2000 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Pedro Martinez	284	Boston Red Sox	1
Bartolo Colon	212	Cleveland Indians	2
Mike Mussina	210	Baltimore Orioles	3
Chuck Finley	189	Cleveland Indians	4
Roger Clemens	188	New York Yankees	5
Hideo Nomo	181	Detroit Tigers	6
Dave Burba	180	Cleveland Indians	7
Tim Hudson	169	Oakland Athletics	8
David Wells	166	Toronto Blue Jays	9
Eric Milton	160	Minnesota Twins	10
Sidney Ponson	152	Baltimore Orioles	11
Rick Helling	146	Texas Rangers	12
Kelvim Escobar	142	Toronto Blue Jays	13
Orlando Hernandez	141	New York Yankees	14
Brad Radke	141	Minnesota Twins
Esteban Loaiza	137	Texas Rangers	16
		Toronto Blue Jays
Aaron Sele	137	Seattle Mariners
Jeff Weaver	136	Detroit Tigers	18
Mac Suzuki	135	Kansas City Royals	19
Kevin Appier	129	Oakland Athletics	20
Mike Sirotka	128	Chicago White Sox	21
Jeff Suppan	128	Kansas City Royals
Kenny Rogers	127	Texas Rangers	23
Andy Pettitte	125	New York Yankees	24
David Cone	120	New York Yankees	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. 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).