Strikeouts : 1980 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)
 

1980 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Steve Carlton 286 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Nolan Ryan 200 Houston Astros 2
Mario Soto 182 Cincinnati Reds 3
Phil Niekro 176 Atlanta Braves 4
Bert Blyleven 168 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Steve Rogers 147 Montreal Expos 6
Jim Bibby 144 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Bob Welch 141 Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Rick Reuschel 140 Chicago Cubs 9
Pete Vuckovich 132 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Mike Krukow 130 Chicago Cubs 11
Vida Blue 129 San Francisco Giants 12
Don Sutton 128 Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Joe Niekro 127 Houston Astros 14
Scott Sanderson 125 Montreal Expos 15
Bill Gullickson 120 Montreal Expos 16
Lynn McGlothen 119 Chicago Cubs 17
J.R. Richard 119 Houston Astros  
Burt Hooton 118 Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Doyle Alexander 114 Atlanta Braves 20
Bill Caudill 112 Chicago Cubs 21
Jerry Reuss 111 Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Frank Pastore 110 Cincinnati Reds 23
Pete Falcone 109 New York Mets 24
Steve Mura 109 San Diego Padres  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.