1997 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Roger Clemens	292	Toronto Blue Jays	1
Randy Johnson	291	Seattle Mariners	2
David Cone	222	New York Yankees	3
Mike Mussina	218	Baltimore Orioles	4
Kevin Appier	196	Kansas City Royals	5
Jeff Fassero	189	Seattle Mariners	6
Brad Radke	174	Minnesota Twins	7
Andy Pettitte	166	New York Yankees	8
Pat Hentgen	160	Toronto Blue Jays	9
Tom Gordon	159	Boston Red Sox	10
David Wells	156	New York Yankees	11
Chuck Finley	155	Anaheim Angels	12
Justin Thompson	151	Detroit Tigers	13
Tim Wakefield	151	Boston Red Sox
Charles Nagy	149	Cleveland Indians	15
Jaime Navarro	142	Chicago White Sox	16
Jimmy Key	141	Baltimore Orioles	17
Allen Watson	141	Anaheim Angels
James Baldwin	140	Chicago White Sox	19
John Burkett	139	Texas Rangers	20
Scott Erickson	131	Baltimore Orioles	21
Jose Rosado	129	Kansas City Royals	22
Woody Williams	124	Toronto Blue Jays	23
Cal Eldred	122	Milwaukee Brewers	24
Aaron Sele	122	Boston Red Sox
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). 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. 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.