1905 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Christy Mathewson	206	New York Giants	1
Red Ames	198	New York Giants	2
Orval Overall	173	Cincinnati Reds	3
Bob Ewing	164	Cincinnati Reds	4
Irv Young	156	Boston Beaneaters	5
Ed Reulbach	152	Chicago Cubs	6
Vic Willis	149	Boston Beaneaters	7
Togie Pittinger	136	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Harry McIntire	135	Brooklyn Superbas	9
Doc Scanlan	135	Brooklyn Superbas
Deacon Phillippe	133	Pittsburgh Pirates	11
Chick Fraser	130	Boston Beaneaters	12
Joe McGinnity	125	New York Giants	13
Hooks Wiltse	120	New York Giants	14
Jake Weimer	107	Chicago Cubs	15
Mike Lynch	106	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Jack Taylor	102	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Tully Sparks	98	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Dummy Taylor	91	New York Giants	19
Mordecai Brown	89	Chicago Cubs	20
Jake Thielman	87	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Bob Wicker	86	Chicago Cubs	22
Chappie McFarland	85	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Sam Leever	81	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Charlie Chech	79	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. 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. 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.