2008 Strikeouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Strikeouts	Team	Rank
Tim Lincecum	265	San Francisco Giants	1
Dan Haren	206	Arizona Diamondbacks	2
Johan Santana	206	New York Mets
Edinson Volquez	206	Cincinnati Reds
Chad Billingsley	201	Los Angeles Dodgers	5
Cole Hamels	196	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Ryan Dempster	187	Chicago Cubs	7
Matt Cain	186	San Francisco Giants	8
Ricky Nolasco	186	Florida Marlins
Ted Lilly	184	Chicago Cubs	10
Brandon Webb	183	Arizona Diamondbacks	11
Oliver Perez	180	New York Mets	12
Randy Johnson	173	Arizona Diamondbacks	13
Ubaldo Jimenez	172	Colorado Rockies	14
Jake Peavy	166	San Diego Padres	15
Roy Oswalt	165	Houston Astros	16
Bronson Arroyo	163	Cincinnati Reds	17
Brett Myers	163	Philadelphia Phillies
Randy Wolf	162	San Diego Padres	19
		Houston Astros
Johnny Cueto	158	Cincinnati Reds	20
Ben Sheets	158	Milwaukee Brewers
Jonathan Sanchez	157	San Francisco Giants	22
Aaron Harang	153	Cincinnati Reds	23
Derek Lowe	147	Los Angeles Dodgers	24
Manny Parra	147	Milwaukee Brewers
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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.