Strikeouts : 1955 National League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1955 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sam Jones 198 Chicago Cubs 1
Robin Roberts 160 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Harvey Haddix 150 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Johnny Antonelli 143 New York Giants 4
Don Newcombe 143 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Bob Rush 130 Chicago Cubs 6
Bob Buhl 117 Milwaukee Braves 7
Johnny Podres 114 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Warren Spahn 110 Milwaukee Braves 9
Gene Conley 107 Milwaukee Braves 10
Bob Friend 98 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Joe Nuxhall 98 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Jack Meyer 97 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Art Fowler 94 Cincinnati Redlegs 14
Murry Dickson 92 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Larry Jackson 88 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Jim Hearn 86 New York Giants 17
Willard Schmidt 86 St. Louis Cardinals  
Billy Loes 85 Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Herm Wehmeier 85 Philadelphia Phillies  
Carl Erskine 84 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Roy Face 84 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Max Surkont 84 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Vern Law 82 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Warren Hacker 80 Chicago Cubs 25



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

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 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?