Strikeouts : 1914 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1914 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Grover Alexander 214 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jeff Tesreau 189 New York Giants 2
Hippo Vaughn 165 Chicago Cubs 3
Larry Cheney 157 Chicago Cubs 4
Bill James 156 Boston Braves 5
Lefty Tyler 140 Boston Braves 6
Dick Rudolph 138 Boston Braves 7
Jeff Pfeffer 135 Brooklyn Robins 8
Red Ames 128 Cincinnati Reds 9
Rube Benton 121 Cincinnati Reds 10
Phil Douglas 121 Cincinnati Reds  
Ed Reulbach 119 Brooklyn Robins 12
Bill Doak 118 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Erskine Mayer 116 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Pol Perritt 115 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Ben Tincup 108 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Pat Ragan 106 Brooklyn Robins 17
Slim Sallee 105 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Wilbur Cooper 102 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
George McQuillan 96 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Rube Marquard 92 New York Giants 21
Babe Adams 91 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Al Demaree 89 New York Giants 23
Raleigh Aitchison 87 Brooklyn Robins 24
Jimmy Lavender 87 Chicago Cubs  



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

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?