1949 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Warren Spahn	151	Boston Braves	1
Don Newcombe	149	Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Larry Jansen	113	New York Giants	3
Ralph Branca	109	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Preacher Roe	109	Brooklyn Dodgers
Howie Pollet	108	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Bill Werle	106	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Ken Raffensberger	103	Cincinnati Reds	8
Vern Bickford	101	Boston Braves	9
Jack Banta	97	Brooklyn Dodgers	10
Monte Kennedy	95	New York Giants	11
Robin Roberts	95	Philadelphia Phillies
Cliff Chambers	93	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Murry Dickson	89	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Harry Brecheen	88	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Dutch Leonard	83	Chicago Cubs	16
Curt Simmons	83	Philadelphia Phillies
Red Munger	82	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Rex Barney	80	Brooklyn Dodgers	19
Bob Rush	80	Chicago Cubs
Herm Wehmeier	80	Cincinnati Reds
Sheldon Jones	79	New York Giants	22
Russ Meyer	78	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Johnny Vander Meer	76	Cincinnati Reds	24
Al Brazle	75	St. Louis Cardinals	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. 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. 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.