Strikeouts : 1929 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1929 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pat Malone 166 Chicago Cubs 1
Watty Clark 140 Brooklyn Robins 2
Dazzy Vance 126 Brooklyn Robins 3
Charlie Root 124 Chicago Cubs 4
Carl Hubbell 106 New York Giants 5
Jakie May 92 Cincinnati Reds 6
Guy Bush 82 Chicago Cubs 7
Syl Johnson 80 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Ray Benge 78 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Red Lucas 72 Cincinnati Reds 10
Sheriff Blake 70 Chicago Cubs 11
Percy Jones 69 Boston Braves 12
Bill Sherdel 69 St. Louis Cardinals  
Erv Brame 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Ray Kremer 66 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Bob Smith 65 Boston Braves 16
Bill Walker 65 New York Giants  
Larry Benton 63 New York Giants 18
Burleigh Grimes 62 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Phil Collins 61 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jesse Haines 59 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Doug McWeeny 59 Brooklyn Robins  
Ray Moss 59 Brooklyn Robins  
Jesse Petty 58 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Johnny Morrison 57 Brooklyn Robins 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.

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