Top 25 Strikeouts in 1996 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1996 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1996 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

John Smoltz 276 Atlanta Braves 1

Hideo Nomo 234 Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Jeff Fassero 222 Montreal Expos 3

Pedro Martinez 222 Montreal Expos

Darryl Kile 219 Houston Astros 5

Shane Reynolds 204 Houston Astros 6

Al Leiter 200 Florida Marlins 7

Todd Stottlemyre 194 St. Louis Cardinals 8

Joey Hamilton 184 San Diego Padres 9

Curt Schilling 182 Philadelphia Phillies 10

Tom Glavine 181 Atlanta Braves 11

Ismael Valdez 173 Los Angeles Dodgers 12

Greg Maddux 172 Atlanta Braves 13

John Smiley 171 Cincinnati Reds 14

Mark Leiter 164 San Francisco Giants 15

Montreal Expos

Andy Benes 160 St. Louis Cardinals 16

Kevin Brown 159 Florida Marlins 17

Jaime Navarro 158 Chicago Cubs 18

Scott Sanders 157 San Diego Padres 19

Denny Neagle 149 Pittsburgh Pirates 20

Atlanta Braves

Dave Burba 148 Cincinnati Reds 21

Mark Gardner 145 San Francisco Giants 22

Mark Clark 142 New York Mets 23

Frank Castillo 139 Chicago Cubs 24

Doug Drabek 137 Houston Astros 25

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?

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.

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