1969 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Fergie Jenkins	273	Chicago Cubs	1
Bob Gibson	269	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Bill Singer	247	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Don Wilson	235	Houston Astros	4
Gaylord Perry	233	San Francisco Giants	5
Larry Dierker	232	Houston Astros	6
Don Sutton	217	Los Angeles Dodgers	7
Bob Veale	213	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Steve Carlton	210	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Tom Seaver	208	New York Mets	10
Juan Marichal	205	San Francisco Giants	11
Tom Griffin	200	Houston Astros	12
Phil Niekro	193	Atlanta Braves	13
Bill Stoneman	185	Montreal Expos	14
Claude Osteen	183	Los Angeles Dodgers	15
Bill Hands	181	Chicago Cubs	16
Dick Selma	181	San Diego Padres
		Chicago Cubs
Grant Jackson	180	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Jerry Koosman	180	New York Mets
Ken Holtzman	176	Chicago Cubs	20
Dock Ellis	173	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Denny Lemaster	173	Houston Astros
Bob Moose	165	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Ron Reed	160	Atlanta Braves	24
Jim Bunning	157	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
		Los Angeles Dodgers
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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.