1974 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	367	California Angels	1
Bert Blyleven	249	Minnesota Twins	2
Fergie Jenkins	225	Texas Rangers	3
Gaylord Perry	216	Cleveland Indians	4
Mickey Lolich	202	Detroit Tigers	5
Steve Busby	198	Kansas City Royals	6
Frank Tanana	180	California Angels	7
Joe Coleman	177	Detroit Tigers	8
Luis Tiant	176	Boston Red Sox	9
Vida Blue	174	Oakland Athletics	10
Wilbur Wood	169	Chicago White Sox	11
Joe Decker	158	Minnesota Twins	12
Ross Grimsley	158	Baltimore Orioles
Pat Dobson	157	New York Yankees	14
Doc Medich	154	New York Yankees	15
Jim Bibby	149	Texas Rangers	16
Catfish Hunter	143	Oakland Athletics	17
Jim Kaat	142	Chicago White Sox	18
Jackie Brown	134	Texas Rangers	19
John Hiller	134	Detroit Tigers
Jim Slaton	126	Milwaukee Brewers	21
Ken Holtzman	117	Oakland Athletics	22
Dave McNally	111	Baltimore Orioles	23
Roger Moret	111	Boston Red Sox
Dick Tidrow	108	Cleveland Indians	25
		New York Yankees
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. 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?