Strikeouts : 1958 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1958 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sam Jones 225 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Warren Spahn 150 Milwaukee Braves 2
Johnny Antonelli 143 San Francisco Giants 3
Johnny Podres 143 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bob Friend 135 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Don Drysdale 131 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Sandy Koufax 131 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Robin Roberts 130 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Dick Drott 127 Chicago Cubs 9
Larry Jackson 124 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Stu Miller 119 San Francisco Giants 11
Lew Burdette 113 Milwaukee Braves 12
Ruben Gomez 112 San Francisco Giants 13
Joe Nuxhall 111 Cincinnati Redlegs 14
Harvey Haddix 110 Cincinnati Redlegs 15
Ron Kline 109 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Jack Sanford 106 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Taylor Phillips 102 Chicago Cubs 18
Johnny Klippstein 95 Cincinnati Redlegs 19
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Ramon Monzant 93 San Francisco Giants 20
Ray Semproch 92 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Glen Hobbie 91 Chicago Cubs 22
Tom Acker 90 Cincinnati Redlegs 23
Jim Brosnan 89 Chicago Cubs 24
St. Louis Cardinals  
Jack Meyer 87 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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?

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.