Strikeouts : 1900 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1900 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Noodles Hahn 132 Cincinnati Reds 1
Rube Waddell 130 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Cy Young 115 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Bill Dinneen 107 Boston Beaneaters 4
Ned Garvin 107 Chicago Orphans  
Joe McGinnity 93 Brooklyn Superbas 6
Doc Newton 88 Cincinnati Reds 7
Ed Scott 87 Cincinnati Reds 8
Sam Leever 84 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Pink Hawley 80 New York Giants 10
Nixey Callahan 77 Chicago Orphans 11
Jack Powell 77 St. Louis Cardinals  
Brickyard Kennedy 75 Brooklyn Superbas 13
Deacon Phillippe 75 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cowboy Jones 68 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Al Orth 68 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ted Lewis 66 Boston Beaneaters 17
Bill Carrick 63 New York Giants 18
Clark Griffith 61 Chicago Orphans 19
Chick Fraser 58 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jack Taylor 57 Chicago Orphans 21
Jack Chesbro 56 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Frank Kitson 55 Brooklyn Superbas 23
Kid Nichols 53 Boston Beaneaters 24
Vic Willis 53 Boston Beaneaters  



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.

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.

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.