1976 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	327	California Angels	1
Frank Tanana	261	California Angels	2
Bert Blyleven	219	Minnesota Twins	3
		Texas Rangers
Dennis Eckersley	200	Cleveland Indians	4
Catfish Hunter	173	New York Yankees	5
Vida Blue	166	Oakland Athletics	6
Jim Palmer	159	Baltimore Orioles	7
Dennis Leonard	150	Kansas City Royals	8
Gaylord Perry	143	Texas Rangers	9
Fergie Jenkins	142	Boston Red Sox	10
Jim Slaton	138	Milwaukee Brewers	11
Goose Gossage	135	Chicago White Sox	12
Dave Goltz	133	Minnesota Twins	13
Luis Tiant	131	Boston Red Sox	14
Bill Travers	120	Milwaukee Brewers	15
Ed Figueroa	119	New York Yankees	16
Pat Dobson	117	Cleveland Indians	17
John Hiller	117	Detroit Tigers
Bill Campbell	115	Minnesota Twins	19
Mike Torrez	115	Oakland Athletics
Rollie Fingers	113	Oakland Athletics	21
Wayne Garland	113	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Kern	111	Cleveland Indians	23
Rudy May	109	New York Yankees	24
		Baltimore Orioles
Doug Bird	107	Kansas City Royals	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.