1948 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bob Feller	164	Cleveland Indians	1
Bob Lemon	147	Cleveland Indians	2
Hal Newhouser	143	Detroit Tigers	3
Lou Brissie	127	Philadelphia Athletics	4
Vic Raschi	124	New York Yankees	5
Virgil Trucks	123	Detroit Tigers	6
Joe Dobson	116	Boston Red Sox	7
Cliff Fannin	102	St. Louis Browns	8
Allie Reynolds	101	New York Yankees	9
Tommy Byrne	93	New York Yankees	10
Fred Hutchinson	92	Detroit Tigers	11
Dizzy Trout	91	Detroit Tigers	12
Bill Kennedy	89	Cleveland Indians	13
		St. Louis Browns
Joe Coleman	86	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Ed Lopat	83	New York Yankees	15
Gene Bearden	80	Cleveland Indians	16
Fred Sanford	79	St. Louis Browns	17
Joe Page	77	New York Yankees	18
Mel Parnell	77	Boston Red Sox
Ray Scarborough	76	Washington Senators	20
Ned Garver	75	St. Louis Browns	21
Art Houtteman	74	Detroit Tigers	22
Jack Kramer	72	Boston Red Sox	23
Walt Masterson	72	Washington Senators
Spec Shea	71	New York Yankees	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. 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. 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).