2009 most pitcher strikeouts in a season

Pitchers fanned their most hitters in 2009, with 33,586 strikeouts.

POSITIONSOSEASONGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1
Pitcher
33,586
2009
19,057
2,430
2,427
.500
4,860
4.31
152
63
1,202
43240.1
43,466
20,729
22,369
5,034
16,588
1,586
4,688
1,177
186,895
1,596
6.99
3.45
2.02
1.05
18.0
8.9
1.39
.295
4.66
100
4.31
100
9.05
22.7
2
Shortstop
3
2009
2
0
0
0
49.50
0
0
0
2.0
9
11
11
2
2
0
2
0
17
0
13.50
9.00
1.50
9.00
17.6
11.8
5.50
.700
49.50
1158
16.09
369
40.50
-2.5
3
Catcher
1
2009
1
0
0
0
9.00
0
0
0
1.0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
9.00
0.00
0.00
20.0
0.0
2.00
.500
9.00
193
1.09
25
18.00
0.4
4
Right Fielder
1
2009
1
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
5
0
9.00
9.00
1.00
0.00
20.0
20.0
2.00
.333
0.00
0
4.09
89
9.00
0.1

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NL EastWLPCTGB
49
33
.598
47
38
.553
3.5
45
40
.529
5.5
43
43
.500
8.0
35
50
.412
15.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
51
31
.622
47
38
.553
5.5
43
38
.531
7.5
43
42
.506
9.5
39
44
.470
12.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
55
30
.647
43
40
.518
11.0
42
42
.500
12.5
35
49
.417
19.5
33
52
.388
22.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
48
33
.593
48
36
.571
1.5
40
45
.471
10.0
39
47
.453
11.5
37
46
.446
12.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
44
39
.530
44
41
.518
1.0
41
45
.477
4.5
36
49
.424
9.0
35
50
.412
10.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
43
42
.506
43
43
.500
0.5
42
45
.483
2.0
40
45
.471
3.0
36
50
.419
7.5

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
6/14
@
1-10
Sun
6/14
@
0-4
Mon
6/15
@
0-7
Mon
6/15
@
3-7
Mon
6/15
@
0-12

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
6/30
@
6:35 PM
Tue
6/30
@
6:40 PM
Tue
6/30
@
6:40 PM
Tue
6/30
@
7:05 PM
Tue
6/30
@
7:07 PM