1949 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Virgil Trucks	153	Detroit Tigers	1
Hal Newhouser	144	Detroit Tigers	2
Ellis Kinder	138	Boston Red Sox	3
Bob Lemon	138	Cleveland Indians
Tommy Byrne	129	New York Yankees	5
Vic Raschi	124	New York Yankees	6
Mel Parnell	122	Boston Red Sox	7
Lou Brissie	118	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Joe Coleman	109	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Bob Feller	108	Cleveland Indians	10
Allie Reynolds	105	New York Yankees	11
Joe Page	99	New York Yankees	12
Ted Gray	96	Detroit Tigers	13
Billy Pierce	95	Chicago White Sox	14
Mike Garcia	94	Cleveland Indians	15
Alex Kellner	94	Philadelphia Athletics
Joe Dobson	87	Boston Red Sox	17
Art Houtteman	85	Detroit Tigers	18
Bob Kuzava	83	Chicago White Sox	19
Ray Scarborough	81	Washington Senators	20
Randy Gumpert	78	Chicago White Sox	21
Bill Wight	78	Chicago White Sox
Ned Garver	70	St. Louis Browns	23
Ed Lopat	70	New York Yankees
Chuck Stobbs	70	Boston Red Sox
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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).