1966 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Sandy Koufax	317	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
Jim Bunning	252	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Bob Veale	229	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Bob Gibson	225	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Juan Marichal	222	San Francisco Giants	5
Jim Maloney	216	Cincinnati Reds	6
Don Sutton	209	Los Angeles Dodgers	7
Gaylord Perry	201	San Francisco Giants	8
Tony Cloninger	178	Atlanta Braves	9
Don Drysdale	177	Los Angeles Dodgers	10
Chris Short	177	Philadelphia Phillies
Mike Cuellar	175	Houston Astros	12
Ken Holtzman	171	Chicago Cubs	13
Sammy Ellis	154	Cincinnati Reds	14
Fergie Jenkins	150	Philadelphia Phillies	15
		Chicago Cubs
Dick Ellsworth	144	Chicago Cubs	16
Bobby Bolin	143	San Francisco Giants	17
Denny Lemaster	139	Atlanta Braves	18
Claude Osteen	137	Los Angeles Dodgers	19
Milt Pappas	133	Cincinnati Reds	20
Dave Giusti	131	Houston Astros	21
Jack Fisher	127	New York Mets	22
Bob Shaw	125	San Francisco Giants	23
		New York Mets
Larry Jackson	112	Chicago Cubs	24
		Philadelphia Phillies
Larry Dierker	108	Houston Astros	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. 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). 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.