1998 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Curt Schilling	300	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Kevin Brown	257	San Diego Padres	2
Kerry Wood	233	Chicago Cubs	3
Shane Reynolds	209	Houston Astros	4
Greg Maddux	204	Atlanta Braves	5
Chan Ho Park	191	Los Angeles Dodgers	6
Al Leiter	174	New York Mets	7
John Smoltz	173	Atlanta Braves	8
Pedro Astacio	170	Colorado Rockies	9
Jose Lima	169	Houston Astros	10
Darren Dreifort	168	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
Hideo Nomo	167	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
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Denny Neagle	165	Atlanta Braves	13
Andy Benes	164	Arizona Diamondbacks	14
Kevin Millwood	163	Atlanta Braves	15
Livan Hernandez	162	Florida Marlins	16
Brett Tomko	162	Cincinnati Reds
Mark Clark	161	Chicago Cubs	18
Sterling Hitchcock	158	San Diego Padres	19
Darryl Kile	158	Colorado Rockies
Jason Schmidt	158	Pittsburgh Pirates
Francisco Cordova	157	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Tom Glavine	157	Atlanta Braves
Pete Harnisch	157	Cincinnati Reds
Dustin Hermanson	154	Montreal Expos	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.