1981 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Fernando Valenzuela	180	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
Steve Carlton	179	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Mario Soto	151	Cincinnati Reds	3
Nolan Ryan	140	Houston Astros	4
Bill Gullickson	115	Montreal Expos	5
Bruce Berenyi	106	Cincinnati Reds	6
Don Sutton	104	Houston Astros	7
Mike Krukow	101	Chicago Cubs	8
Bob Welch	88	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Steve Rogers	87	Montreal Expos	10
Tom Seaver	87	Cincinnati Reds
Tom Griffin	83	San Francisco Giants	12
Tommy Boggs	81	Atlanta Braves	13
Juan Eichelberger	81	San Diego Padres
Frank Pastore	81	Cincinnati Reds
Dick Ruthven	80	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Al Holland	78	San Francisco Giants	17
Doyle Alexander	77	San Francisco Giants	18
Joe Niekro	77	Houston Astros
Scott Sanderson	77	Montreal Expos
Rick Rhoden	76	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Pat Zachry	76	New York Mets
Bob Knepper	75	Houston Astros	23
Burt Hooton	74	Los Angeles Dodgers	24
Larry Christenson	70	Philadelphia Phillies	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. The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.