1987 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Mark Langston	262	Seattle Mariners	1
Roger Clemens	256	Boston Red Sox	2
Teddy Higuera	240	Milwaukee Brewers	3
Charlie Hough	223	Texas Rangers	4
Jack Morris	208	Detroit Tigers	5
Dave Stewart	205	Oakland Athletics	6
Frank Viola	197	Minnesota Twins	7
Bert Blyleven	196	Minnesota Twins	8
Mike Witt	192	California Angels	9
Bruce Hurst	190	Boston Red Sox	10
Jim Clancy	180	Toronto Blue Jays	11
Mark Gubicza	166	Kansas City Royals	12
Juan Nieves	163	Milwaukee Brewers	13
Bret Saberhagen	163	Kansas City Royals
Jimmy Key	161	Toronto Blue Jays	15
Bobby Witt	160	Texas Rangers	16
Jose DeLeon	153	Chicago White Sox	17
Mike Boddicker	152	Baltimore Orioles	18
Danny Jackson	152	Kansas City Royals
Charlie Leibrandt	151	Kansas City Royals	20
Chris Bosio	150	Milwaukee Brewers	21
Frank Tanana	146	Detroit Tigers	22
Jose Guzman	143	Texas Rangers	23
Walt Terrell	143	Detroit Tigers
Mitch Williams	129	Texas Rangers	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 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.