2002 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Pedro Martinez	239	Boston Red Sox	1
Roger Clemens	192	New York Yankees	2
Mike Mussina	182	New York Yankees	3
Barry Zito	182	Oakland Athletics
Freddy Garcia	181	Seattle Mariners	5
Roy Halladay	168	Toronto Blue Jays	6
Ramon Ortiz	162	Anaheim Angels	7
Mark Mulder	159	Oakland Athletics	8
Tim Hudson	152	Oakland Athletics	9
C.C. Sabathia	149	Cleveland Indians	10
Jamie Moyer	147	Seattle Mariners	11
Jarrod Washburn	139	Anaheim Angels	12
Johan Santana	137	Minnesota Twins	13
Tanyon Sturtze	137	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
David Wells	137	New York Yankees
Rodrigo Lopez	136	Baltimore Orioles	16
Joel Pineiro	136	Seattle Mariners
Danny Wright	136	Chicago White Sox
Mark Buehrle	134	Chicago White Sox	19
Tim Wakefield	134	Boston Red Sox
Kevin Appier	132	Anaheim Angels	21
Jeff Weaver	132	Detroit Tigers
		New York Yankees
Danys Baez	130	Cleveland Indians	23
Paul Byrd	129	Kansas City Royals	24
Derek Lowe	127	Boston Red Sox	25
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. 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. 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.