1884 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Old Hoss Radbourn	441	Providence Grays	1
Charlie Buffinton	417	Boston Beaneaters	2
Pud Galvin	369	Buffalo Bisons	3
Mickey Welch	345	New York Gothams	4
Larry Corcoran	272	Chicago White Stockings	5
Jim Whitney	270	Boston Beaneaters	6
Charlie Ferguson	194	Philadelphia Phillies	7
John Harkins	192	Cleveland Blues	8
Jim McCormick	182	Cleveland Blues	9
Billy Serad	150	Buffalo Bisons	10
Charlie Sweeney	145	Providence Grays	11
Dupee Shaw	142	Detroit Wolverines	12
Frank Meinke	124	Detroit Wolverines	13
Charlie Getzien	107	Detroit Wolverines	14
Bill Vinton	105	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Ed Begley	104	New York Gothams	16
John Clarkson	102	Chicago White Stockings	17
Stump Wiedman	96	Detroit Wolverines	18
Mike Dorgan	90	New York Gothams	19
Sam Moffett	84	Cleveland Blues	20
Jim McElroy	45	Philadelphia Phillies	21
John Coleman	37	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Fred Goldsmith	34	Chicago White Stockings	23
Ed Conley	33	Providence Grays	24
John Connor	29	Boston Beaneaters	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. 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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.