Top 25 Strikeouts in 1988 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1988 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)

1988 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Nolan Ryan 228 Houston Astros 1

David Cone 213 New York Mets 2

Jose DeLeon 208 St. Louis Cardinals 3

Mike Scott 190 Houston Astros 4

Sid Fernandez 189 New York Mets 5

Tim Leary 180 Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Orel Hershiser 178 Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Dwight Gooden 175 New York Mets 8

Kevin Gross 162 Philadelphia Phillies 9

Ron Darling 161 New York Mets 10

Danny Jackson 161 Cincinnati Reds

Jose Rijo 160 Cincinnati Reds 12

Tim Belcher 152 Los Angeles Dodgers 13

Eric Show 144 San Diego Padres 14

Rick Sutcliffe 144 Chicago Cubs

Greg Maddux 140 Chicago Cubs 16

Calvin Schiraldi 140 Chicago Cubs

Bob Ojeda 133 New York Mets 18

Rick Mahler 131 Atlanta Braves 19

Pascual Perez 131 Montreal Expos

Danny Darwin 129 Houston Astros 21

John Smiley 129 Pittsburgh Pirates

Jim Deshaies 127 Houston Astros 23

Doug Drabek 127 Pittsburgh Pirates

Tom Browning 124 Cincinnati Reds 25

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).

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

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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