1970 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Sam McDowell	304	Cleveland Indians	1
Mickey Lolich	230	Detroit Tigers	2
Bob Johnson	206	Kansas City Royals	3
Jim Palmer	199	Baltimore Orioles	4
Ray Culp	197	Boston Red Sox	5
Mike Cuellar	190	Baltimore Orioles	6
Dave McNally	185	Baltimore Orioles	7
Tom Hall	184	Minnesota Twins	8
Catfish Hunter	178	Oakland Athletics	9
Jim Perry	168	Minnesota Twins	10
Rudy May	164	California Angels	11
Andy Messersmith	162	California Angels	12
Marty Pattin	161	Milwaukee Brewers	13
Les Cain	156	Detroit Tigers	14
Ken Brett	155	Boston Red Sox	15
Gary Peters	155	Boston Red Sox
Joe Coleman	152	Washington Senators	17
Chuck Dobson	149	Oakland Athletics	18
Sonny Siebert	142	Boston Red Sox	19
Tommy John	138	Chicago White Sox	20
Bert Blyleven	135	Minnesota Twins	21
Dick Bosman	134	Washington Senators	22
Lew Krausse	130	Milwaukee Brewers	23
Dick Drago	127	Kansas City Royals	24
Fritz Peterson	127	New York Yankees
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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. 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.