1965 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Sandy Koufax	382	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
Bob Veale	276	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Bob Gibson	270	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Jim Bunning	268	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Jim Maloney	244	Cincinnati Reds	5
Juan Marichal	240	San Francisco Giants	6
Chris Short	237	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Tony Cloninger	211	Milwaukee Braves	8
Don Drysdale	210	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Sammy Ellis	183	Cincinnati Reds	10
Gaylord Perry	170	San Francisco Giants	11
Claude Osteen	162	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
Ken Johnson	151	Houston Astros	13
		Milwaukee Braves
Bob Shaw	148	San Francisco Giants	14
Bob Bruce	145	Houston Astros	15
Bobby Bolin	135	San Francisco Giants	16
Ray Culp	134	Philadelphia Phillies	17
Larry Jackson	131	Chicago Cubs	18
Dick Ellsworth	130	Chicago Cubs	19
Turk Farrell	122	Houston Astros	20
Ray Sadecki	122	St. Louis Cardinals
Al Jackson	120	New York Mets	22
Billy McCool	120	Cincinnati Reds
Wade Blasingame	117	Milwaukee Braves	24
Joe Nuxhall	117	Cincinnati Reds
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. 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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.