Strikeouts : 1882 National 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
 

1882 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Old Hoss Radbourn 201 Providence Grays 1
Jim McCormick 200 Cleveland Blues 2
George Derby 182 Detroit Wolverines 3
Jim Whitney 180 Boston Red Caps 4
Larry Corcoran 170 Chicago White Stockings 5
Pud Galvin 162 Buffalo Bisons 6
Stump Wiedman 161 Detroit Wolverines 7
Bobby Mathews 153 Boston Red Caps 8
Lee Richmond 123 Worcester Ruby Legs 9
Hugh Daily 116 Buffalo Bisons 10
Tim Keefe 111 Troy Trojans 11
Fred Goldsmith 109 Chicago White Stockings 12
John Ward 72 Providence Grays 13
Mickey Welch 53 Troy Trojans 14
Fred Corey 36 Worcester Ruby Legs 15
George Bradley 32 Cleveland Blues 16
Frank Mountain 24 Worcester Ruby Legs 17
Jim Egan 20 Troy Trojans 18
Charlie Buffinton 17 Boston Red Caps 19
Art Whitney 11 Detroit Wolverines 20
Blondie Purcell 9 Buffalo Bisons 21
John Clarkson 3 Worcester Ruby Legs 22
Tommy Bond 2 Worcester Ruby Legs 23
Jake Evans 2 Worcester Ruby Legs  
John Morrill 2 Boston Red Caps  



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?

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).

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.