1968 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Sam McDowell	283	Cleveland Indians	1
Denny McLain	280	Detroit Tigers	2
Luis Tiant	264	Cleveland Indians	3
Dean Chance	234	Minnesota Twins	4
Dave McNally	202	Baltimore Orioles	5
Mickey Lolich	197	Detroit Tigers	6
Tom Phoebus	193	Baltimore Orioles	7
Ray Culp	190	Boston Red Sox	8
Jim Merritt	181	Minnesota Twins	9
Catfish Hunter	172	Oakland Athletics	10
Jim Nash	169	Oakland Athletics	11
Chuck Dobson	168	Oakland Athletics	12
Earl Wilson	168	Detroit Tigers
Stan Bahnsen	162	New York Yankees	14
Jim Hardin	160	Baltimore Orioles	15
Stan Williams	147	Cleveland Indians	16
Sonny Siebert	146	Cleveland Indians	17
Dave Boswell	143	Minnesota Twins	18
Blue Moon Odom	143	Oakland Athletics
Mel Stottlemyre	140	New York Yankees	20
Joe Coleman	139	Washington Senators	21
Jim McGlothlin	135	California Angels	22
George Brunet	132	California Angels	23
Jim Kaat	130	Minnesota Twins	24
Tommy John	117	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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).