Strikeouts : 1916 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1916 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 167 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Larry Cheney 166 Brooklyn Robins 2
Al Mamaux 163 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Fred Toney 146 Cincinnati Reds 4
Hippo Vaughn 144 Chicago Cubs 5
Eppa Rixey 134 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Dick Rudolph 133 Boston Braves 7
Al Demaree 130 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jeff Pfeffer 128 Brooklyn Robins 9
Lee Meadows 120 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Claude Hendrix 117 Chicago Cubs 11
Pete Schneider 117 Cincinnati Reds  
Lefty Tyler 117 Boston Braves  
Rube Benton 115 New York Giants 14
Pol Perritt 115 New York Giants  
Jeff Tesreau 113 New York Giants 16
Wilbur Cooper 111 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Rube Marquard 107 Brooklyn Robins 18
Red Ames 98 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Fred Anderson 98 New York Giants  
Tom Hughes 97 Boston Braves 21
Al Schulz 95 Cincinnati Reds 22
Pat Ragan 94 Boston Braves 23
Jimmy Lavender 91 Chicago Cubs 24
Frank Miller 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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).

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.