1982 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Floyd Bannister	209	Seattle Mariners	1
Len Barker	187	Cleveland Indians	2
Dave Righetti	163	New York Yankees	3
Ron Guidry	162	New York Yankees	4
John Tudor	146	Boston Red Sox	5
Rick Sutcliffe	142	Cleveland Indians	6
Dave Stieb	141	Toronto Blue Jays	7
Jim Beattie	140	Seattle Mariners	8
Jim Clancy	139	Toronto Blue Jays	9
Jack Morris	135	Detroit Tigers	10
Dan Petry	132	Detroit Tigers	11
Brad Havens	129	Minnesota Twins	12
Charlie Hough	128	Texas Rangers	13
Dennis Eckersley	127	Boston Red Sox	14
La Marr Hoyt	124	Chicago White Sox	15
Bobby Castillo	123	Minnesota Twins	16
Britt Burns	116	Chicago White Sox	17
Gaylord Perry	116	Seattle Mariners
Milt Wilcox	112	Detroit Tigers	19
Bill Caudill	111	Seattle Mariners	20
Luis Leal	111	Toronto Blue Jays
Dennis Martinez	111	Baltimore Orioles
Shane Rawley	111	New York Yankees
Mark Clear	109	Boston Red Sox	24
Richard Dotson	109	Chicago White Sox
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. 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). Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.