1997 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Curt Schilling	319	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Pedro Martinez	305	Montreal Expos	2
John Smoltz	241	Atlanta Braves	3
Hideo Nomo	233	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Kevin Brown	205	Florida Marlins	5
Darryl Kile	205	Houston Astros
Alex Fernandez	183	Florida Marlins	7
Shawn Estes	181	San Francisco Giants	8
Greg Maddux	177	Atlanta Braves	9
Andy Benes	175	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Denny Neagle	172	Atlanta Braves	11
Pedro Astacio	166	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
		Colorado Rockies
Chan Ho Park	166	Los Angeles Dodgers
Alan Benes	160	St. Louis Cardinals	14
Jon Lieber	160	Pittsburgh Pirates
Todd Stottlemyre	160	St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Trachsel	160	Chicago Cubs
Dave Mlicki	157	New York Mets	18
Tom Glavine	152	Atlanta Braves	19
Shane Reynolds	152	Houston Astros
Matt Morris	149	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Mark Leiter	148	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Mike Remlinger	145	Cincinnati Reds	23
Andy Ashby	144	San Diego Padres	24
Ismael Valdez	140	Los Angeles Dodgers	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. 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.