1961 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Camilo Pascual	221	Minnesota Twins	1
Whitey Ford	209	New York Yankees	2
Jim Bunning	194	Detroit Tigers	3
Juan Pizarro	188	Chicago White Sox	4
Ken McBride	180	Los Angeles Angels	5
Pedro Ramos	174	Minnesota Twins	6
Gary Bell	163	Cleveland Indians	7
Bill Monbouquette	161	Boston Red Sox	8
Chuck Estrada	160	Baltimore Orioles	9
Steve Barber	150	Baltimore Orioles	10
Mudcat Grant	146	Cleveland Indians	11
Frank Lary	146	Detroit Tigers
Jack Kralick	137	Minnesota Twins	13
Don Mossi	137	Detroit Tigers
Jim Kaat	122	Minnesota Twins	15
Bud Daley	119	Kansas City Athletics	16
		New York Yankees
Jack Fisher	118	Baltimore Orioles	17
Ryne Duren	115	New York Yankees	18
		Los Angeles Angels
Gene Conley	113	Boston Red Sox	19
Jim Archer	110	Kansas City Athletics	20
Bennie Daniels	110	Washington Senators
Tracy Stallard	109	Boston Red Sox	22
Barry Latman	108	Cleveland Indians	23
Billy Pierce	106	Chicago White Sox	24
Eli Grba	105	Los Angeles Angels	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.