2001 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Randy Johnson	372	Arizona Diamondbacks	1
Curt Schilling	293	Arizona Diamondbacks	2
Chan Ho Park	218	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Kerry Wood	217	Chicago Cubs	4
Javier Vazquez	208	Montreal Expos	5
John Burkett	187	Atlanta Braves	6
Matt Morris	185	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Wade Miller	183	Houston Astros	8
Robert Person	183	Philadelphia Phillies
Darryl Kile	179	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Tony Armas, Jr.	176	Montreal Expos	11
Jason Bere	175	Chicago Cubs	12
Greg Maddux	173	Atlanta Braves	13
Kevin Appier	172	New York Mets	14
Ryan Dempster	171	Florida Marlins	15
Russ Ortiz	169	San Francisco Giants	16
Glendon Rusch	156	New York Mets	17
Brad Penny	154	Florida Marlins	18
Woody Williams	154	San Diego Padres
		St. Louis Cardinals
Randy Wolf	152	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Kevin Tapani	149	Chicago Cubs	21
Jon Lieber	148	Chicago Cubs	22
Octavio Dotel	145	Houston Astros	23
Pedro Astacio	144	Colorado Rockies	24
		Houston Astros
Roy Oswalt	144	Houston Astros
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). 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. 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.