1896 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Cy Young	140	Cleveland Spiders	1
Pink Hawley	137	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Frank Killen	134	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Ted Breitenstein	114	St. Louis Browns	4
Jouett Meekin	110	New York Giants	5
Bill Hill	104	Louisville Colonels	6
Doc McJames	103	Washington Senators	7
Kid Nichols	102	Boston Beaneaters	8
Jack Taylor	97	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Win Mercer	94	Washington Senators	10
Bill Hoffer	93	Baltimore Orioles	11
Chick Fraser	91	Louisville Colonels	12
Nig Cuppy	86	Cleveland Spiders	13
Danny Friend	86	Chicago Colts
Buttons Briggs	84	Chicago Colts	15
Clark Griffith	81	Chicago Colts	16
Arlie Pond	80	Baltimore Orioles	17
Brickyard Kennedy	76	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	18
Adonis Terry	75	Chicago Colts	19
Jack Stivetts	71	Boston Beaneaters	20
Red Donahue	70	St. Louis Browns	21
Dad Clarke	66	New York Giants	22
Bill Hart	65	St. Louis Browns	23
Red Ehret	60	Cincinnati Reds	24
Frank Dwyer	57	Cincinnati Reds	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.