2005 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Johan Santana	238	Minnesota Twins	1
Randy Johnson	211	New York Yankees	2
John Lackey	199	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	3
Scott Kazmir	174	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	4
Barry Zito	171	Oakland Athletics	5
Dan Haren	163	Oakland Athletics	6
C.C. Sabathia	161	Cleveland Indians	7
Daniel Cabrera	157	Baltimore Orioles	8
Bartolo Colon	157	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Jose Contreras	154	Chicago White Sox	10
Tim Wakefield	151	Boston Red Sox	11
Mark Buehrle	149	Chicago White Sox	12
Matt Clement	146	Boston Red Sox	13
Freddy Garcia	146	Chicago White Sox
Kevin Millwood	146	Cleveland Indians
Jeremy Bonderman	145	Detroit Tigers	16
Cliff Lee	143	Cleveland Indians	17
Mike Mussina	142	New York Yankees	18
Chris Young	137	Texas Rangers	19
Bruce Chen	133	Baltimore Orioles	20
Casey Fossum	128	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	21
Erik Bedard	125	Baltimore Orioles	22
Nate Robertson	122	Detroit Tigers	23
Gustavo Chacin	121	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Rich Harden	121	Oakland Athletics
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. 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.