Strikeouts : 1911 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1911 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rube Marquard 237 New York Giants 1
Grover Alexander 227 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Nap Rucker 190 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Earl Moore 174 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Bob Harmon 144 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Christy Mathewson 141 New York Giants 6
Howie Camnitz 139 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Babe Adams 133 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Mordecai Brown 129 Chicago Cubs 9
Red Ames 118 New York Giants 10
Bill Steele 115 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Lefty Leifield 111 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Art Fromme 107 Cincinnati Reds 13
Bobby Keefe 105 Cincinnati Reds 14
George Chalmers 101 Philadelphia Phillies 15
King Cole 101 Chicago Cubs  
Doc Crandall 94 New York Giants 17
Hooks Wiltse 92 New York Giants 18
George Suggs 91 Cincinnati Reds 19
Lefty Tyler 90 Boston Rustlers 20
Roy Golden 81 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Ed Reulbach 79 Chicago Cubs 22
Lew Richie 78 Chicago Cubs 23
Bill Schardt 77 Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Buster Brown 76 Boston Rustlers 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.

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?

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.