1943 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Allie Reynolds	151	Cleveland Indians	1
Hal Newhouser	144	Detroit Tigers	2
Spud Chandler	134	New York Yankees	3
Tommy Bridges	124	Detroit Tigers	4
Virgil Trucks	118	Detroit Tigers	5
Denny Galehouse	114	St. Louis Browns	6
Tex Hughson	114	Boston Red Sox
Hank Borowy	113	New York Yankees	8
Jesse Flores	113	Philadelphia Athletics
Dizzy Trout	111	Detroit Tigers	10
Butch Wensloff	105	New York Yankees	11
Johnny Niggeling	97	St. Louis Browns	12
		Washington Senators
Roger Wolff	91	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Early Wynn	89	Washington Senators	14
Bob Muncrief	80	St. Louis Browns	15
Nels Potter	80	St. Louis Browns
Orval Grove	76	Chicago White Sox	17
Al Smith	72	Cleveland Indians	18
Tiny Bonham	71	New York Yankees	19
Jim Bagby	70	Cleveland Indians	20
Milo Candini	67	Washington Senators	21
Orie Arntzen	66	Philadelphia Athletics	22
Eddie Smith	66	Chicago White Sox
Don Black	65	Philadelphia Athletics	24
Mickey Haefner	65	Washington Senators
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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. 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.