1990 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	232	Texas Rangers	1
Bobby Witt	221	Texas Rangers	2
Erik Hanson	211	Seattle Mariners	3
Roger Clemens	209	Boston Red Sox	4
Mark Langston	195	California Angels	5
Randy Johnson	194	Seattle Mariners	6
Chuck Finley	177	California Angels	7
Matt Young	176	Seattle Mariners	8
Tom Gordon	175	Kansas City Royals	9
Dave Stewart	166	Oakland Athletics	10
Jack McDowell	165	Chicago White Sox	11
Jack Morris	162	Detroit Tigers	12
Melido Perez	161	Chicago White Sox	13
Mike Boddicker	143	Boston Red Sox	14
Tim Leary	138	New York Yankees	15
Greg Swindell	135	Cleveland Indians	16
Chuck Cary	134	New York Yankees	17
Teddy Higuera	129	Milwaukee Brewers	18
Tom Candiotti	128	Cleveland Indians	19
Scott Sanderson	128	Oakland Athletics
Kevin Appier	127	Kansas City Royals	21
Bob Welch	127	Oakland Athletics
Dave Stieb	125	Toronto Blue Jays	23
Pete Harnisch	122	Baltimore Orioles	24
Brian Holman	121	Seattle Mariners	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. 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. 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.