1954 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Robin Roberts	185	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Harvey Haddix	184	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Carl Erskine	166	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Johnny Antonelli	152	New York Giants	4
Warren Spahn	136	Milwaukee Braves	5
Curt Simmons	125	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Bob Rush	124	Chicago Cubs	7
Sal Maglie	117	New York Giants	8
Gene Conley	113	Milwaukee Braves	9
Ruben Gomez	106	New York Giants	10
Billy Loes	97	Brooklyn Dodgers	11
Art Fowler	93	Cincinnati Redlegs	12
Dick Littlefield	92	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Joe Nuxhall	85	Cincinnati Redlegs	14
Don Newcombe	82	Brooklyn Dodgers	15
Warren Hacker	80	Chicago Cubs	16
Lew Burdette	79	Milwaukee Braves	17
Paul Minner	79	Chicago Cubs
Johnny Podres	79	Brooklyn Dodgers
Max Surkont	78	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Bob Friend	73	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Vic Raschi	73	St. Louis Cardinals
Corky Valentine	73	Cincinnati Redlegs
Brooks Lawrence	72	St. Louis Cardinals	24
Russ Meyer	70	Brooklyn Dodgers	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. 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. 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).