2001 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Hideo Nomo	220	Boston Red Sox	1
Mike Mussina	214	New York Yankees	2
Roger Clemens	213	New York Yankees	3
Barry Zito	205	Oakland Athletics	4
Bartolo Colon	201	Cleveland Indians	5
Tim Hudson	181	Oakland Athletics	6
C.C. Sabathia	171	Cleveland Indians	7
Andy Pettitte	164	New York Yankees	8
Freddy Garcia	163	Seattle Mariners	9
Pedro Martinez	163	Boston Red Sox
Chris Carpenter	157	Toronto Blue Jays	11
Eric Milton	157	Minnesota Twins
Rick Helling	154	Texas Rangers	13
Mark Mulder	153	Oakland Athletics	14
Jeff Weaver	152	Detroit Tigers	15
Tim Wakefield	148	Boston Red Sox	16
Brad Radke	137	Minnesota Twins	17
Ramon Ortiz	135	Anaheim Angels	18
Mark Buehrle	126	Chicago White Sox	19
Jarrod Washburn	126	Anaheim Angels
Joe Mays	123	Minnesota Twins	21
Jose Mercedes	123	Baltimore Orioles
Ryan Rupe	123	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Kelvim Escobar	121	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Jeff Suppan	120	Kansas City Royals	25
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank

	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? 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. 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.