Strikeouts : 1932 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)
 

1932 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dizzy Dean 191 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Carl Hubbell 137 New York Giants 2
Pat Malone 120 Chicago Cubs 3
Tex Carleton 113 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Bob Brown 110 Boston Braves 5
Bill Hallahan 108 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Van Mungo 107 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Lon Warneke 106 Chicago Cubs 8
Dazzy Vance 103 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Watty Clark 99 Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Charlie Root 96 Chicago Cubs 11
Si Johnson 94 Cincinnati Reds 12
Ray Benge 89 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Ed Holley 87 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Ed Brandt 79 Boston Braves 15
Paul Derringer 78 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Bill Walker 74 New York Giants 17
Guy Bush 73 Chicago Cubs 18
Larry French 72 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Syl Johnson 70 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Tom Zachary 67 Boston Braves 21
Phil Collins 66 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Freddie Fitzsimmons 65 New York Giants 23
Bill Swift 64 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bill Harris 63 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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.

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.