2003 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Esteban Loaiza	207	Chicago White Sox	1
Pedro Martinez	206	Boston Red Sox	2
Roy Halladay	204	Toronto Blue Jays	3
Mike Mussina	195	New York Yankees	4
Roger Clemens	190	New York Yankees	5
Andy Pettitte	180	New York Yankees	6
Bartolo Colon	173	Chicago White Sox	7
Johan Santana	169	Minnesota Twins	8
Tim Wakefield	169	Boston Red Sox
Tim Hudson	162	Oakland Athletics	10
Kelvim Escobar	159	Toronto Blue Jays	11
John Lackey	151	Anaheim Angels	12
Joel Pineiro	151	Seattle Mariners
Ted Lilly	147	Oakland Athletics	14
Barry Zito	146	Oakland Athletics	15
Freddy Garcia	144	Seattle Mariners	16
C.C. Sabathia	141	Cleveland Indians	17
John Thomson	136	Texas Rangers	18
Victor Zambrano	132	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	19
Kyle Lohse	130	Minnesota Twins	20
Gil Meche	130	Seattle Mariners
Jamie Moyer	129	Seattle Mariners	22
Mark Mulder	128	Oakland Athletics	23
Brad Radke	120	Minnesota Twins	24
Mark Buehrle	119	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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.