1942 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Johnny Vander Meer	186	Cincinnati Reds	1
Mort Cooper	152	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Kirby Higbe	115	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Bucky Walters	109	Cincinnati Reds	4
Rube Melton	107	Philadelphia Phillies	5
Whit Wyatt	104	Brooklyn Dodgers	6
Max Lanier	93	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Johnny Beazley	91	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Claude Passeau	89	Chicago Cubs	9
Al Javery	85	Boston Braves	10
Ray Starr	83	Cincinnati Reds	11
Ed Head	78	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Si Johnson	78	Philadelphia Phillies
Elmer Riddle	78	Cincinnati Reds
Tommy Hughes	77	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Bill Lee	75	Chicago Cubs	16
Jim Tobin	71	Boston Braves	17
Rip Sewell	69	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Paul Derringer	68	Cincinnati Reds	19
Johnny Sain	68	Boston Braves
Ernie White	67	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Murry Dickson	66	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Hi Bithorn	65	Chicago Cubs	23
Larry French	62	Brooklyn Dodgers	24
Carl Hubbell	61	New York Giants	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. 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. 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.