mlb most strikeouts by a pitcher in 2009

Justin Verlander fanned the most hitters in 2009, with 269 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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	269	2009	DET	35	19	9	.679	35	3.45	3	1	0	240.0	219	92	99	20	63	6	0	5	982	8	10.09	2.36	4.27	0.75	27.4	6.4	1.18	.319	3.71	76	2.79	63	8.21	43.9
2	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	261	2009	SFG	32	15	7	.682	32	2.48	4	2	0	225.1	168	62	69	10	68	6	0	2	905	11	10.42	2.72	3.84	0.40	28.8	7.5	1.05	.282	2.76	60	2.33	57	6.71	45.4
3	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	242	2009	KCR	33	16	8	.667	33	2.16	6	3	0	229.1	195	55	64	11	51	4	0	0	915	5	9.50	2.00	4.75	0.43	26.4	5.6	1.07	.303	2.51	48	2.32	53	7.65	52.5
4	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	238	2009	ATL	32	15	10	.600	32	2.87	3	0	0	219.1	181	70	75	20	44	4	0	2	874	6	9.77	1.81	5.41	0.82	27.2	5.0	1.03	.283	3.08	69	2.76	65	7.43	35.8
5	Jon Lester J. Lester	225	2009	BOS	32	15	8	.652	32	3.41	2	0	0	203.1	186	77	80	20	64	3	0	0	843	6	9.96	2.83	3.52	0.89	26.7	7.6	1.23	.313	3.54	73	3.14	73	8.23	27
6	Dan Haren D. Haren	223	2009	ARI	33	14	10	.583	33	3.14	3	1	0	229.1	192	80	83	27	38	4	0	2	909	13	8.75	1.49	5.87	1.06	24.5	4.2	1.00	.267	3.26	71	3.22	75	7.53	27.4
7	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	217	2009	SEA	34	19	5	.792	34	2.49	2	1	0	238.2	200	66	81	15	71	8	0	0	977	17	8.18	2.68	3.06	0.57	22.2	7.3	1.14	.278	3.05	58	3.08	71	7.54	33.4
8	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	212	2009	STL	34	19	8	.704	34	2.63	1	0	0	233.0	216	68	75	17	66	3	0	1	970	7	8.19	2.55	3.21	0.66	21.9	6.8	1.21	.296	2.90	65	3.10	76	8.34	26.3
9	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	208	2009	TOR	32	17	10	.630	32	2.79	9	4	0	239.0	234	74	82	22	35	5	0	0	963	2	7.83	1.32	5.94	0.83	21.6	3.6	1.13	.306	3.09	63	3.05	68	8.81	37.1
10	Yovani Gallardo Y. Gallardo	204	2009	MIL	30	13	12	.520	30	3.73	1	0	0	185.2	150	77	78	21	94	5	0	5	793	9	9.89	4.56	2.17	1.02	25.7	11.9	1.31	.275	3.78	90	3.96	93	7.27	6.4
11	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	199	2009	BOS	32	17	6	.739	32	3.86	4	2	0	212.1	198	91	99	25	55	7	0	1	883	3	8.43	2.33	3.62	1.06	22.5	6.2	1.19	.290	4.20	83	3.62	84	8.39	16.7
12	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	198	2009	COL	33	15	12	.556	33	3.47	1	0	0	218.0	183	84	87	13	85	10	0	6	914	8	8.17	3.51	2.33	0.54	21.7	9.3	1.23	.280	3.59	75	3.35	76	7.56	25.5
13	CC Sabathia	197	2009	NYY	34	19	8	.704	34	3.37	2	1	0	230.0	197	86	96	18	67	9	0	7	938	5	7.71	2.62	2.94	0.70	21.0	7.1	1.15	.277	3.76	73	3.38	74	7.71	29.9
14	A.J. Burnett	195	2009	NYY	33	13	9	.591	33	4.04	1	0	0	207.0	193	93	99	25	97	10	0	0	896	17	8.48	4.22	2.01	1.09	21.8	10.8	1.40	.295	4.30	88	4.32	94	8.39	6.1
15	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	195	2009	FLA	31	13	9	.591	31	5.06	2	0	0	185.0	188	104	111	23	44	2	0	7	785	2	9.49	2.14	4.43	1.12	24.8	5.6	1.25	.317	5.40	120	3.34	81	9.15	16.7
16	Jorge De La Rosa J. De La Rosa	193	2009	COL	33	16	9	.640	32	4.38	0	0	0	185.0	172	90	95	20	83	9	0	3	799	12	9.39	4.04	2.33	0.97	24.2	10.4	1.38	.308	4.62	95	3.90	88	8.37	10.9
17	Wandy Rodriguez W. Rodriguez	193	2009	HOU	33	14	12	.538	33	3.02	1	1	0	205.2	192	69	77	21	63	5	0	5	849	2	8.45	2.76	3.06	0.92	22.7	7.4	1.24	.302	3.37	74	3.53	83	8.40	16.8
18	Josh Johnson J. Johnson	191	2009	FLA	33	15	5	.750	33	3.23	2	0	0	209.0	184	75	77	14	58	6	0	6	855	10	8.22	2.50	3.29	0.60	22.3	6.8	1.16	.290	3.32	76	3.05	74	7.92	25.8
19	Matt Garza M. Garza	189	2009	TBR	32	8	12	.400	32	3.95	0	0	0	203.0	177	89	93	25	79	11	0	0	861	3	8.38	3.50	2.39	1.11	22.0	9.2	1.26	.273	4.12	93	4.16	96	7.85	3.6
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	185	2009	LAD	31	8	8	.500	30	2.79	0	0	0	171.0	119	53	55	7	91	1	1	4	701	11	9.74	4.79	2.03	0.37	26.4	13.0	1.23	.269	2.89	69	3.07	74	6.26	20.7
21	Cliff Lee C. Lee	181	2009	TOT	34	14	13	.519	34	3.22	6	2	0	231.2	245	83	88	17	43	5	0	1	969	7	7.03	1.67	4.21	0.66	18.7	4.4	1.24	.315	3.42	74	3.10	72	9.52	31.7
22	Chad Billingsley C. Billingsley	179	2009	LAD	33	12	11	.522	32	4.03	0	0	0	196.1	173	88	94	17	86	7	0	7	823	14	8.21	3.94	2.08	0.78	21.7	10.4	1.32	.292	4.31	99	3.81	92	7.93	7.3
23	Jonathan Sanchez J. Sanchez	177	2009	SFG	32	8	12	.400	29	4.24	1	1	0	163.1	135	77	82	19	88	6	2	5	710	11	9.75	4.85	2.01	1.05	24.9	12.4	1.37	.276	4.52	103	4.16	101	7.44	-1.3
24	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	174	2009	ARI	30	9	11	.450	30	4.12	0	0	0	170.1	166	78	94	20	63	10	0	1	741	5	9.19	3.33	2.76	1.06	23.5	8.5	1.34	.308	4.97	94	3.86	89	8.77	8.6
25	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	174	2009	LAA	33	16	8	.667	33	3.75	4	2	0	211.0	196	88	91	26	66	4	0	3	882	3	7.42	2.82	2.64	1.11	19.7	7.5	1.24	.278	3.88	85	4.03	92	8.36	7.7