1917 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Grover Alexander	200	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Hippo Vaughn	195	Chicago Cubs	2
Phil Douglas	151	Chicago Cubs	3
Ferdie Schupp	147	New York Giants	4
Pete Schneider	138	Cincinnati Reds	5
Joe Oeschger	123	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Fred Toney	123	Cincinnati Reds
Eppa Rixey	121	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Rube Marquard	117	Brooklyn Robins	9
Leon Cadore	115	Brooklyn Robins	10
Jeff Pfeffer	115	Brooklyn Robins
Bill Doak	111	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Jesse Barnes	107	Boston Braves	13
Bob Steele	105	St. Louis Cardinals	14
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Larry Cheney	102	Brooklyn Robins	15
Art Nehf	101	Boston Braves	16
Lee Meadows	100	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Wilbur Cooper	99	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Lefty Tyler	98	Boston Braves	19
Dick Rudolph	96	Boston Braves	20
Frank Miller	92	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Jeff Tesreau	85	New York Giants	22
Claude Hendrix	81	Chicago Cubs	23
Hod Eller	77	Cincinnati Reds	24
Burleigh Grimes	72	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.