1966 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Sam McDowell	225	Cleveland Indians	1
Jim Kaat	205	Minnesota Twins	2
Earl Wilson	200	Boston Red Sox	3
		Detroit Tigers
Pete Richert	195	Washington Senators	4
Gary Bell	194	Cleveland Indians	5
Denny McLain	192	Detroit Tigers	6
Dean Chance	180	California Angels	7
Dave Boswell	173	Minnesota Twins	8
Mickey Lolich	173	Detroit Tigers
Sonny Siebert	163	Cleveland Indians	10
Dave McNally	158	Baltimore Orioles	11
Al Downing	152	New York Yankees	12
George Brunet	148	California Angels	13
Jim Palmer	147	Baltimore Orioles	14
Mel Stottlemyre	146	New York Yankees	15
Luis Tiant	145	Cleveland Indians	16
Tommy John	138	Chicago White Sox	17
Steve Hargan	132	Cleveland Indians	18
Marcelino Lopez	132	California Angels
Jim Lonborg	131	Boston Red Sox	20
Gary Peters	129	Chicago White Sox	21
Joe Horlen	124	Chicago White Sox	22
Jim Merritt	124	Minnesota Twins
Jim Perry	122	Minnesota Twins	24
Phil Ortega	121	Washington Senators	25
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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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?