1953 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Robin Roberts	198	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Carl Erskine	187	Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Vinegar Bend Mizell	173	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Harvey Haddix	163	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Warren Spahn	148	Milwaukee Braves	5
Curt Simmons	138	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Johnny Antonelli	131	Milwaukee Braves	7
Johnny Lindell	118	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
		Philadelphia Phillies
Ruben Gomez	113	New York Giants	9
Johnny Klippstein	113	Chicago Cubs
Warren Hacker	106	Chicago Cubs	11
Russ Meyer	106	Brooklyn Dodgers
Murry Dickson	88	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Larry Jansen	88	New York Giants
Jerry Staley	88	St. Louis Cardinals
Paul LaPalme	86	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Preacher Roe	85	Brooklyn Dodgers	17
Bob Rush	84	Chicago Cubs	18
Bob Buhl	83	Milwaukee Braves	19
Max Surkont	83	Milwaukee Braves
Johnny Podres	82	Brooklyn Dodgers	21
Sal Maglie	80	New York Giants	22
Stu Miller	79	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Jim Hearn	77	New York Giants	24
Turk Lown	76	Chicago Cubs	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second). 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?