1977 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	341	California Angels	1
Dennis Leonard	244	Kansas City Royals	2
Frank Tanana	205	California Angels	3
Jim Palmer	193	Baltimore Orioles	4
Dennis Eckersley	191	Cleveland Indians	5
Dave Goltz	186	Minnesota Twins	6
Bert Blyleven	182	Texas Rangers	7
Gaylord Perry	177	Texas Rangers	8
Ron Guidry	176	New York Yankees	9
Vida Blue	157	Oakland Athletics	10
Mike Flanagan	149	Baltimore Orioles	11
Jim Bibby	141	Cleveland Indians	12
Rick Langford	141	Oakland Athletics
Jerry Garvin	127	Toronto Blue Jays	14
Ken Kravec	125	Chicago White Sox	15
Steve Stone	124	Chicago White Sox	16
Luis Tiant	124	Boston Red Sox
Pete Vuckovich	123	Toronto Blue Jays	18
Francisco Barrios	119	Chicago White Sox	19
Wayne Garland	118	Cleveland Indians	20
Don Gullett	116	New York Yankees	21
John Hiller	115	Detroit Tigers	22
Bill Campbell	114	Boston Red Sox	23
Jesse Jefferson	114	Toronto Blue Jays
Moose Haas	113	Milwaukee Brewers	25
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. 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?