Top 25 Strikeouts in 1988 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1988 National League Top 25

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1988 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Nolan Ryan 228 Houston Astros 1

David Cone 213 New York Mets 2

Jose DeLeon 208 St. Louis Cardinals 3

Mike Scott 190 Houston Astros 4

Sid Fernandez 189 New York Mets 5

Tim Leary 180 Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Orel Hershiser 178 Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Dwight Gooden 175 New York Mets 8

Kevin Gross 162 Philadelphia Phillies 9

Ron Darling 161 New York Mets 10

Danny Jackson 161 Cincinnati Reds

Jose Rijo 160 Cincinnati Reds 12

Tim Belcher 152 Los Angeles Dodgers 13

Eric Show 144 San Diego Padres 14

Rick Sutcliffe 144 Chicago Cubs

Greg Maddux 140 Chicago Cubs 16

Calvin Schiraldi 140 Chicago Cubs

Bob Ojeda 133 New York Mets 18

Rick Mahler 131 Atlanta Braves 19

Pascual Perez 131 Montreal Expos

Danny Darwin 129 Houston Astros 21

John Smiley 129 Pittsburgh Pirates

Jim Deshaies 127 Houston Astros 23

Doug Drabek 127 Pittsburgh Pirates

Tom Browning 124 Cincinnati Reds 25

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

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.

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).

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