1996 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Roger Clemens	257	Boston Red Sox	1
Chuck Finley	215	California Angels	2
Kevin Appier	207	Kansas City Royals	3
Mike Mussina	204	Baltimore Orioles	4
Alex Fernandez	200	Chicago White Sox	5
Wilson Alvarez	181	Chicago White Sox	6
Pat Hentgen	177	Toronto Blue Jays	7
Tom Gordon	171	Boston Red Sox	8
Ken Hill	170	Texas Rangers	9
Charles Nagy	167	Cleveland Indians	10
Juan Guzman	165	Toronto Blue Jays	11
Andy Pettitte	162	New York Yankees	12
Bobby Witt	157	Texas Rangers	13
Erik Hanson	156	Toronto Blue Jays	14
Kevin Tapani	150	Chicago White Sox	15
Brad Radke	148	Minnesota Twins	16
Ben McDonald	146	Milwaukee Brewers	17
Jack McDowell	141	Cleveland Indians	18
Tim Wakefield	140	Boston Red Sox	19
Aaron Sele	137	Boston Red Sox	20
Shawn Boskie	133	California Angels	21
Sterling Hitchcock	132	Seattle Mariners	22
Mariano Rivera	130	New York Yankees	23
David Wells	130	Baltimore Orioles
James Baldwin	127	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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. 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.