Strikeouts : 1942 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1942 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Vander Meer 186 Cincinnati Reds 1
Mort Cooper 152 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Kirby Higbe 115 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Bucky Walters 109 Cincinnati Reds 4
Rube Melton 107 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Whit Wyatt 104 Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Max Lanier 93 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Johnny Beazley 91 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Claude Passeau 89 Chicago Cubs 9
Al Javery 85 Boston Braves 10
Ray Starr 83 Cincinnati Reds 11
Ed Head 78 Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Si Johnson 78 Philadelphia Phillies  
Elmer Riddle 78 Cincinnati Reds  
Tommy Hughes 77 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Bill Lee 75 Chicago Cubs 16
Jim Tobin 71 Boston Braves 17
Rip Sewell 69 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Paul Derringer 68 Cincinnati Reds 19
Johnny Sain 68 Boston Braves  
Ernie White 67 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Murry Dickson 66 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Hi Bithorn 65 Chicago Cubs 23
Larry French 62 Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Carl Hubbell 61 New York Giants 25



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.

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?

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.