1965 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Sam McDowell	325	Cleveland Indians	1
Mickey Lolich	226	Detroit Tigers	2
Denny McLain	192	Detroit Tigers	3
Sonny Siebert	191	Cleveland Indians	4
Al Downing	179	New York Yankees	5
Dean Chance	164	California Angels	6
Earl Wilson	164	Boston Red Sox
Dave Morehead	163	Boston Red Sox	8
Whitey Ford	162	New York Yankees	9
Pete Richert	161	Washington Senators	10
Mel Stottlemyre	155	New York Yankees	11
Jim Kaat	154	Minnesota Twins	12
Luis Tiant	152	Cleveland Indians	13
Mudcat Grant	142	Minnesota Twins	14
Hank Aguirre	141	Detroit Tigers	15
George Brunet	141	California Angels
Steve Barber	130	Baltimore Orioles	17
Milt Pappas	127	Baltimore Orioles	18
Joe Sparma	127	Detroit Tigers
Tommy John	126	Chicago White Sox	20
Joe Horlen	125	Chicago White Sox	21
Marcelino Lopez	122	California Angels	22
Dick Radatz	121	Boston Red Sox	23
Bruce Howard	120	Chicago White Sox	24
Diego Segui	119	Kansas City Athletics	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. 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).