1975 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Frank Tanana	269	California Angels	1
Bert Blyleven	233	Minnesota Twins	2
Gaylord Perry	233	Cleveland Indians
		Texas Rangers
Jim Palmer	193	Baltimore Orioles	4
Vida Blue	189	Oakland Athletics	5
Nolan Ryan	186	California Angels	6
Catfish Hunter	177	New York Yankees	7
Steve Busby	160	Kansas City Royals	8
Fergie Jenkins	157	Texas Rangers	9
Dennis Eckersley	152	Cleveland Indians	10
Dennis Leonard	146	Kansas City Royals	11
Rudy May	145	New York Yankees	12
Jim Kaat	142	Chicago White Sox	13
Luis Tiant	142	Boston Red Sox
Rick Wise	141	Boston Red Sox	15
Wilbur Wood	140	Chicago White Sox	16
Ed Figueroa	139	California Angels	17
Mickey Lolich	139	Detroit Tigers
Doc Medich	132	New York Yankees	19
Goose Gossage	130	Chicago White Sox	20
Jim Hughes	130	Minnesota Twins
Pat Dobson	129	New York Yankees	22
Dave Goltz	128	Minnesota Twins	23
Joe Coleman	125	Detroit Tigers	24
Ken Holtzman	122	Oakland Athletics	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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). 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.