1979 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
J.R. Richard	313	Houston Astros	1
Steve Carlton	213	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Phil Niekro	208	Atlanta Braves	3
Bert Blyleven	172	Pittsburgh Pirates	4
Lynn McGlothen	147	Chicago Cubs	5
Don Sutton	146	Los Angeles Dodgers	6
Craig Swan	145	New York Mets	7
Pete Vuckovich	145	St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Rogers	143	Montreal Expos	9
Gaylord Perry	140	San Diego Padres	10
Vida Blue	138	San Francisco Giants	11
Scott Sanderson	138	Montreal Expos
Tom Seaver	131	Cincinnati Reds	13
Burt Hooton	129	Los Angeles Dodgers	14
Rick Reuschel	125	Chicago Cubs	15
Bob Knepper	123	San Francisco Giants	16
Mike Krukow	119	Chicago Cubs	17
Joe Niekro	119	Houston Astros
Bob Shirley	117	San Diego Padres	19
Rick Sutcliffe	117	Los Angeles Dodgers
Pete Falcone	113	New York Mets	21
Randy Jones	112	San Diego Padres	22
Bruce Sutter	110	Chicago Cubs	23
Enrique Romo	106	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Dan Schatzeder	106	Montreal Expos
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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.