1971 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Tom Seaver	289	New York Mets	1
Fergie Jenkins	263	Chicago Cubs	2
Bill Stoneman	251	Montreal Expos	3
Clay Kirby	231	San Diego Padres	4
Don Sutton	194	Los Angeles Dodgers	5
Bob Gibson	185	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Don Wilson	180	Houston Astros	7
Phil Niekro	173	Atlanta Braves	8
Steve Carlton	172	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Juan Marichal	159	San Francisco Giants	10
Gaylord Perry	158	San Francisco Giants	11
Steve Arlin	156	San Diego Padres	12
Gary Gentry	155	New York Mets	13
Rick Wise	155	Philadelphia Phillies
Reggie Cleveland	148	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Gary Nolan	146	Cincinnati Reds	16
Bill Singer	144	Los Angeles Dodgers	17
Ken Holtzman	143	Chicago Cubs	18
Jack Billingham	139	Houston Astros	19
Dock Ellis	137	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Nolan Ryan	137	New York Mets
Steve Blass	136	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Al Downing	136	Los Angeles Dodgers
Dave Roberts	135	San Diego Padres	24
Ken Forsch	131	Houston Astros	25
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. 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. 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).