Strikeouts : 1908 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1908 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Christy Mathewson 259 New York Giants 1
Nap Rucker 199 Brooklyn Superbas 2
Orval Overall 167 Chicago Cubs 3
Bugs Raymond 145 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Ed Reulbach 133 Chicago Cubs 5
Mordecai Brown 123 Chicago Cubs 6
Howie Camnitz 118 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Hooks Wiltse 118 New York Giants  
Jack Pfiester 117 Chicago Cubs 9
George McQuillan 114 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Harry McIntire 108 Brooklyn Superbas 11
Kaiser Wilhelm 99 Brooklyn Superbas 12
George Ferguson 98 Boston Doves 13
Vic Willis 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Bob Ewing 95 Cincinnati Reds 15
Johnny Lush 93 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Lefty Leifield 87 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Tully Sparks 85 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Red Ames 81 New York Giants 19
Doc Crandall 77 New York Giants 20
Bob Spade 74 Cincinnati Reds 21
Billy Campbell 73 Cincinnati Reds 22
Fred Beebe 72 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Lew Moren 72 Philadelphia Phillies  
Nick Maddox 70 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.