Strikeouts : 1948 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1948 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Harry Brecheen 149 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Rex Barney 138 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Johnny Sain 137 Boston Braves 3
Larry Jansen 126 New York Giants 4
Ralph Branca 122 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Johnny Vander Meer 120 Cincinnati Reds 6
Ewell Blackwell 114 Cincinnati Reds 7
Warren Spahn 114 Boston Braves  
Murry Dickson 113 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Johnny Schmitz 100 Chicago Cubs 10
Dutch Leonard 92 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Dutch McCall 89 Chicago Cubs 12
Russ Meyer 89 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Voiselle 89 Boston Braves  
Kirby Higbe 86 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Preacher Roe 86 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Curt Simmons 86 Philadelphia Phillies  
Robin Roberts 84 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Sheldon Jones 82 New York Giants 19
Howie Pollet 80 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Erv Palica 74 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Joe Hatten 73 Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Red Munger 72 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Bob Rush 72 Chicago Cubs  
Ted Wilks 71 St. Louis Cardinals 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.

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.