Top 25 Strikeouts in 1997 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1997 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)

1997 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Curt Schilling 319 Philadelphia Phillies 1

Pedro Martinez 305 Montreal Expos 2

John Smoltz 241 Atlanta Braves 3

Hideo Nomo 233 Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Kevin Brown 205 Florida Marlins 5

Darryl Kile 205 Houston Astros

Alex Fernandez 183 Florida Marlins 7

Shawn Estes 181 San Francisco Giants 8

Greg Maddux 177 Atlanta Braves 9

Andy Benes 175 St. Louis Cardinals 10

Denny Neagle 172 Atlanta Braves 11

Pedro Astacio 166 Los Angeles Dodgers 12

Colorado Rockies

Chan Ho Park 166 Los Angeles Dodgers

Alan Benes 160 St. Louis Cardinals 14

Jon Lieber 160 Pittsburgh Pirates

Todd Stottlemyre 160 St. Louis Cardinals

Steve Trachsel 160 Chicago Cubs

Dave Mlicki 157 New York Mets 18

Tom Glavine 152 Atlanta Braves 19

Shane Reynolds 152 Houston Astros

Matt Morris 149 St. Louis Cardinals 21

Mark Leiter 148 Philadelphia Phillies 22

Mike Remlinger 145 Cincinnati Reds 23

Andy Ashby 144 San Diego Padres 24

Ismael Valdez 140 Los Angeles Dodgers 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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