Top 25 Strikeouts in 2000 in the National League

Strikeouts : 2000 National League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson

2000 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Randy Johnson 347 Arizona Diamondbacks 1

Chan Ho Park 217 Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Kevin Brown 216 Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Ryan Dempster 209 Florida Marlins 4

Al Leiter 200 New York Mets 5

Javier Vazquez 196 Montreal Expos 6

Rick Ankiel 194 St. Louis Cardinals 7

Pedro Astacio 193 Colorado Rockies 8

Darryl Kile 192 St. Louis Cardinals 9

Jon Lieber 192 Chicago Cubs

Greg Maddux 190 Atlanta Braves 11

Kris Benson 184 Pittsburgh Pirates 12

Matt Clement 170 San Diego Padres 13

Kevin Millwood 168 Atlanta Braves 14

Curt Schilling 168 Philadelphia Phillies

Arizona Diamondbacks

Russ Ortiz 167 San Francisco Giants 16

Livan Hernandez 165 San Francisco Giants 17

Darren Dreifort 164 Los Angeles Dodgers 18

Robert Person 164 Philadelphia Phillies

Randy Wolf 160 Philadelphia Phillies 20

Glendon Rusch 157 New York Mets 21

Tom Glavine 152 Atlanta Braves 22

Mike Hampton 151 New York Mets 23

Kevin Tapani 150 Chicago Cubs 24

Octavio Dotel 142 Houston Astros 25

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.

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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