Strikeouts : 1912 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1912 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 195 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Claude Hendrix 176 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Rube Marquard 175 New York Giants 3
Rube Benton 162 Cincinnati Reds 4
Nap Rucker 151 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Marty O'Toole 150 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Lefty Tyler 144 Boston Braves 7
Larry Cheney 140 Chicago Cubs 8
Christy Mathewson 134 New York Giants 9
Howie Camnitz 121 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Art Fromme 120 Cincinnati Reds 11
Jeff Tesreau 119 New York Giants 12
Tom Seaton 118 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Jimmy Lavender 109 Chicago Cubs 14
Slim Sallee 108 St. Louis Cardinals 15
George Suggs 104 Cincinnati Reds 16
Hub Perdue 101 Boston Braves 17
Pat Ragan 101 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Red Ames 83 New York Giants 19
Otto Hess 80 Boston Braves 20
Earl Moore 79 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Hank Robinson 79 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ad Brennan 78 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Ed Reulbach 75 Chicago Cubs 24
Bob Harmon 73 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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?

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.

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).