mlb strikeout leaders lefty pitchers 2023

Blake Snell fanned the most batters by a left-hander in 2023, with 234 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	Blake Snell B. Snell	234	2023	SDP	32	14	9	.609	32	2.25	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	54	3.43	79	5.75	18
2	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	208	2023	MIA	32	10	10	.500	32	3.58	0	0	0	178.2	162	71	79	22	55	6	0	1	741	7	10.48	2.77	3.78	1.11	28.1	7.4	1.21	.311	3.98	80	3.55	81	8.16	16.4
3	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	200	2023	HOU	31	12	11	.522	31	3.45	2	2	0	198.0	166	76	86	19	57	10	0	0	808	6	9.09	2.59	3.51	0.86	24.8	7.1	1.13	.282	3.91	82	3.49	82	7.55	16.5
4	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	181	2023	TOR	32	11	6	.647	32	3.86	0	0	0	167.2	165	72	78	27	48	4	0	0	700	7	9.72	2.58	3.77	1.45	25.9	6.9	1.27	.314	4.19	91	4.12	96	8.86	3.1
5	Justin Steele J. Steele	176	2023	CHC	30	16	5	.762	30	3.06	0	0	0	173.1	167	59	71	14	36	7	0	0	716	9	9.14	1.87	4.89	0.73	24.6	5.0	1.17	.317	3.69	72	3.01	70	8.67	24.9
6	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	168	2023	LAA	28	4	9	.308	28	4.48	0	0	0	148.2	141	74	81	19	60	13	0	2	644	7	10.17	3.63	2.80	1.15	26.1	9.3	1.35	.318	4.90	103	4.13	94	8.54	4.7
7	Jordan Montgomery J. Montgomery	166	2023	TOT	32	10	11	.476	32	3.20	0	0	0	188.2	177	67	75	18	48	4	0	0	777	6	7.92	2.29	3.46	0.86	21.4	6.2	1.19	.294	3.58	75	3.56	83	8.44	15.8
8	JP Sears	161	2023	OAK	32	5	12	.294	32	4.54	0	0	0	172.1	165	87	90	34	53	16	0	2	735	2	8.41	2.77	3.04	1.78	21.9	7.2	1.26	.278	4.70	111	5.15	124	8.62	-19.9
9	Braxton Garrett B. Garrett	156	2023	MIA	31	9	7	.563	30	3.66	0	0	0	159.2	154	65	68	20	29	11	1	0	659	4	8.79	1.63	5.38	1.13	23.7	4.4	1.15	.302	3.83	82	3.68	84	8.68	12.4
10	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	151	2023	TEX	34	10	6	.625	28	4.15	0	0	0	147.1	143	68	74	23	60	10	1	0	641	3	9.22	3.67	2.52	1.40	23.6	9.4	1.38	.302	4.52	97	4.66	107	8.74	-4.5
11	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	151	2023	WSH	27	7	10	.412	27	4.42	0	0	0	136.1	134	67	71	27	57	1	0	0	582	6	9.97	3.76	2.65	1.78	25.9	9.8	1.40	.309	4.69	102	4.89	111	8.85	-7
12	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	143	2023	DET	26	13	9	.591	26	3.30	0	0	0	152.2	128	56	59	15	48	3	0	0	621	3	8.43	2.83	2.98	0.88	23.0	7.7	1.15	.274	3.48	78	3.66	86	7.55	9.9
13	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	141	2023	CHC	41	11	11	.500	23	5.00	0	0	0	142.1	147	79	89	26	56	6	4	0	626	9	8.92	3.54	2.52	1.64	22.5	8.9	1.43	.305	5.63	118	4.95	115	9.30	-10.8
14	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	137	2023	LAD	24	13	5	.722	24	2.46	0	0	0	131.2	100	36	39	19	40	3	0	0	523	6	9.36	2.73	3.43	1.30	26.2	7.6	1.06	.250	2.67	57	4.03	90	6.84	6.4
15	Ken Waldichuk K. Waldichuk	132	2023	OAK	35	4	8	.333	22	5.36	0	0	1	141.0	149	84	93	24	71	9	2	1	639	7	8.43	4.53	1.86	1.53	20.7	11.1	1.56	.310	5.94	131	5.29	127	9.51	-18.6
16	Rich Hill R. Hill	129	2023	TOT	32	8	14	.364	27	5.41	0	0	0	146.1	165	88	98	23	58	7	3	0	660	2	7.93	3.57	2.22	1.41	19.5	8.8	1.52	.321	6.03	123	4.86	111	10.15	-8.2
17	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	128	2023	SFG	37	7	6	.538	10	4.44	0	0	0	117.2	104	58	68	14	42	8	2	0	499	3	9.79	3.21	3.05	1.07	25.7	8.4	1.24	.293	5.20	104	3.90	93	7.95	3.9
18	David Peterson D. Peterson	128	2023	NYM	27	3	8	.273	21	5.03	1	0	0	111.0	124	62	64	16	50	6	0	0	492	6	10.38	4.05	2.56	1.30	26.0	10.2	1.57	.370	5.19	120	4.33	100	10.05	-0.1
19	Patrick Sandoval P. Sandoval	128	2023	LAA	28	7	13	.350	28	4.35	0	0	0	144.2	146	70	89	12	74	4	0	2	652	5	7.96	4.60	1.73	0.75	19.6	11.3	1.52	.309	5.54	100	4.18	95	9.08	3.8
20	Chris Sale C. Sale	125	2023	BOS	20	6	5	.545	20	4.30	0	0	0	102.2	87	49	52	15	29	8	0	0	425	3	10.96	2.54	4.31	1.31	29.4	6.8	1.13	.290	4.56	95	3.80	88	7.63	6
21	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	124	2023	WSH	32	10	15	.400	32	5.20	0	0	0	180.0	210	104	113	33	57	4	0	0	790	6	6.20	2.85	2.18	1.65	15.7	7.2	1.48	.309	5.65	120	5.27	119	10.50	-16.9
22	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	121	2023	TBR	21	11	2	.846	21	3.29	0	0	0	115.0	95	42	42	15	41	0	0	0	469	1	9.47	3.21	2.95	1.17	25.8	8.7	1.18	.274	3.29	80	3.91	94	7.43	3
23	Andrew Abbott A. Abbott	120	2023	CIN	21	8	5	.615	21	3.87	0	0	0	109.1	100	47	47	16	44	1	0	0	459	1	9.88	3.62	2.73	1.32	26.1	9.6	1.32	.302	3.87	83	4.19	90	8.23	5.3
24	Tyler Anderson T. Anderson	119	2023	LAA	27	6	6	.500	25	5.43	0	0	0	141.0	146	85	90	20	64	7	0	1	629	6	7.60	4.09	1.86	1.28	18.9	10.2	1.49	.301	5.74	124	4.92	112	9.32	-7.6
25	Ranger Suárez R. Suárez	119	2023	PHI	22	4	6	.400	22	4.18	0	0	0	125.0	129	58	59	13	48	2	0	0	540	4	8.57	3.46	2.48	0.94	22.0	8.9	1.42	.324	4.25	95	3.90	87	9.29	7.8