Top 25 Strikeouts in 2008 in the National League

Strikeouts : 2008 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)

2008 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Tim Lincecum 265 San Francisco Giants 1

Dan Haren 206 Arizona Diamondbacks 2

Johan Santana 206 New York Mets

Edinson Volquez 206 Cincinnati Reds

Chad Billingsley 201 Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Cole Hamels 196 Philadelphia Phillies 6

Ryan Dempster 187 Chicago Cubs 7

Matt Cain 186 San Francisco Giants 8

Ricky Nolasco 186 Florida Marlins

Ted Lilly 184 Chicago Cubs 10

Brandon Webb 183 Arizona Diamondbacks 11

Oliver Perez 180 New York Mets 12

Randy Johnson 173 Arizona Diamondbacks 13

Ubaldo Jimenez 172 Colorado Rockies 14

Jake Peavy 166 San Diego Padres 15

Roy Oswalt 165 Houston Astros 16

Bronson Arroyo 163 Cincinnati Reds 17

Brett Myers 163 Philadelphia Phillies

Randy Wolf 162 San Diego Padres 19

Houston Astros

Johnny Cueto 158 Cincinnati Reds 20

Ben Sheets 158 Milwaukee Brewers

Jonathan Sanchez 157 San Francisco Giants 22

Aaron Harang 153 Cincinnati Reds 23

Derek Lowe 147 Los Angeles Dodgers 24

Manny Parra 147 Milwaukee Brewers

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

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?

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).

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