1945 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Hal Newhouser	212	Detroit Tigers	1
Nels Potter	129	St. Louis Browns	2
Bobo Newsom	127	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Allie Reynolds	112	Cleveland Indians	4
Thornton Lee	108	Chicago White Sox	5
Roger Wolff	108	Washington Senators
Steve Gromek	101	Cleveland Indians	7
Russ Christopher	100	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Jack Kramer	99	St. Louis Browns	9
Dizzy Trout	97	Detroit Tigers	10
Dutch Leonard	96	Washington Senators	11
Dave Ferriss	94	Boston Red Sox	12
Johnny Niggeling	90	Washington Senators	13
Mickey Haefner	83	Washington Senators	14
Tex Shirley	77	St. Louis Browns	15
Al Benton	76	Detroit Tigers	16
Bill Bevens	76	New York Yankees
Ed Lopat	74	Chicago White Sox	18
Al Gettel	67	New York Yankees	19
Marino Pieretti	66	Washington Senators	20
Al Hollingsworth	64	St. Louis Browns	21
Bob Feller	59	Cleveland Indians	22
Sig Jakucki	55	St. Louis Browns	23
Emmett O'Neill	55	Boston Red Sox
Orval Grove	54	Chicago White Sox	25
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. 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. 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.