2005 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Jake Peavy	216	San Diego Padres	1
Chris Carpenter	213	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Doug Davis	208	Milwaukee Brewers	3
Pedro Martinez	208	New York Mets
Brett Myers	208	Philadelphia Phillies
Carlos Zambrano	202	Chicago Cubs	6
A.J. Burnett	198	Florida Marlins	7
Javier Vazquez	192	Arizona Diamondbacks	8
Mark Prior	188	Chicago Cubs	9
Roger Clemens	185	Houston Astros	10
John Patterson	185	Washington Nationals
Roy Oswalt	184	Houston Astros	12
Chris Capuano	176	Milwaukee Brewers	13
Esteban Loaiza	173	Washington Nationals	14
Noah Lowry	172	San Francisco Giants	15
Brandon Webb	172	Arizona Diamondbacks
Andy Pettitte	171	Houston Astros	17
Dontrelle Willis	170	Florida Marlins	18
John Smoltz	169	Atlanta Braves	19
Josh Beckett	166	Florida Marlins	20
Jason Schmidt	165	San Francisco Giants	21
Aaron Harang	163	Cincinnati Reds	22
Jeff Weaver	157	Los Angeles Dodgers	23
Jon Lieber	149	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Livan Hernandez	147	Washington Nationals	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.