2022 highest strikeouts by a starting pitcher

Gerrit Cole struck out the most batters by a starting pitcher in 2022, with 257 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	257	2022	NYY	33	13	8	.619	33	3.50	0	0	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	6.91
2	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	243	2022	MIL	33	12	8	.600	33	2.94	0	0	0	202.0	144	66	73	23	51	13	0	0	797	10	10.83	2.27	4.76	1.02	30.5	6.4	0.97	.259	3.25	6.42
3	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	237	2022	SFG	31	14	8	.636	31	2.88	1	0	0	178.0	131	57	59	12	52	3	0	0	710	10	11.98	2.63	4.56	0.61	33.4	7.3	1.03	.293	2.98	6.62
4	Aaron Nola A. Nola	235	2022	PHI	32	11	13	.458	32	3.25	2	1	0	205.0	168	74	75	19	29	9	0	1	807	2	10.32	1.27	8.10	0.83	29.1	3.6	0.96	.289	3.29	7.38
5	Dylan Cease D. Cease	227	2022	CWS	32	14	8	.636	32	2.20	1	1	0	184.0	126	45	55	16	78	3	0	2	747	7	11.10	3.82	2.91	0.78	30.4	10.4	1.11	.260	2.69	6.16
6	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	219	2022	LAA	28	15	9	.625	28	2.33	0	0	0	166.0	124	43	45	14	44	2	0	0	660	14	11.87	2.39	4.98	0.76	33.2	6.7	1.01	.289	2.44	6.72
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	212	2022	SEA	32	12	12	.500	32	3.71	0	0	0	189.0	163	78	80	32	62	7	0	0	775	5	10.10	2.95	3.42	1.52	27.4	8.0	1.19	.284	3.81	7.76
8	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	207	2022	MIA	32	14	9	.609	32	2.28	6	1	0	228.2	174	58	67	16	50	9	0	1	886	3	8.15	1.97	4.14	0.63	23.4	5.6	0.98	.262	2.64	6.85
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	205	2022	TOR	31	12	10	.545	31	3.35	0	0	0	174.2	188	65	72	15	28	1	0	0	725	2	10.56	1.44	7.32	0.77	28.3	3.9	1.24	.363	3.71	9.69
10	Charlie Morton C. Morton	205	2022	ATL	31	9	6	.600	31	4.34	0	0	0	172.0	149	83	85	28	63	18	0	0	728	4	10.73	3.30	3.25	1.47	28.2	8.7	1.23	.292	4.45	7.80
11	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	198	2022	CLE	31	13	8	.619	31	2.88	1	0	0	200.0	172	64	70	18	36	2	0	0	791	5	8.91	1.62	5.50	0.81	25.0	4.6	1.04	.287	3.15	7.74
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	197	2022	SDP	30	16	8	.667	30	3.10	0	0	0	194.2	148	67	67	22	37	12	0	0	771	4	9.11	1.71	5.32	1.02	25.6	4.8	0.95	.250	3.10	6.84
13	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	194	2022	TBR	28	12	8	.600	28	2.54	0	0	0	166.1	116	47	52	19	38	3	0	1	641	9	10.50	2.06	5.11	1.03	30.3	5.9	0.93	.251	2.81	6.28
14	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	194	2022	HOU	31	17	6	.739	31	2.82	3	1	0	201.1	166	63	71	11	67	11	0	0	827	11	8.67	3.00	2.90	0.49	23.5	8.1	1.16	.285	3.17	7.42
15	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	192	2022	ARI	31	12	4	.750	31	2.54	0	0	0	184.0	121	52	56	15	47	12	0	0	714	5	9.39	2.30	4.09	0.73	26.9	6.6	0.91	.237	2.74	5.92
16	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	190	2022	MIL	27	13	4	.765	27	3.05	0	0	0	153.1	122	52	56	18	42	5	0	0	620	2	11.15	2.47	4.52	1.06	30.6	6.8	1.07	.285	3.29	7.16
17	Triston McKenzie T. McKenzie	189	2022	CLE	30	11	10	.524	30	2.92	0	0	0	188.1	136	61	63	25	42	5	0	0	729	7	9.03	2.01	4.50	1.19	25.9	5.8	0.95	.237	3.01	6.50
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	185	2022	HOU	28	18	4	.818	28	1.75	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	5.97
19	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	184	2022	SDP	30	10	7	.588	30	2.93	0	0	0	181.0	154	59	67	22	42	14	0	1	740	4	9.15	2.09	4.38	1.09	24.9	5.7	1.08	.276	3.33	7.66
20	Alek Manoah A. Manoah	180	2022	TOR	31	16	7	.696	31	2.24	0	0	0	196.2	144	49	55	16	51	15	0	0	786	5	8.24	2.33	3.53	0.73	22.9	6.5	0.99	.244	2.52	6.59
21	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	177	2022	CWS	30	11	9	.550	30	4.90	0	0	0	161.2	171	88	92	24	61	4	0	1	698	3	9.85	3.40	2.90	1.34	25.4	8.7	1.44	.340	5.12	9.52
22	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	177	2022	ARI	33	13	8	.619	33	3.37	0	0	0	200.1	167	75	77	21	61	2	0	2	804	4	7.95	2.74	2.90	0.94	22.0	7.6	1.14	.269	3.46	7.50
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	175	2022	BOS	33	10	12	.455	33	4.56	1	0	0	179.2	175	91	91	27	73	5	0	0	773	10	8.77	3.66	2.40	1.35	22.6	9.4	1.38	.300	4.56	8.77
24	Pablo López P. López	174	2022	MIA	32	10	10	.500	32	3.75	0	0	0	180.0	157	75	78	21	53	8	0	1	736	4	8.70	2.65	3.28	1.05	23.6	7.2	1.17	.283	3.90	7.85
25	Kyle Wright K. Wright	174	2022	ATL	30	21	5	.808	30	3.19	0	0	0	180.1	156	64	67	19	53	9	0	0	738	7	8.68	2.65	3.28	0.95	23.6	7.2	1.16	.284	3.34	7.79