Strikeouts : 1994 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1994 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Andy Benes 189 San Diego Padres 1
Jose Rijo 171 Cincinnati Reds 2
Greg Maddux 156 Atlanta Braves 3
Bret Saberhagen 143 New York Mets 4
Pedro Martinez 142 Montreal Expos 5
Tom Glavine 140 Atlanta Braves 6
Danny Jackson 129 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Kevin Gross 124 Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Steve Avery 122 Atlanta Braves 9
Denny Neagle 122 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Andy Ashby 121 San Diego Padres 11
Doug Drabek 121 Houston Astros  
Jeff Fassero 119 Montreal Expos 13
Ramon Martinez 119 Los Angeles Dodgers  
John Smoltz 113 Atlanta Braves 15
John Smiley 112 Cincinnati Reds 16
Kent Mercker 111 Atlanta Braves 17
Shane Reynolds 110 Houston Astros 18
Scott Sanders 109 San Diego Padres 19
Pedro Astacio 108 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Steve Trachsel 108 Chicago Cubs  
Darryl Kile 105 Houston Astros 22
Tom Candiotti 102 Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Erik Hanson 101 Cincinnati Reds 24
Vicente Palacios 95 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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.

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).