Top 25 Strikeouts in 1982 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1982 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1982 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Steve Carlton 286 Philadelphia Phillies 1

Mario Soto 274 Cincinnati Reds 2

Nolan Ryan 245 Houston Astros 3

Fernando Valenzuela 199 Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Steve Rogers 179 Montreal Expos 5

Bob Welch 176 Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Don Robinson 165 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Scott Sanderson 158 Montreal Expos 8

Bruce Berenyi 157 Cincinnati Reds 9

Bill Gullickson 155 Montreal Expos 10

Tim Lollar 150 San Diego Padres 11

Larry Christenson 145 Philadelphia Phillies 12

Phil Niekro 144 Atlanta Braves 13

Don Sutton 139 Houston Astros 14

Mike Krukow 138 Philadelphia Phillies 15

Jerry Reuss 138 Los Angeles Dodgers

Joaquin Andujar 137 St. Louis Cardinals 17

Fergie Jenkins 134 Chicago Cubs 18

John Candelaria 133 Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Joe Niekro 130 Houston Astros 20

Rick Rhoden 128 Pittsburgh Pirates 21

Steve Bedrosian 123 Atlanta Braves 22

Larry McWilliams 118 Atlanta Braves 23

Pittsburgh Pirates

Charlie Lea 115 Montreal Expos 24

Dick Ruthven 115 Philadelphia Phillies

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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