1940 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bob Feller	261	Cleveland Indians	1
Bobo Newsom	164	Detroit Tigers	2
Johnny Rigney	141	Chicago White Sox	3
Tommy Bridges	133	Detroit Tigers	4
Ken Chase	129	Washington Senators	5
Dutch Leonard	124	Washington Senators	6
Eddie Smith	119	Chicago White Sox	7
Jack Wilson	102	Boston Red Sox	8
Al Milnar	99	Cleveland Indians	9
Red Ruffing	97	New York Yankees	10
Sid Hudson	96	Washington Senators	11
Johnny Babich	94	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Hal Newhouser	89	Detroit Tigers	13
Thornton Lee	87	Chicago White Sox	14
Marius Russo	87	New York Yankees
Johnny Niggeling	82	St. Louis Browns	16
Fritz Ostermueller	80	Boston Red Sox	17
Elden Auker	78	St. Louis Browns	18
Mel Harder	76	Cleveland Indians	19
George Caster	75	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Nels Potter	73	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Ted Lyons	72	Chicago White Sox	22
Marv Breuer	71	New York Yankees	23
Vern Kennedy	70	St. Louis Browns	24
Johnny Gorsica	68	Detroit Tigers	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.