1879 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
John Ward	239	Providence Grays	1
Will White	232	Cincinnati Reds	2
Jim McCormick	197	Cleveland Blues	3
Tommy Bond	155	Boston Red Caps	4
Terry Larkin	142	Chicago White Stockings	5
Pud Galvin	136	Buffalo Bisons	6
George Bradley	133	Troy Trojans	7
Harry McCormick	96	Syracuse Stars	8
Bobby Mathews	90	Providence Grays	9
Bobby Mitchell	90	Cleveland Blues
Frank Hankinson	69	Chicago White Stockings	11
Bill McGunnigle	62	Buffalo Bisons	12
Curry Foley	57	Boston Red Caps	13
Fred Goldsmith	31	Troy Trojans	14
Blondie Purcell	31	Syracuse Stars
		Cincinnati Reds
Harry Salisbury	31	Troy Trojans
Lee Richmond	11	Boston Red Caps	17
Mike Dorgan	8	Syracuse Stars	18
Cal McVey	7	Cincinnati Reds	19
Jim Tyng	7	Boston Red Caps
Dan Brouthers	6	Troy Trojans	21
Pat McManus	6	Troy Trojans
Jack Neagle	4	Cincinnati Reds	23
Gid Gardner	3	Troy Trojans	24
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.