Strikeouts : 1895 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)
 

1895 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Amos Rusie 201 New York Giants 1
Pink Hawley 142 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Kid Nichols 140 Boston Beaneaters 3
Ted Breitenstein 127 St. Louis Browns 4
Cy Young 121 Cleveland Spiders 5
Jack Stivetts 111 Boston Beaneaters 6
Jack Taylor 93 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Nig Cuppy 91 Cleveland Spiders 8
Adonis Terry 88 Chicago Colts 9
Bill Hart 85 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Bill Hutchinson 85 Chicago Colts  
Win Mercer 84 Washington Senators 12
Bill Hoffer 80 Baltimore Orioles 13
Clark Griffith 79 Chicago Colts 14
Jouett Meekin 76 New York Giants 15
Billy Rhines 72 Cincinnati Reds 16
Willie McGill 70 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Dad Clarke 67 New York Giants 18
Kid Carsey 64 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Bobby Wallace 63 Cleveland Spiders 20
Gus Weyhing 61 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Louisville Colonels  
Tom Parrott 57 Cincinnati Reds 22
Red Ehret 55 St. Louis Browns 23
Frank Foreman 55 Cincinnati Reds  
Ed Stein 55 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  



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.

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.