1985 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bert Blyleven	206	Cleveland Indians	1
		Minnesota Twins
Floyd Bannister	198	Chicago White Sox	2
Jack Morris	191	Detroit Tigers	3
Bruce Hurst	189	Boston Red Sox	4
Mike Witt	180	California Angels	5
Britt Burns	172	Chicago White Sox	6
Dave Stieb	167	Toronto Blue Jays	7
Frank Tanana	159	Texas Rangers	8
		Detroit Tigers
Bret Saberhagen	158	Kansas City Royals	9
Mike Moore	155	Seattle Mariners	10
Oil Can Boyd	154	Boston Red Sox	11
Phil Niekro	149	New York Yankees	12
Ron Guidry	143	New York Yankees	13
Doyle Alexander	142	Toronto Blue Jays	14
Charlie Hough	141	Texas Rangers	15
Matt Young	136	Seattle Mariners	16
Mike Boddicker	135	Baltimore Orioles	17
Frank Viola	135	Minnesota Twins
Tom Seaver	134	Chicago White Sox	19
Walt Terrell	130	Detroit Tigers	20
Teddy Higuera	127	Milwaukee Brewers	21
Mike Smithson	127	Minnesota Twins
Danny Darwin	125	Milwaukee Brewers	23
Bud Black	122	Kansas City Royals	24
Danny Jackson	114	Kansas City Royals	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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.