1938 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bob Feller	240	Cleveland Indians	1
Bobo Newsom	226	St. Louis Browns	2
Lefty Mills	134	St. Louis Browns	3
Lefty Gomez	129	New York Yankees	4
Red Ruffing	127	New York Yankees	5
Johnny Allen	112	Cleveland Indians	6
George Caster	112	Philadelphia Athletics
Joe Krakauskas	104	Washington Senators	8
Mel Harder	102	Cleveland Indians	9
Tommy Bridges	101	Detroit Tigers	10
Lefty Grove	99	Boston Red Sox	11
Monte Pearson	98	New York Yankees	12
Jack Wilson	96	Boston Red Sox	13
Johnny Rigney	84	Chicago White Sox	14
Monty Stratton	82	Chicago White Sox	15
Eddie Smith	78	Philadelphia Athletics	16
Thornton Lee	77	Chicago White Sox	17
Lynn Nelson	75	Philadelphia Athletics	18
Jim Bagby	73	Boston Red Sox	19
Dutch Leonard	68	Washington Senators	20
Denny Galehouse	66	Cleveland Indians	21
Oral Hildebrand	66	St. Louis Browns
Ken Chase	64	Washington Senators	23
Pete Appleton	62	Washington Senators	24
Bump Hadley	61	New York Yankees	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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). 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.