees	18
Oral Hildebrand	72	Cleveland Indians	19
Joe Cascarella	71	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Bob Weiland	71	Boston Red Sox
		Cleveland Indians
Johnny Murphy	70	New York Yankees	22
Alvin Crowder	69	Washington Senators	23
		Detroit Tigers
Wes Ferrell	67	Boston Red Sox	24
George Blaeholder	66	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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? 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).