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

	Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second). 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. 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.