1986 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Mark Langston	245	Seattle Mariners	1
Roger Clemens	238	Boston Red Sox	2
Jack Morris	223	Detroit Tigers	3
Bert Blyleven	215	Minnesota Twins	4
Mike Witt	208	California Angels	5
Teddy Higuera	207	Milwaukee Brewers	6
Kirk McCaskill	202	California Angels	7
Frank Viola	191	Minnesota Twins	8
Ed Correa	189	Texas Rangers	9
Jose Rijo	176	Oakland Athletics	10
Mike Boddicker	175	Baltimore Orioles	11
Bobby Witt	174	Texas Rangers	12
Ken Dixon	170	Baltimore Orioles	13
Tom Candiotti	167	Cleveland Indians	14
Bruce Hurst	167	Boston Red Sox
Mark Eichhorn	166	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Charlie Hough	146	Texas Rangers	17
Mike Moore	146	Seattle Mariners
Jimmy Key	141	Toronto Blue Jays	19
Ron Guidry	140	New York Yankees	20
Joe Cowley	132	Chicago White Sox	21
Dennis Rasmussen	131	New York Yankees	22
Oil Can Boyd	129	Boston Red Sox	23
Dave Stieb	127	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Jim Clancy	126	Toronto Blue Jays	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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). 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.