Strikeouts : 1921 National League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1921 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Burleigh Grimes 136 Brooklyn Robins 1
Wilbur Cooper 134 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Dolf Luque 102 Cincinnati Reds 3
Hugh McQuillan 94 Boston Braves 4
Whitey Glazner 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Rube Marquard 88 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Ring 88 Philadelphia Phillies  
Speed Martin 86 Chicago Cubs 8
Jesse Haines 84 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Bill Doak 83 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Jack Scott 83 Boston Braves  
Leon Cadore 79 Brooklyn Robins 12
Dutch Ruether 78 Brooklyn Robins 13
Grover Alexander 77 Chicago Cubs 14
Eppa Rixey 76 Cincinnati Reds 15
Joe Oeschger 68 Boston Braves 16
Art Nehf 67 New York Giants 17
Bill Pertica 67 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Toney 63 New York Giants 19
Earl Hamilton 59 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Rosy Ryan 58 New York Giants 21
Bill Sherdel 57 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Lefty York 57 Chicago Cubs  
Jesse Barnes 56 New York Giants 24
Babe Adams 55 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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.

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).