1940 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Kirby Higbe	137	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Claude Passeau	124	Chicago Cubs	2
Whit Wyatt	124	Brooklyn Dodgers
Hal Schumacher	123	New York Giants	4
Paul Derringer	115	Cincinnati Reds	5
Bucky Walters	115	Cincinnati Reds
Larry French	107	Chicago Cubs	7
Junior Thompson	103	Cincinnati Reds	8
Mort Cooper	95	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Luke Hamlin	91	Brooklyn Dodgers	10
Cliff Melton	91	New York Giants
Tex Carleton	88	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Carl Hubbell	86	New York Giants	13
Bill Posedel	86	Boston Bees
Lon Warneke	85	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Hugh Mulcahy	82	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Clyde Shoun	82	St. Louis Cardinals
Bill McGee	78	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Harry Gumbert	77	New York Giants	19
Mace Brown	73	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Bill Lohrman	73	New York Giants
Ken Heintzelman	71	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Vern Olsen	71	Chicago Cubs
Bill Lee	70	Chicago Cubs	24
Joe Sullivan	64	Boston Bees	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

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