1947 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bob Feller	196	Cleveland Indians	1
Hal Newhouser	176	Detroit Tigers	2
Walt Masterson	135	Washington Senators	3
Allie Reynolds	129	New York Yankees	4
Phil Marchildon	128	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Tex Hughson	119	Boston Red Sox	6
Joe Page	116	New York Yankees	7
Fred Hutchinson	113	Detroit Tigers	8
Joe Dobson	110	Boston Red Sox	9
Ellis Kinder	110	St. Louis Browns
Ed Lopat	109	Chicago White Sox	11
Virgil Trucks	108	Detroit Tigers	12
Spec Shea	89	New York Yankees	13
Bobo Newsom	82	Washington Senators	14
		New York Yankees
Frank Papish	79	Chicago White Sox	15
Bill Bevens	77	New York Yankees	16
Cliff Fannin	77	St. Louis Browns
Mickey Haefner	77	Washington Senators
Jack Kramer	77	St. Louis Browns
Dick Fowler	75	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Bob Muncrief	74	St. Louis Browns	21
Dizzy Trout	74	Detroit Tigers
Early Wynn	73	Washington Senators	23
Don Black	72	Cleveland Indians	24
Spud Chandler	68	New York Yankees	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

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