1939 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bob Feller	246	Cleveland Indians	1
Bobo Newsom	192	St. Louis Browns	2
		Detroit Tigers
Tommy Bridges	129	Detroit Tigers	3
Johnny Rigney	119	Chicago White Sox	4
Ken Chase	118	Washington Senators	5
Joe Krakauskas	110	Washington Senators	6
Lefty Mills	103	St. Louis Browns	7
Lefty Gomez	102	New York Yankees	8
Red Ruffing	95	New York Yankees	9
Dutch Leonard	88	Washington Senators	10
Lefty Grove	81	Boston Red Sox	11
Thornton Lee	81	Chicago White Sox
Jack Wilson	80	Boston Red Sox	13
Johnny Allen	79	Cleveland Indians	14
Al Milnar	76	Cleveland Indians	15
Monte Pearson	76	New York Yankees
Lynn Nelson	75	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Dizzy Trout	72	Detroit Tigers	18
Eddie Smith	70	Philadelphia Athletics	19
		Chicago White Sox
Denny Galehouse	68	Boston Red Sox	20
Jack Kramer	68	St. Louis Browns
Al Benton	67	Detroit Tigers	22
Mel Harder	67	Cleveland Indians
Bump Hadley	65	New York Yankees	24
Ted Lyons	65	Chicago White Sox
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. 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?