1964 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bob Veale	250	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Bob Gibson	245	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Don Drysdale	237	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Sandy Koufax	223	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Jim Bunning	219	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Jim Maloney	214	Cincinnati Reds	6
Juan Marichal	206	San Francisco Giants	7
Denny Lemaster	185	Milwaukee Braves	8
Chris Short	181	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Tony Cloninger	163	Milwaukee Braves	10
Gaylord Perry	155	San Francisco Giants	11
Dick Ellsworth	148	Chicago Cubs	12
Larry Jackson	148	Chicago Cubs
Bobby Bolin	146	San Francisco Giants	14
John Tsitouris	146	Cincinnati Reds
Jim O'Toole	145	Cincinnati Reds	16
Bob Bruce	135	Houston Colt .45s	17
Joey Jay	134	Cincinnati Reds	18
Bob Friend	128	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Dennis Bennett	125	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Sammy Ellis	125	Cincinnati Reds
Ray Sadecki	119	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Tracy Stallard	118	New York Mets	23
Turk Farrell	117	Houston Colt .45s	24
Ken Johnson	117	Houston Colt .45s
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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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).