1953 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Billy Pierce	186	Chicago White Sox	1
Virgil Trucks	149	St. Louis Browns	2
		Chicago White Sox
Early Wynn	138	Cleveland Indians	3
Mel Parnell	136	Boston Red Sox	4
Mike Garcia	134	Cleveland Indians	5
Harry Byrd	122	Philadelphia Athletics	6
Ted Gray	115	Detroit Tigers	7
Whitey Ford	110	New York Yankees	8
Dick Littlefield	104	St. Louis Browns	9
Bob Lemon	98	Cleveland Indians	10
Don Larsen	96	St. Louis Browns	11
Walt Masterson	95	Washington Senators	12
Mickey McDermott	92	Boston Red Sox	13
Billy Hoeft	90	Detroit Tigers	14
Allie Reynolds	86	New York Yankees	15
Johnny Sain	84	New York Yankees	16
Alex Kellner	81	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Bob Porterfield	77	Washington Senators	18
Vic Raschi	76	New York Yankees	19
Mike Fornieles	72	Chicago White Sox	20
Harry Dorish	69	Chicago White Sox	21
Ned Garver	69	Detroit Tigers
Art Houtteman	68	Detroit Tigers	23
		Cleveland Indians
Marion Fricano	67	Philadelphia Athletics	24
Steve Gromek	67	Cleveland Indians
		Detroit Tigers
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. 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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.