Strikeouts : 1966 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)
 

1966 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax 317 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Jim Bunning 252 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Bob Veale 229 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Bob Gibson 225 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Juan Marichal 222 San Francisco Giants 5
Jim Maloney 216 Cincinnati Reds 6
Don Sutton 209 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Gaylord Perry 201 San Francisco Giants 8
Tony Cloninger 178 Atlanta Braves 9
Don Drysdale 177 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Chris Short 177 Philadelphia Phillies  
Mike Cuellar 175 Houston Astros 12
Ken Holtzman 171 Chicago Cubs 13
Sammy Ellis 154 Cincinnati Reds 14
Fergie Jenkins 150 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Chicago Cubs  
Dick Ellsworth 144 Chicago Cubs 16
Bobby Bolin 143 San Francisco Giants 17
Denny Lemaster 139 Atlanta Braves 18
Claude Osteen 137 Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Milt Pappas 133 Cincinnati Reds 20
Dave Giusti 131 Houston Astros 21
Jack Fisher 127 New York Mets 22
Bob Shaw 125 San Francisco Giants 23
New York Mets  
Larry Jackson 112 Chicago Cubs 24
Philadelphia Phillies  
Larry Dierker 108 Houston Astros 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.

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.