Strikeouts : 1930 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)
 

1930 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Hallahan 177 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Dazzy Vance 173 Brooklyn Robins 2
Pat Malone 142 Chicago Cubs 3
Charlie Root 124 Chicago Cubs 4
Carl Hubbell 117 New York Giants 5
Bill Walker 105 New York Giants 6
Syl Johnson 92 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Larry French 90 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Phil Collins 87 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Bob Smith 84 Boston Braves 10
Watty Clark 81 Brooklyn Robins 11
Sheriff Blake 80 Chicago Cubs 12
Freddie Fitzsimmons 76 New York Giants 13
Guy Bush 75 Chicago Cubs 14
Burleigh Grimes 73 Boston Braves 15
St. Louis Cardinals  
Ray Benge 70 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Socks Seibold 70 Boston Braves  
Jesse Haines 68 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Ed Brandt 65 Boston Braves 19
Ray Phelps 64 Brooklyn Robins 20
Larry Benton 63 New York Giants 21
Cincinnati Reds  
Dolf Luque 62 Brooklyn Robins 22
Glenn Spencer 60 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Jumbo Elliott 59 Brooklyn Robins 24
Bud Teachout 59 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.