1956 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Sam Jones	176	Chicago Cubs	1
Harvey Haddix	170	St. Louis Cardinals	2
		Philadelphia Phillies
Bob Friend	166	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Robin Roberts	157	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Vinegar Bend Mizell	153	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Johnny Antonelli	145	New York Giants	6
Don Newcombe	139	Brooklyn Dodgers	7
Warren Spahn	128	Milwaukee Braves	8
Ron Kline	125	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Joe Nuxhall	120	Cincinnati Redlegs	10
Lew Burdette	110	Milwaukee Braves	11
Murry Dickson	110	Philadelphia Phillies
		St. Louis Cardinals
Roger Craig	109	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Sal Maglie	108	Brooklyn Dodgers	14
Bob Rush	104	Chicago Cubs	15
Roy Face	96	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Brooks Lawrence	96	Cincinnati Redlegs
Carl Erskine	95	Brooklyn Dodgers	18
Tom Poholsky	95	St. Louis Cardinals
Al Worthington	95	New York Giants
Curt Simmons	88	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Bob Buhl	86	Milwaukee Braves	22
Art Fowler	86	Cincinnati Redlegs
Johnny Klippstein	86	Cincinnati Redlegs
Dick Littlefield	80	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
		St. Louis Cardinals
		New York Giants
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.