1881 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
George Derby	212	Detroit Wolverines	1
Jim McCormick	178	Cleveland Blues	2
Jim Whitney	162	Boston Red Caps	3
Lee Richmond	156	Worcester Ruby Legs	4
Larry Corcoran	150	Chicago White Stockings	5
Pud Galvin	136	Buffalo Bisons	6
John Ward	119	Providence Grays	7
Old Hoss Radbourn	117	Providence Grays	8
Mickey Welch	104	Troy Trojans	9
Tim Keefe	103	Troy Trojans	10
Fred Goldsmith	76	Chicago White Stockings	11
The Only Nolan	54	Cleveland Blues	12
Fred Corey	33	Worcester Ruby Legs	13
Bobby Mathews	33	Providence Grays
		Boston Red Caps
Jack Lynch	32	Buffalo Bisons	15
John Fox	30	Boston Red Caps	16
Stump Wiedman	26	Detroit Wolverines	17
Blondie Purcell	15	Buffalo Bisons	18
Frank Mountain	13	Detroit Wolverines	19
Harry McCormick	7	Worcester Ruby Legs	20
Tony Mullane	7	Detroit Wolverines
George Bradley	6	Cleveland Blues	22
Will White	5	Detroit Wolverines	23
Tommy Bond	2	Boston Red Caps	24
Curry Foley	2	Buffalo Bisons
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 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? 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.