1981 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Len Barker	127	Cleveland Indians	1
Britt Burns	108	Chicago White Sox	2
Bert Blyleven	107	Cleveland Indians	3
Dennis Leonard	107	Kansas City Royals
Ron Guidry	104	New York Yankees	5
Danny Darwin	98	Texas Rangers	6
Jack Morris	97	Detroit Tigers	7
John Denny	94	Cleveland Indians	8
Steve McCatty	91	Oakland Athletics	9
Dave Righetti	89	New York Yankees	10
Dave Stieb	89	Toronto Blue Jays
Dennis Martinez	88	Baltimore Orioles	12
Floyd Bannister	85	Seattle Mariners	13
Rick Langford	84	Oakland Athletics	14
Pete Vuckovich	84	Milwaukee Brewers
Ron Davis	83	New York Yankees	16
Mark Clear	82	Boston Red Sox	17
Scott McGregor	82	Baltimore Orioles
Dennis Eckersley	79	Boston Red Sox	19
Rudy May	79	New York Yankees
Dan Petry	79	Detroit Tigers
Milt Wilcox	79	Detroit Tigers
Mike Norris	78	Oakland Athletics	23
Frank Tanana	78	Boston Red Sox
Pete Redfern	77	Minnesota Twins	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. The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? 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).