1979 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	223	California Angels	1
Ron Guidry	201	New York Yankees	2
Mike Flanagan	190	Baltimore Orioles	3
Fergie Jenkins	164	Texas Rangers	4
Jerry Koosman	157	Minnesota Twins	5
Dennis Eckersley	150	Boston Red Sox	6
Jim Kern	136	Texas Rangers	7
Dave Goltz	132	Minnesota Twins	8
Ken Kravec	132	Chicago White Sox
Dennis Martinez	132	Baltimore Orioles
Mike Parrott	127	Seattle Mariners	11
Tom Underwood	127	Toronto Blue Jays
Dennis Leonard	126	Kansas City Royals	13
Mike Torrez	125	Boston Red Sox	14
Rich Wortham	119	Chicago White Sox	15
Floyd Bannister	115	Seattle Mariners	16
Jack Morris	113	Detroit Tigers	17
Tommy John	111	New York Yankees	18
Milt Wilcox	109	Detroit Tigers	19
Sid Monge	108	Cleveland Indians	20
Rick Wise	108	Cleveland Indians
Dave Frost	107	California Angels	22
Aurelio Lopez	106	Detroit Tigers	23
Luis Tiant	104	New York Yankees	24
Rich Gale	103	Kansas City Royals	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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.