american league strikeouts leaders since 2016

Since 2016, Gerrit Cole has fanned the most batters in the AL, with 1,541 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,541	195	96	39	.711	195	2.96	7	5	0	1199.2	898	394	421	154	305	30	0	1	4,746	26	11.56	2.29	5.05	1.16	32.5	6.4	1.00	.274	3.16	71	3.11	73	6.74	156
2	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,393	193	99	46	.683	193	2.96	5	2	0	1213.2	919	399	423	160	281	42	0	5	4,817	28	10.33	2.08	4.96	1.19	28.9	5.8	0.99	.258	3.14	70	3.38	79	6.81	119.1
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,339	226	77	78	.497	226	3.80	3	2	0	1313.0	1,282	554	588	164	359	25	0	3	5,492	32	9.18	2.46	3.73	1.12	24.4	6.5	1.25	.310	4.03	91	3.61	84	8.79	96.5
5	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	1,187	200	70	65	.519	200	4.26	5	3	0	1137.1	991	538	575	176	429	40	0	7	4,772	48	9.39	3.39	2.77	1.39	24.9	9.0	1.25	.277	4.55	100	4.33	100	7.84	5.2
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,178	147	63	40	.612	147	3.29	8	2	0	897.1	717	328	354	107	201	65	0	3	3,620	14	11.82	2.02	5.86	1.07	32.5	5.6	1.02	.295	3.55	73	2.98	69	7.19	133.4
7	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,128	220	79	53	.598	205	3.81	5	3	0	1175.1	1,083	497	527	162	288	45	4	6	4,837	41	8.64	2.21	3.92	1.24	23.3	6.0	1.17	.287	4.04	89	3.88	91	8.29	49
8	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	1,120	203	84	57	.596	181	3.42	9	3	0	1164.1	993	442	487	96	421	66	7	1	4,850	64	8.66	3.25	2.66	0.74	23.1	8.7	1.21	.285	3.76	83	3.56	85	7.68	78.2
9	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,074	181	73	60	.549	179	3.88	1	1	0	1000.2	849	431	467	139	374	55	0	5	4,212	50	9.66	3.36	2.87	1.25	25.5	8.9	1.22	.276	4.20	93	4.10	95	7.64	22.8
10	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	1,044	206	48	61	.440	194	4.50	1	1	1	1019.0	1,021	510	555	168	370	30	4	3	4,385	39	9.22	3.27	2.82	1.48	23.8	8.4	1.37	.308	4.90	109	4.44	105	9.02	-25.1
11	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,016	164	76	42	.644	158	3.47	11	7	1	969.1	855	374	405	117	218	37	1	3	3,937	18	9.43	2.02	4.66	1.09	25.8	5.5	1.11	.290	3.76	82	3.41	81	7.94	87.1
12	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,009	181	72	47	.605	175	4.06	0	0	0	978.2	926	441	463	121	339	26	1	5	4,139	9	9.28	3.12	2.98	1.11	24.4	8.2	1.29	.304	4.26	91	3.84	90	8.52	48
13	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	995	143	66	34	.660	141	3.24	5	2	0	883.1	786	318	339	102	195	19	1	1	3,574	34	10.14	1.99	5.10	1.04	27.8	5.5	1.11	.302	3.45	76	3.15	75	8.01	106.9
14	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	976	161	51	40	.560	161	3.56	2	1	0	922.0	772	365	385	124	201	30	0	6	3,723	43	9.53	1.96	4.86	1.21	26.2	5.4	1.06	.271	3.76	91	3.54	89	7.54	46.7
15	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	976	190	70	51	.579	180	3.76	3	2	0	1037.2	983	434	473	125	339	79	2	5	4,428	26	8.47	2.94	2.88	1.08	22.0	7.7	1.27	.295	4.10	91	4.07	96	8.53	19.3
16	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	946	146	57	40	.588	143	3.07	1	1	0	820.1	661	280	307	95	180	28	1	0	3,268	11	10.38	1.97	5.26	1.04	28.9	5.5	1.03	.280	3.37	74	3.11	75	7.25	94
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	940	147	57	46	.553	145	4.10	2	1	0	847.1	794	386	421	113	269	39	0	6	3,607	37	9.98	2.86	3.49	1.20	26.1	7.5	1.25	.303	4.47	93	3.78	86	8.43	60.8
18	Luis Severino L. Severino	921	171	59	51	.536	155	4.01	1	1	0	890.1	817	397	435	113	274	43	4	3	3,743	22	9.31	2.77	3.36	1.14	24.6	7.3	1.23	.294	4.40	95	3.80	88	8.26	51.6
19	Dylan Cease D. Cease	902	136	47	38	.553	136	3.72	2	2	0	731.0	621	302	336	87	325	31	0	7	3,123	40	11.11	4.00	2.78	1.07	28.9	10.4	1.29	.300	4.14	86	3.71	84	7.65	53.1
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	899	153	60	47	.561	138	3.88	5	2	1	822.0	778	354	374	115	209	28	6	9	3,391	36	9.84	2.29	4.30	1.26	26.5	6.2	1.20	.310	4.09	89	3.65	85	8.52	58.9
21	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	883	188	63	62	.504	183	4.62	2	1	0	1046.2	1,101	537	575	141	383	38	0	6	4,519	41	7.59	3.29	2.31	1.21	19.5	8.5	1.42	.312	4.94	106	4.45	102	9.47	-10.4
22	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	862	162	41	51	.446	148	4.65	1	1	0	806.2	793	417	443	145	245	45	3	3	3,455	26	9.62	2.73	3.52	1.62	24.9	7.1	1.29	.300	4.94	109	4.46	103	8.85	-9.9
23	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	854	245	68	68	.500	205	4.45	1	1	0	1204.1	1,285	595	661	145	446	39	12	8	5,228	25	6.38	3.33	1.91	1.08	16.3	8.5	1.44	.304	4.94	99	4.52	103	9.60	-17.1
24	Dylan Bundy D. Bundy	852	188	54	65	.454	162	4.75	3	1	0	909.0	901	480	515	163	284	38	7	6	3,881	19	8.44	2.81	3.00	1.61	22.0	7.3	1.30	.290	5.10	110	4.68	106	8.92	-22.9
25	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	848	169	45	63	.417	156	4.66	2	1	0	851.0	828	441	470	140	274	43	2	7	3,644	26	8.97	2.90	3.09	1.48	23.3	7.5	1.29	.294	4.97	107	4.44	102	8.76	-7.5

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Yankees	46	29	.613
Rays	42	30	.583	2.5
Blue Jays	38	39	.494	9.0
Orioles	35	42	.455	12.0
Red Sox	30	43	.411	15.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 6/21	CIN	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Mon 6/22	NYY	@	DET	6:10 PM
Tue 6/23	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 6/24	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 6/25	NYY	@	BOS	7:10 PM

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Final

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Walker

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Run Leaders

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Wood

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Turang

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Kurtz

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Rice

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Nuñez

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Williams

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138

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Sánchez

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1.45

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Braves	48	27	.640
Phillies	40	35	.533	8.0
Nationals	39	37	.513	9.5
Marlins	38	38	.500	10.5
Mets	34	41	.453	14.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	45	29	.608
Cardinals	40	34	.541	5.0
Cubs	40	37	.519	6.5
Pirates	38	38	.500	8.0
Reds	36	39	.480	9.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	49	27	.645
Diamondbacks	39	36	.520	9.5
Padres	38	36	.514	10.0
Giants	31	44	.413	17.5
Rockies	29	47	.382	20.0

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Yankees	46	29	.613
Rays	42	30	.583	2.5
Blue Jays	38	39	.494	9.0
Orioles	35	42	.455	12.0
Red Sox	30	43	.411	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
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White Sox	39	36	.520	0.5
Twins	36	41	.468	4.5
Tigers	32	44	.421	8.0
Royals	32	45	.416	8.5
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Mariners	39	38	.506
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Astros	36	41	.468	3.0
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Fri 6/5	SEA	@	DET	3-7
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Sat 6/20	CLE	@	HOU	7:15 PM
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