1942 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Tex Hughson	113	Boston Red Sox	1
Bobo Newsom	113	Washington Senators
Al Benton	110	Detroit Tigers	3
Phil Marchildon	110	Philadelphia Athletics
Johnny Niggeling	107	St. Louis Browns	5
Hal Newhouser	103	Detroit Tigers	6
Tommy Bridges	97	Detroit Tigers	7
Roger Wolff	94	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Hal White	93	Detroit Tigers	9
Dizzy Trout	91	Detroit Tigers	10
Virgil Trucks	91	Detroit Tigers
Hank Borowy	85	New York Yankees	12
Red Ruffing	80	New York Yankees	13
Herman Besse	78	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Eddie Smith	78	Chicago White Sox
Denny Galehouse	75	St. Louis Browns	16
Spud Chandler	74	New York Yankees	17
Mel Harder	74	Cleveland Indians
Marv Breuer	72	New York Yankees	19
Joe Dobson	72	Boston Red Sox
Sid Hudson	72	Washington Senators
Tiny Bonham	71	New York Yankees	22
Johnny Humphries	71	Chicago White Sox
Oscar Judd	70	Boston Red Sox	24
Al Smith	66	Cleveland Indians	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). 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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.