best left handed pitchers 2020 to 2025 strikeouts

Between the 2020 and 2025 seasons, Framber Valdez fanned the most hitters by a left-hander with an ERA worse than 0.00, with 951 strikeouts.

NAMESOERAGWLW%GSCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
951
3.23
154
73
44
.624
153
9
3
0
973.0
816
349
383
75
321
50
0
1
4,000
52
8.80
2.97
2.96
0.69
23.8
8.0
1.17
.285
3.54
79
3.35
81
7.55
84.2
2Yusei Kikuchi
Y. Kikuchi
895
4.27
167
42
47
.472
155
0
0
1
826.1
791
392
426
129
306
23
4
3
3,522
31
9.75
3.33
2.92
1.41
25.4
8.7
1.33
.305
4.64
105
4.22
102
8.62
-6.2
3Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
890
3.49
138
64
41
.610
136
2
1
0
753.0
585
292
311
94
249
35
0
1
3,090
34
10.64
2.98
3.57
1.12
28.8
8.1
1.11
.269
3.72
85
3.54
84
6.99
54.8
4Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
889
3.08
137
54
37
.593
134
1
1
0
766.2
614
262
287
90
172
26
1
0
3,056
11
10.44
2.02
5.17
1.06
29.1
5.6
1.03
.279
3.37
74
3.14
75
7.21
85.8
5Blake Snell
B. Snell
855
3.08
125
43
34
.558
125
1
1
0
652.0
477
223
237
61
307
9
0
2
2,702
48
11.80
4.24
2.79
0.84
31.6
11.4
1.20
.283
3.27
77
3.22
77
6.58
67.3
6Max Fried
M. Fried
813
2.82
144
73
30
.709
144
5
4
0
854.1
717
268
298
63
218
34
0
2
3,450
34
8.56
2.30
3.73
0.66
23.6
6.3
1.09
.282
3.14
68
3.09
75
7.55
99
7Sean Manaea
S. Manaea
782
4.29
157
44
38
.537
125
2
2
0
751.1
691
358
387
109
216
37
5
1
3,147
15
9.37
2.59
3.62
1.31
24.8
6.9
1.21
.291
4.64
106
3.98
97
8.28
9.5
8Robbie Ray
R. Ray
760
3.74
116
41
35
.539
115
1
0
0
650.1
538
270
284
106
252
22
0
1
2,702
28
10.52
3.49
3.02
1.47
28.1
9.3
1.21
.277
3.93
91
4.18
104
7.45
-11.2
9Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
759
4.24
131
41
41
.500
121
0
0
0
683.2
623
322
341
86
234
20
2
3
2,858
28
9.99
3.08
3.24
1.13
26.6
8.2
1.25
.305
4.49
100
3.70
88
8.20
37.5
10Andrew Heaney
A. Heaney
726
4.65
151
36
46
.439
131
0
0
0
698.2
684
361
389
123
220
48
4
2
3,017
13
9.35
2.83
3.30
1.58
24.1
7.3
1.29
.295
5.01
110
4.53
107
8.81
-21.3
11Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
725
5.41
168
40
81
.331
167
2
0
0
900.0
1,066
541
574
153
289
20
1
6
3,976
18
7.25
2.89
2.51
1.53
18.2
7.3
1.51
.327
5.74
130
4.79
114
10.66
-56.5
12Tyler Anderson
T. Anderson
678
4.11
158
44
48
.478
152
1
0
0
862.0
812
394
422
118
291
31
0
9
3,663
22
7.08
3.04
2.33
1.23
18.5
7.9
1.28
.273
4.41
99
4.49
107
8.48
-29.8
13Ranger Suarez
R. Suarez
652
3.35
146
46
35
.568
116
2
2
4
698.1
655
260
282
61
222
21
14
4
2,923
10
8.40
2.86
2.94
0.79
22.3
7.6
1.26
.302
3.63
79
3.47
82
8.44
58.8
14Jordan Montgomery
J. Montgomery
616
4.06
129
35
34
.507
125
1
1
1
685.1
683
309
330
79
188
18
3
3
2,887
32
8.09
2.47
3.28
1.04
21.3
6.5
1.27
.304
4.33
98
3.78
91
8.97
29.5
15David Peterson
D. Peterson
614
4.12
131
37
30
.552
115
2
1
0
622.2
593
285
306
62
262
35
0
2
2,671
23
8.87
3.79
2.34
0.90
23.0
9.8
1.37
.313
4.42
102
3.91
94
8.57
15.1
16Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
590
4.37
114
43
35
.551
113
0
0
0
605.2
621
294
318
79
208
9
0
3
2,605
8
8.77
3.09
2.84
1.17
22.6
8.0
1.37
.315
4.73
103
3.99
97
9.23
9.1
17MacKenzie Gore
M. Gore
589
4.19
105
26
41
.388
102
0
0
0
532.1
523
248
274
69
223
21
0
0
2,302
38
9.96
3.77
2.64
1.17
25.6
9.7
1.40
.324
4.63
100
4.01
96
8.84
10
18Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
588
2.90
108
54
22
.711
107
0
0
0
580.2
478
187
209
62
136
13
0
1
2,321
20
9.11
2.11
4.32
0.96
25.3
5.9
1.06
.273
3.24
70
3.30
77
7.41
62
19Kyle Freeland
K. Freeland
585
4.77
148
33
61
.351
148
0
0
0
797.2
917
423
463
121
220
31
0
3
3,461
10
6.60
2.48
2.66
1.37
16.9
6.4
1.43
.318
5.22
100
4.61
105
10.35
-17.5
20Chris Sale
C. Sale
572
2.95
81
36
15
.706
80
0
0
0
454.1
380
149
160
41
113
32
0
1
1,845
10
11.33
2.24
5.06
0.81
31.0
6.1
1.09
.312
3.17
68
2.78
67
7.53
67.7
21Martín Pérez
M. Pérez
556
4.01
152
38
37
.507
122
1
1
0
705.0
710
314
342
87
253
29
9
3
3,018
14
7.10
3.23
2.20
1.11
18.4
8.4
1.37
.298
4.37
94
4.39
104
9.06
-14.1
22Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
549
2.95
136
27
24
.529
64
1
1
0
424.1
345
139
151
45
119
11
18
2
1,725
15
11.64
2.52
4.61
0.95
31.8
6.9
1.09
.300
3.20
71
2.86
68
7.32
64
23Nestor Cortes
N. Cortes
532
3.69
106
30
24
.556
93
1
1
0
531.0
452
218
224
84
148
15
6
0
2,166
5
9.02
2.51
3.59
1.42
24.6
6.8
1.13
.265
3.80
92
4.13
99
7.66
1.7
24Julio Urías
J. Urías
523
3.09
95
51
18
.739
94
0
0
0
533.0
435
183
199
71
121
18
0
3
2,140
6
8.83
2.04
4.32
1.20
24.4
5.7
1.04
.259
3.36
75
3.72
87
7.35
31.8
25Trevor Rogers
T. Rogers
521
3.83
102
24
37
.393
102
1
0
0
520.0
481
221
241
48
195
21
0
4
2,221
10
9.02
3.38
2.67
0.83
23.5
8.8
1.30
.302
4.17
93
3.59
88
8.33
29.7

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75
75
.500
74
76
.493
1.0
70
80
.467
5.0
61
89
.407
14.0
56
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18.5
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Tue
9/15
@
8:10 PM
Wed
9/16
@
8:10 PM
Thu
9/17
@
7:15 PM
Fri
9/18
@
8:10 PM
Sat
9/19
@
7:10 PM
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NL EastWLPCTGB
88
62
.587
83
67
.553
5.0
74
76
.493
14.0
70
81
.464
18.5
69
80
.463
18.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
93
57
.620
83
67
.553
10.0
75
75
.500
18.0
74
76
.493
19.0
70
79
.470
22.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
90
59
.604
81
68
.544
9.0
79
71
.527
11.5
62
88
.413
28.5
55
94
.369
35.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
Rays Rays - x
90
59
.604
86
63
.577
4.0
82
68
.547
8.5
75
75
.500
15.5
72
78
.480
18.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
76
73
.510
76
74
.507
0.5
70
79
.470
6.0
70
79
.470
6.0
66
84
.440
10.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
75
75
.500
74
76
.493
1.0
70
80
.467
5.0
61
89
.407
14.0
56
93
.376
18.5

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
8/30
@
2-3
Sun
8/30
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1-16
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8/30
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0-7
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8/30
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9/14
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7:40 PM