1939 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Claude Passeau	137	Philadelphia Phillies	1
		Chicago Cubs
Bucky Walters	137	Cincinnati Reds
Mort Cooper	130	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Paul Derringer	128	Cincinnati Reds	4
Bill Lee	105	Chicago Cubs	5
Johnny Vander Meer	102	Cincinnati Reds	6
Larry French	98	Chicago Cubs	7
Kirby Higbe	95	Chicago Cubs	8
		Philadelphia Phillies
Cliff Melton	95	New York Giants
Luke Hamlin	88	Brooklyn Dodgers	10
Junior Thompson	87	Cincinnati Reds	11
Vito Tamulis	83	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Harry Gumbert	81	New York Giants	13
Whitey Moore	81	Cincinnati Reds
Hugh Casey	79	Brooklyn Dodgers	15
Bob Bowman	78	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Boom-Boom Beck	77	Philadelphia Phillies	17
Bill Posedel	73	Boston Bees	18
Mace Brown	71	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Curt Davis	70	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Bill Lohrman	70	New York Giants
Manny Salvo	69	New York Giants	22
Rip Sewell	69	Pittsburgh Pirates
Charlie Root	65	Chicago Cubs	24
Bob Klinger	64	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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). 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.