1999 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Pedro Martinez	313	Boston Red Sox	1
Chuck Finley	200	Anaheim Angels	2
Aaron Sele	186	Texas Rangers	3
David Cone	177	New York Yankees	4
Dave Burba	174	Cleveland Indians	5
Mike Mussina	172	Baltimore Orioles	6
Freddy Garcia	170	Seattle Mariners	7
David Wells	169	Toronto Blue Jays	8
Roger Clemens	163	New York Yankees	9
Eric Milton	163	Minnesota Twins
Bartolo Colon	161	Cleveland Indians	11
Orlando Hernandez	157	New York Yankees	12
Jose Rosado	141	Kansas City Royals	13
Jamie Moyer	137	Seattle Mariners	14
Hideki Irabu	133	New York Yankees	15
Tim Hudson	132	Oakland Athletics	16
Kevin Appier	131	Kansas City Royals	17
		Oakland Athletics
Rick Helling	131	Texas Rangers
Kelvim Escobar	129	Toronto Blue Jays	19
Wilson Alvarez	128	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	20
Charles Nagy	126	Cleveland Indians	21
Mike Sirotka	125	Chicago White Sox	22
James Baldwin	123	Chicago White Sox	23
Keith Foulke	123	Chicago White Sox
Bobby Witt	123	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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. 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.