Top 25 Strikeouts in 2003 in the National League

Strikeouts : 2003 National League Top 25

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"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

2003 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Kerry Wood 266 Chicago Cubs 1

Mark Prior 245 Chicago Cubs 2

Javier Vazquez 241 Montreal Expos 3

Jason Schmidt 208 San Francisco Giants 4

Curt Schilling 194 Arizona Diamondbacks 5

Kevin Brown 185 Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Livan Hernandez 178 Montreal Expos 7

Hideo Nomo 177 Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Randy Wolf 177 Philadelphia Phillies

Brandon Webb 172 Arizona Diamondbacks 10

Matt Clement 171 Chicago Cubs 11

Kevin Millwood 169 Philadelphia Phillies 12

Carlos Zambrano 168 Chicago Cubs 13

Wade Miller 161 Houston Astros 14

Ben Sheets 157 Milwaukee Brewers 15

Jake Peavy 156 San Diego Padres 16

Woody Williams 153 St. Louis Cardinals 17

Josh Beckett 152 Florida Marlins 18

Matt Kinney 152 Milwaukee Brewers

Mark Redman 151 Florida Marlins 20

Russ Ortiz 149 Atlanta Braves 21

Kip Wells 147 Pittsburgh Pirates 22

Adam Eaton 146 San Diego Padres 23

Brett Myers 143 Philadelphia Phillies 24

Miguel Batista 142 Arizona Diamondbacks 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.

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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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