1982 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Steve Carlton	286	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Mario Soto	274	Cincinnati Reds	2
Nolan Ryan	245	Houston Astros	3
Fernando Valenzuela	199	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Steve Rogers	179	Montreal Expos	5
Bob Welch	176	Los Angeles Dodgers	6
Don Robinson	165	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Scott Sanderson	158	Montreal Expos	8
Bruce Berenyi	157	Cincinnati Reds	9
Bill Gullickson	155	Montreal Expos	10
Tim Lollar	150	San Diego Padres	11
Larry Christenson	145	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Phil Niekro	144	Atlanta Braves	13
Don Sutton	139	Houston Astros	14
Mike Krukow	138	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Jerry Reuss	138	Los Angeles Dodgers
Joaquin Andujar	137	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Fergie Jenkins	134	Chicago Cubs	18
John Candelaria	133	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Joe Niekro	130	Houston Astros	20
Rick Rhoden	128	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Steve Bedrosian	123	Atlanta Braves	22
Larry McWilliams	118	Atlanta Braves	23
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Charlie Lea	115	Montreal Expos	24
Dick Ruthven	115	Philadelphia Phillies
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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.