1971 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Mickey Lolich	308	Detroit Tigers	1
Vida Blue	301	Oakland Athletics	2
Joe Coleman	236	Detroit Tigers	3
Bert Blyleven	224	Minnesota Twins	4
Wilbur Wood	210	Chicago White Sox	5
Tom Bradley	206	Chicago White Sox	6
Sam McDowell	192	Cleveland Indians	7
Pat Dobson	187	Baltimore Orioles	8
Jim Palmer	184	Baltimore Orioles	9
Catfish Hunter	181	Oakland Athletics	10
Andy Messersmith	179	California Angels	11
Marty Pattin	169	Milwaukee Brewers	12
Rudy May	156	California Angels	13
Bart Johnson	153	Chicago White Sox	14
Ray Culp	151	Boston Red Sox	15
Bill Parsons	139	Milwaukee Brewers	16
Fritz Peterson	139	New York Yankees
Tom Hall	137	Minnesota Twins	18
Jim Kaat	137	Minnesota Twins
Clyde Wright	135	California Angels	20
Steve Dunning	132	Cleveland Indians	21
Mel Stottlemyre	132	New York Yankees
Tommy John	131	Chicago White Sox	23
Sonny Siebert	131	Boston Red Sox
Jim Perry	126	Minnesota Twins	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

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