1984 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Dwight Gooden	276	New York Mets	1
Fernando Valenzuela	240	Los Angeles Dodgers	2
Nolan Ryan	197	Houston Astros	3
Mario Soto	185	Cincinnati Reds	4
Steve Carlton	163	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Rick Sutcliffe	155	Chicago Cubs	6
Jose DeLeon	153	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Orel Hershiser	150	Los Angeles Dodgers	8
Larry McWilliams	149	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Joaquin Andujar	147	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Pascual Perez	145	Atlanta Braves	11
Mike Krukow	141	San Francisco Giants	12
Bob Knepper	140	Houston Astros	13
Jerry Koosman	137	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Ron Darling	136	New York Mets	15
Rick Rhoden	136	Pittsburgh Pirates
Alejandro Pena	135	Los Angeles Dodgers	17
Bruce Berenyi	134	Cincinnati Reds	18
		New York Mets
John Candelaria	133	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Tim Lollar	131	San Diego Padres	20
Dave LaPoint	130	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Joe Price	129	Cincinnati Reds	22
Joe Niekro	127	Houston Astros	23
Bob Welch	126	Los Angeles Dodgers	24
Mark Davis	124	San Francisco Giants	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. 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.