Strikeouts : 1932 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1932 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dizzy Dean 191 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Carl Hubbell 137 New York Giants 2
Pat Malone 120 Chicago Cubs 3
Tex Carleton 113 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Bob Brown 110 Boston Braves 5
Bill Hallahan 108 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Van Mungo 107 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Lon Warneke 106 Chicago Cubs 8
Dazzy Vance 103 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Watty Clark 99 Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Charlie Root 96 Chicago Cubs 11
Si Johnson 94 Cincinnati Reds 12
Ray Benge 89 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Ed Holley 87 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Ed Brandt 79 Boston Braves 15
Paul Derringer 78 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Bill Walker 74 New York Giants 17
Guy Bush 73 Chicago Cubs 18
Larry French 72 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Syl Johnson 70 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Tom Zachary 67 Boston Braves 21
Phil Collins 66 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Freddie Fitzsimmons 65 New York Giants 23
Bill Swift 64 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bill Harris 63 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.