1891 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Amos Rusie	337	New York Giants	1
Bill Hutchinson	261	Chicago Colts	2
Kid Nichols	240	Boston Beaneaters	3
Mark Baldwin	197	Pittsburgh Pirates	4
Silver King	160	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Cy Young	147	Cleveland Spiders	6
John Clarkson	141	Boston Beaneaters	7
Harry Staley	139	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
		Boston Beaneaters
John Ewing	138	New York Giants	9
Billy Rhines	138	Cincinnati Reds
Lee Viau	130	Cleveland Spiders	11
Tom Lovett	129	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	12
Tony Mullane	124	Cincinnati Reds	13
Duke Esper	108	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Kid Gleason	100	Philadelphia Phillies	15
George Hemming	83	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	16
Henry Gruber	79	Cleveland Spiders	17
Ad Gumbert	73	Chicago Colts	18
Bob Caruthers	69	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	19
Adonis Terry	65	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	20
Tim Keefe	64	New York Giants	21
		Philadelphia Phillies
Old Hoss Radbourn	54	Cincinnati Reds	22
Pat Luby	52	Chicago Colts	23
John Thornton	52	Philadelphia Phillies
Ed Crane	51	Cincinnati Reds	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.