1951 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Vic Raschi	164	New York Yankees	1
Early Wynn	133	Cleveland Indians	2
Bob Lemon	132	Cleveland Indians	3
Ted Gray	131	Detroit Tigers	4
Mickey McDermott	127	Boston Red Sox	5
Allie Reynolds	126	New York Yankees	6
Mike Garcia	118	Cleveland Indians	7
Billy Pierce	113	Chicago White Sox	8
Bob Feller	111	Cleveland Indians	9
Alex Kellner	94	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Ed Lopat	93	New York Yankees	11
Lou Kretlow	89	Chicago White Sox	12
Dizzy Trout	89	Detroit Tigers
Virgil Trucks	89	Detroit Tigers
Ned Garver	84	St. Louis Browns	15
Ellis Kinder	84	Boston Red Sox
Saul Rogovin	82	Detroit Tigers	17
		Chicago White Sox
Mel Parnell	77	Boston Red Sox	18
Bobby Shantz	77	Philadelphia Athletics
Chuck Stobbs	75	Boston Red Sox	20
Bob Kuzava	72	Washington Senators	21
		New York Yankees
Tommy Byrne	71	New York Yankees	22
		St. Louis Browns
Ray Scarborough	71	Boston Red Sox
Willard Nixon	70	Boston Red Sox	24
Joe Dobson	67	Chicago White Sox	25
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. 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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.