1999 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Randy Johnson	364	Arizona Diamondbacks	1
Kevin Brown	221	Los Angeles Dodgers	2
Pedro Astacio	210	Colorado Rockies	3
Kevin Millwood	205	Atlanta Braves	4
Shane Reynolds	197	Houston Astros	5
Sterling Hitchcock	194	San Diego Padres	6
Jose Lima	187	Houston Astros	7
Jon Lieber	186	Chicago Cubs	8
Mike Hampton	177	Houston Astros	9
Chan Ho Park	174	Los Angeles Dodgers	10
Russ Ortiz	164	San Francisco Giants	11
Al Leiter	162	New York Mets	12
Hideo Nomo	161	Milwaukee Brewers	13
Shawn Estes	159	San Francisco Giants	14
John Smoltz	156	Atlanta Braves	15
Curt Schilling	152	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Steve Trachsel	149	Chicago Cubs	17
Omar Daal	148	Arizona Diamondbacks	18
Jason Schmidt	148	Pittsburgh Pirates
Dustin Hermanson	145	Montreal Expos	20
Livan Hernandez	144	Florida Marlins	21
		San Francisco Giants
Ismael Valdez	143	Los Angeles Dodgers	22
Andy Benes	141	Arizona Diamondbacks	23
Darren Dreifort	140	Los Angeles Dodgers	24
Kris Benson	139	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.