1898 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Cy Seymour	239	New York Giants	1
Doc McJames	178	Baltimore Orioles	2
Vic Willis	160	Boston Beaneaters	3
Kid Nichols	138	Boston Beaneaters	4
Wiley Piatt	121	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Amos Rusie	114	New York Giants	6
Cy Young	101	Cleveland Spiders	7
Clark Griffith	97	Chicago Orphans	8
Ed Doheny	96	New York Giants	9
Jack Powell	93	Cleveland Spiders	10
Jesse Tannehill	93	Pittsburgh Pirates
Gus Weyhing	92	Washington Senators	12
Frank Killen	91	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
		Washington Senators
Jerry Nops	91	Baltimore Orioles
Jack Taylor	89	St. Louis Browns	15
Pete Dowling	84	Louisville Colonels	16
Bill Dinneen	83	Washington Senators	17
Jouett Meekin	82	New York Giants	18
Jay Hughes	81	Baltimore Orioles	19
Chick Fraser	77	Louisville Colonels	20
		Cleveland Spiders
Bill Hill	75	Cincinnati Reds	21
Jim Hughey	74	St. Louis Browns	22
Nixey Callahan	73	Chicago Orphans	23
Brickyard Kennedy	73	Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Ted Lewis	72	Boston Beaneaters	25
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. 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).