Strikeouts : 1989 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"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)
 

1989 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jose DeLeon 201 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Tim Belcher 200 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Sid Fernandez 198 New York Mets 3
David Cone 190 New York Mets 4
Bruce Hurst 179 San Diego Padres 5
Orel Hershiser 178 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Mark Langston 175 Montreal Expos 7
Mike Scott 172 Houston Astros 8
John Smoltz 168 Atlanta Braves 9
Ken Howell 164 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Kevin Gross 158 Montreal Expos 11
Ron Darling 153 New York Mets 12
Jim Deshaies 153 Houston Astros  
Rick Sutcliffe 153 Chicago Cubs  
Pascual Perez 152 Montreal Expos 15
Mike Bielecki 147 Chicago Cubs 16
Dennis Martinez 142 Montreal Expos 17
Rob Dibble 141 Cincinnati Reds 18
Greg Maddux 135 Chicago Cubs 19
Bryn Smith 129 Montreal Expos 20
Joe Magrane 127 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Doug Drabek 123 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Tim Leary 123 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Cincinnati Reds  
John Smiley 123 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Scott Garrelts 119 San Francisco Giants 25



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?

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