Strikeouts : 1898 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1898 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cy Seymour 239 New York Giants 1
Doc McJames 178 Baltimore Orioles 2
Vic Willis 160 Boston Beaneaters 3
Kid Nichols 138 Boston Beaneaters 4
Wiley Piatt 121 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Amos Rusie 114 New York Giants 6
Cy Young 101 Cleveland Spiders 7
Clark Griffith 97 Chicago Orphans 8
Ed Doheny 96 New York Giants 9
Jack Powell 93 Cleveland Spiders 10
Jesse Tannehill 93 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gus Weyhing 92 Washington Senators 12
Frank Killen 91 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Washington Senators  
Jerry Nops 91 Baltimore Orioles  
Jack Taylor 89 St. Louis Browns 15
Pete Dowling 84 Louisville Colonels 16
Bill Dinneen 83 Washington Senators 17
Jouett Meekin 82 New York Giants 18
Jay Hughes 81 Baltimore Orioles 19
Chick Fraser 77 Louisville Colonels 20
Cleveland Spiders  
Bill Hill 75 Cincinnati Reds 21
Jim Hughey 74 St. Louis Browns 22
Nixey Callahan 73 Chicago Orphans 23
Brickyard Kennedy 73 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Ted Lewis 72 Boston Beaneaters 25



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.

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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.