Strikeouts : 1891 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
 

1891 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Amos Rusie 337 New York Giants 1
Bill Hutchinson 261 Chicago Colts 2
Kid Nichols 240 Boston Beaneaters 3
Mark Baldwin 197 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Silver King 160 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Cy Young 147 Cleveland Spiders 6
John Clarkson 141 Boston Beaneaters 7
Harry Staley 139 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Boston Beaneaters  
John Ewing 138 New York Giants 9
Billy Rhines 138 Cincinnati Reds  
Lee Viau 130 Cleveland Spiders 11
Tom Lovett 129 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 12
Tony Mullane 124 Cincinnati Reds 13
Duke Esper 108 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Kid Gleason 100 Philadelphia Phillies 15
George Hemming 83 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 16
Henry Gruber 79 Cleveland Spiders 17
Ad Gumbert 73 Chicago Colts 18
Bob Caruthers 69 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 19
Adonis Terry 65 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 20
Tim Keefe 64 New York Giants 21
Philadelphia Phillies  
Old Hoss Radbourn 54 Cincinnati Reds 22
Pat Luby 52 Chicago Colts 23
John Thornton 52 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ed Crane 51 Cincinnati Reds 25



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 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?