1972 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	329	California Angels	1
Mickey Lolich	250	Detroit Tigers	2
Gaylord Perry	234	Cleveland Indians	3
Bert Blyleven	228	Minnesota Twins	4
Joe Coleman	222	Detroit Tigers	5
Tom Bradley	209	Chicago White Sox	6
Wilbur Wood	193	Chicago White Sox	7
Catfish Hunter	191	Oakland Athletics	8
Jim Palmer	184	Baltimore Orioles	9
Rudy May	169	California Angels	10
Marty Pattin	168	Boston Red Sox	11
Pat Dobson	161	Baltimore Orioles	12
Stan Bahnsen	157	Chicago White Sox	13
Dick Woodson	150	Minnesota Twins	14
Jim Lonborg	143	Milwaukee Brewers	15
Andy Messersmith	142	California Angels	16
Paul Splittorff	140	Kansas City Royals	17
Dick Drago	135	Kansas City Royals	18
Ken Holtzman	134	Oakland Athletics	19
Pete Broberg	133	Texas Rangers	20
Mike Cuellar	132	Baltimore Orioles	21
Sonny Siebert	123	Boston Red Sox	22
Luis Tiant	123	Boston Red Sox
Dick Tidrow	123	Cleveland Indians
Dave McNally	120	Baltimore Orioles	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. 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.