1948 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Harry Brecheen	149	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Rex Barney	138	Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Johnny Sain	137	Boston Braves	3
Larry Jansen	126	New York Giants	4
Ralph Branca	122	Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Johnny Vander Meer	120	Cincinnati Reds	6
Ewell Blackwell	114	Cincinnati Reds	7
Warren Spahn	114	Boston Braves
Murry Dickson	113	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Johnny Schmitz	100	Chicago Cubs	10
Dutch Leonard	92	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Dutch McCall	89	Chicago Cubs	12
Russ Meyer	89	Chicago Cubs
Bill Voiselle	89	Boston Braves
Kirby Higbe	86	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Preacher Roe	86	Brooklyn Dodgers
Curt Simmons	86	Philadelphia Phillies
Robin Roberts	84	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Sheldon Jones	82	New York Giants	19
Howie Pollet	80	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Erv Palica	74	Brooklyn Dodgers	21
Joe Hatten	73	Brooklyn Dodgers	22
Red Munger	72	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Bob Rush	72	Chicago Cubs
Ted Wilks	71	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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? 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.