Strikeouts : 1992 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1992 Strikeouts Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John Smoltz 215 Atlanta Braves 1
David Cone 214 New York Mets 2
Greg Maddux 199 Chicago Cubs 3
Sid Fernandez 193 New York Mets 4
Doug Drabek 177 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Jose Rijo 171 Cincinnati Reds 6
Andy Benes 169 San Diego Padres 7
Pete Harnisch 164 Houston Astros 8
Kevin Gross 158 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Tom Candiotti 152 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Ken Hill 150 Montreal Expos 11
Tim Belcher 149 Cincinnati Reds 12
Dennis Martinez 147 Montreal Expos 13
Curt Schilling 147 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dwight Gooden 145 New York Mets 15
Greg Swindell 138 Cincinnati Reds 16
Frank Castillo 135 Chicago Cubs 17
Mark Gardner 132 Montreal Expos 18
Bruce Hurst 131 San Diego Padres 19
Orel Hershiser 130 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Chris Nabholz 130 Montreal Expos  
Steve Avery 129 Atlanta Braves 22
Tom Glavine 129 Atlanta Braves  
Terry Mulholland 125 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Omar Olivares 124 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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

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.