1912 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Grover Alexander	195	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Claude Hendrix	176	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Rube Marquard	175	New York Giants	3
Rube Benton	162	Cincinnati Reds	4
Nap Rucker	151	Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Marty O'Toole	150	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Lefty Tyler	144	Boston Braves	7
Larry Cheney	140	Chicago Cubs	8
Christy Mathewson	134	New York Giants	9
Howie Camnitz	121	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Art Fromme	120	Cincinnati Reds	11
Jeff Tesreau	119	New York Giants	12
Tom Seaton	118	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Jimmy Lavender	109	Chicago Cubs	14
Slim Sallee	108	St. Louis Cardinals	15
George Suggs	104	Cincinnati Reds	16
Hub Perdue	101	Boston Braves	17
Pat Ragan	101	Brooklyn Dodgers
Red Ames	83	New York Giants	19
Otto Hess	80	Boston Braves	20
Earl Moore	79	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Hank Robinson	79	Pittsburgh Pirates
Ad Brennan	78	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Ed Reulbach	75	Chicago Cubs	24
Bob Harmon	73	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

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