Strikeouts : 1894 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1894 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Amos Rusie 195 New York Giants 1
Ted Breitenstein 140 St. Louis Browns 2
Jouett Meekin 133 New York Giants 3
Pink Hawley 120 St. Louis Browns 4
Kid Nichols 113 Boston Beaneaters 5
Cy Young 108 Cleveland Spiders 6
Brickyard Kennedy 107 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 7
Red Ehret 102 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Ed Stein 84 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 9
Gus Weyhing 81 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Jock Menefee 76 Louisville Colonels 11
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jack Stivetts 76 Boston Beaneaters  
Jack Taylor 76 Philadelphia Phillies  
Win Mercer 72 Washington Senators 14
Clark Griffith 71 Chicago Colts 15
George Hemming 70 Louisville Colonels 16
Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Hawke 68 Baltimore Orioles 17
Phil Knell 67 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Louisville Colonels  
Nig Cuppy 65 Cleveland Spiders 19
Ad Gumbert 65 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frank Killen 62 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Tom Parrott 61 Cincinnati Reds 22
Sadie McMahon 60 Baltimore Orioles 23
Bill Hutchinson 59 Chicago Colts 24
Willie McGill 58 Chicago Colts 25



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.

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.