1954 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bob Turley	185	Baltimore Orioles	1
Early Wynn	155	Cleveland Indians	2
Virgil Trucks	152	Chicago White Sox	3
Billy Pierce	148	Chicago White Sox	4
Jack Harshman	134	Chicago White Sox	5
Arnie Portocarrero	132	Philadelphia Athletics	6
Mike Garcia	129	Cleveland Indians	7
Whitey Ford	125	New York Yankees	8
Frank Sullivan	124	Boston Red Sox	9
Billy Hoeft	114	Detroit Tigers	10
Bob Lemon	110	Cleveland Indians	11
Bob Grim	108	New York Yankees	12
Joe Coleman	103	Baltimore Orioles	13
Steve Gromek	102	Detroit Tigers	14
Willard Nixon	102	Boston Red Sox
Allie Reynolds	100	New York Yankees	16
Mickey McDermott	95	Washington Senators	17
Ned Garver	93	Detroit Tigers	18
Dean Stone	87	Washington Senators	19
Lou Kretlow	82	Baltimore Orioles	20
Bob Porterfield	82	Washington Senators
Don Larsen	80	Baltimore Orioles	22
George Zuverink	70	Detroit Tigers	23
Tom Brewer	69	Boston Red Sox	24
Alex Kellner	69	Philadelphia Athletics
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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 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? 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.