1968 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Bob Gibson	268	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Fergie Jenkins	260	Chicago Cubs	2
Bill Singer	227	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Juan Marichal	218	San Francisco Giants	4
Ray Sadecki	206	San Francisco Giants	5
Tom Seaver	205	New York Mets	6
Chris Short	202	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Dave Giusti	186	Houston Astros	8
Jim Maloney	181	Cincinnati Reds	9
Jerry Koosman	178	New York Mets	10
Don Wilson	175	Houston Astros	11
Gaylord Perry	173	San Francisco Giants	12
Bob Veale	171	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Steve Carlton	162	St. Louis Cardinals	14
Don Sutton	162	Los Angeles Dodgers
Larry Dierker	161	Houston Astros	16
Pat Jarvis	157	Atlanta Braves	17
Don Drysdale	155	Los Angeles Dodgers	18
Woodie Fryman	151	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Ken Holtzman	151	Chicago Cubs
Bill Hands	148	Chicago Cubs	21
Denny Lemaster	146	Houston Astros	22
Nelson Briles	141	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Gerry Arrigo	140	Cincinnati Reds	24
Phil Niekro	140	Atlanta Braves
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. 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. 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).