1991 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Roger Clemens	241	Boston Red Sox	1
Randy Johnson	228	Seattle Mariners	2
Nolan Ryan	203	Texas Rangers	3
Jack McDowell	191	Chicago White Sox	4
Mark Langston	183	California Angels	5
Chuck Finley	171	California Angels	6
Greg Swindell	169	Cleveland Indians	7
Tom Candiotti	167	Cleveland Indians	8
		Toronto Blue Jays
Tom Gordon	167	Kansas City Royals
Jack Morris	163	Minnesota Twins	10
Jim Abbott	158	California Angels	11
Kevin Appier	158	Kansas City Royals
Mike Moore	153	Oakland Athletics	13
Alex Fernandez	145	Chicago White Sox	14
Dave Stewart	144	Oakland Athletics	15
Erik Hanson	143	Seattle Mariners	16
Bret Saberhagen	136	Kansas City Royals	17
Kevin Tapani	135	Minnesota Twins	18
Duane Ward	132	Toronto Blue Jays	19
Scott Sanderson	130	New York Yankees	20
Melido Perez	128	Chicago White Sox	21
Greg Harris	127	Boston Red Sox	22
Jose Guzman	125	Texas Rangers	23
Jimmy Key	125	Toronto Blue Jays
Juan Guzman	123	Toronto Blue Jays	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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).