1962 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Don Drysdale	232	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
Sandy Koufax	216	Los Angeles Dodgers	2
Bob Gibson	208	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Turk Farrell	203	Houston Colt .45s	4
Billy O'Dell	195	San Francisco Giants	5
Ken Johnson	178	Houston Colt .45s	6
Johnny Podres	178	Los Angeles Dodgers
Art Mahaffey	177	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Jim O'Toole	170	Cincinnati Reds	9
Joey Jay	155	Cincinnati Reds	10
Juan Marichal	153	San Francisco Giants	11
Dennis Bennett	149	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Jack Sanford	147	San Francisco Giants	13
Bob Friend	144	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Bob Purkey	141	Cincinnati Reds	15
Bob Bruce	135	Houston Colt .45s	16
Ernie Broglio	132	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Bob Shaw	124	Milwaukee Braves	18
Earl Francis	121	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Al McBean	119	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Roger Craig	118	New York Mets	21
Al Jackson	118	New York Mets
Warren Spahn	118	Milwaukee Braves
Dick Ellsworth	113	Chicago Cubs	24
Jay Hook	113	New York Mets
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. 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.