Top 25 Strikeouts in 1886 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1886 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1886 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Lady Baldwin 323 Detroit Wolverines 1

John Clarkson 313 Chicago White Stockings 2

Tim Keefe 297 New York Giants 3

Mickey Welch 272 New York Giants 4

Bill Stemmeyer 239 Boston Beaneaters 5

Old Hoss Radbourn 218 Boston Beaneaters 6

John Healy 213 St. Louis Maroons 7

Charlie Ferguson 212 Philadelphia Phillies 8

Dan Casey 193 Philadelphia Phillies 9

Dupee Shaw 177 Washington Senators 10

Charlie Getzien 172 Detroit Wolverines 11

Jim McCormick 172 Chicago White Stockings

Stump Wiedman 168 Kansas City Cowboys 13

Jim Whitney 167 Kansas City Cowboys 14

Jocko Flynn 146 Chicago White Stockings 15

John Kirby 129 St. Louis Maroons 16

Pete Conway 116 Kansas City Cowboys 17

Detroit Wolverines

Henry Boyle 101 St. Louis Maroons 18

Ed Daily 95 Philadelphia Phillies 19

Bob Barr 80 Washington Senators 20

Frank Gilmore 75 Washington Senators 21

Charlie Buffinton 47 Boston Beaneaters 22

Hank O'Day 47 Washington Senators

Ed Crane 39 Washington Senators 24

Bill Smith 36 Detroit Wolverines 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.

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?

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