1978 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Nolan Ryan	260	California Angels	1
Ron Guidry	248	New York Yankees	2
Dennis Leonard	183	Kansas City Royals	3
Mike Flanagan	167	Baltimore Orioles	4
Dennis Eckersley	162	Boston Red Sox	5
Fergie Jenkins	157	Texas Rangers	6
Jon Matlack	157	Texas Rangers
Ken Kravec	154	Chicago White Sox	8
Dennis Martinez	142	Baltimore Orioles	9
Tom Underwood	139	Toronto Blue Jays	10
Jim Palmer	138	Baltimore Orioles	11
Frank Tanana	137	California Angels	12
Milt Wilcox	132	Detroit Tigers	13
Mike Caldwell	131	Milwaukee Brewers	14
Chris Knapp	126	California Angels	15
Goose Gossage	122	New York Yankees	16
Roger Erickson	121	Minnesota Twins	17
Mike Torrez	120	Boston Red Sox	18
Steve Stone	118	Chicago White Sox	19
Dave Goltz	116	Minnesota Twins	20
Luis Tiant	114	Boston Red Sox	21
Matt Keough	108	Oakland Athletics	22
Jim Clancy	106	Toronto Blue Jays	23
Rick Wise	106	Cleveland Indians
Geoff Zahn	106	Minnesota Twins
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. 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.