Strikeouts : 1890 Players League Top 25

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"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
 

1890 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the Players League

Mark Baldwin 211 Chicago Pirates 1
Silver King 185 Chicago Pirates 2
Gus Weyhing 177 Brooklyn Wonders 3
John Ewing 145 New York Giants 4
Harry Staley 145 Pittsburgh Burghers  
George Haddock 123 Buffalo Bisons 6
Ed Crane 117 New York Giants 7
Bert Cunningham 111 Philadelphia Quakers 8
Buffalo Bisons  
Bill Daley 110 Boston Red Stockings 9
Henry Gruber 110 Cleveland Infants  
Ben Sanders 107 Philadelphia Quakers 11
Phil Knell 99 Philadelphia Quakers 12
Hank O'Day 94 New York Giants 13
John Sowders 91 Brooklyn Wonders 14
Charlie Buffinton 89 Philadelphia Quakers 15
Tim Keefe 89 New York Giants  
Willie McGill 82 Cleveland Infants 17
Ad Gumbert 81 Boston Red Stockings 18
Al Maul 81 Pittsburgh Burghers  
Old Hoss Radbourn 80 Boston Red Stockings 20
Jersey Bakley 67 Cleveland Infants 21
George Keefe 55 Buffalo Bisons 22
Darby O'Brien 54 Cleveland Infants 23
Matt Kilroy 48 Boston Red Stockings 24
George Van Haltren 48 Brooklyn Wonders  



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.

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).

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.