most ks in a season by al central pitchers since 2000

Since 2000, Chris Sale has fanned the most hitters in the AL Central in a season, with 274 strikeouts in 2015.

	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	274	2015	CWS	31	13	11	.542	31	3.41	1	0	0	208.2	185	79	88	23	42	13	0	0	854	7	11.82	1.81	6.52	0.99	32.1	4.9	1.09	.323	3.80	86	2.72	66	7.98	31.8
2	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	269	2014	CLE	34	18	9	.667	34	2.44	3	1	0	235.2	207	64	72	14	51	6	0	3	951	3	10.27	1.95	5.27	0.53	28.3	5.4	1.09	.316	2.75	63	2.34	61	7.91	38.5
3	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
4	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	265	2017	CLE	29	18	4	.818	29	2.25	5	3	0	203.2	141	51	56	21	36	5	0	2	777	4	11.71	1.59	7.36	0.93	34.1	4.6	0.87	.267	2.47	50	2.49	57	6.23	42.8
5	Johan Santana J. Santana	265	2004	MIN	34	20	6	.769	34	2.61	1	1	0	228.0	156	66	70	24	54	9	0	0	881	7	10.46	2.13	4.91	0.95	30.1	6.1	0.92	.250	2.76	56	2.91	66	6.16	38.1
6	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	259	2019	CLE	34	15	8	.652	33	3.28	3	2	0	214.1	186	78	86	31	40	6	1	1	859	6	10.88	1.68	6.48	1.30	30.2	4.7	1.05	.296	3.61	71	3.31	73	7.81	29
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	254	2016	DET	34	16	9	.640	34	3.04	2	0	0	227.2	171	77	81	30	57	8	0	1	903	6	10.04	2.25	4.46	1.19	28.1	6.3	1.00	.255	3.20	72	3.48	81	6.76	20.3
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	252	2014	DET	33	18	5	.783	33	3.15	1	1	0	220.1	196	77	80	18	63	6	0	1	904	10	10.29	2.57	4.00	0.74	27.9	7.0	1.18	.315	3.27	82	2.84	74	8.01	23.9
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	250	2011	DET	34	24	5	.828	34	2.40	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
10	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	245	2015	CLE	32	9	16	.360	32	3.49	4	0	0	222.0	189	86	92	22	45	11	0	3	886	6	9.93	1.82	5.44	0.89	27.7	5.1	1.05	.297	3.73	85	2.96	73	7.66	26.4
11	Johan Santana J. Santana	245	2006	MIN	34	19	6	.760	34	2.77	1	0	0	233.2	186	72	79	24	47	4	0	0	923	4	9.44	1.81	5.21	0.92	26.5	5.1	1.00	.269	3.04	62	3.03	69	7.16	35.7
12	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
13	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	241	2025	DET	31	13	6	.684	31	2.21	1	1	0	195.1	141	48	55	18	33	5	0	0	748	3	11.10	1.52	7.30	0.83	32.2	4.4	0.89	.273	2.53	55	2.44	59	6.50	36.9
14	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	240	2013	DET	32	21	3	.875	32	2.90	0	0	0	214.1	152	69	73	18	56	4	0	0	836	6	10.08	2.35	4.29	0.76	28.7	6.7	0.97	.259	3.07	72	2.74	69	6.38	29.2
15	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	239	2012	DET	33	17	8	.680	33	2.64	6	1	0	238.1	192	70	81	19	60	5	0	2	956	2	9.03	2.27	3.98	0.72	25.0	6.3	1.06	.273	3.06	64	2.94	70	7.25	32.4
16	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	238	2019	DET	32	9	12	.429	32	4.56	0	0	0	185.1	178	94	101	39	50	8	0	1	788	6	11.56	2.43	4.76	1.89	30.2	6.3	1.23	.307	4.90	99	4.31	94	8.64	5.3
17	Johan Santana J. Santana	238	2005	MIN	33	16	7	.696	33	2.87	3	2	0	231.2	180	74	77	22	45	1	0	1	910	8	9.25	1.75	5.29	0.85	26.2	4.9	0.97	.262	2.99	67	2.79	66	6.99	37
18	Johan Santana J. Santana	235	2007	MIN	33	15	13	.536	33	3.33	1	1	0	219.0	183	81	88	33	52	4	0	0	878	7	9.66	2.14	4.52	1.36	26.8	5.9	1.07	.271	3.62	75	3.81	89	7.52	12.1
19	Pablo López P. López	234	2023	MIN	32	11	8	.579	32	3.66	1	1	0	194.0	176	79	81	24	48	9	0	1	801	7	10.86	2.23	4.88	1.11	29.2	6.0	1.15	.313	3.76	86	3.33	78	8.16	20.5
20	Chris Sale C. Sale	233	2016	CWS	32	17	10	.630	32	3.34	6	1	0	226.2	190	84	88	27	45	17	0	2	907	2	9.25	1.79	5.18	1.07	25.7	5.0	1.04	.279	3.49	80	3.45	81	7.54	19.9
21	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	231	2018	CLE	32	17	10	.630	30	3.38	2	0	0	192.0	173	72	78	21	43	6	1	4	784	9	10.83	2.02	5.37	0.98	29.5	5.5	1.13	.315	3.66	77	2.94	69	8.11	27.6
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	231	2012	DET	32	16	7	.696	32	3.74	0	0	0	187.2	179	78	82	23	60	5	0	2	787	2	11.08	2.88	3.85	1.10	29.4	7.6	1.27	.333	3.93	90	3.26	78	8.58	18.9
23	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	228	2024	DET	31	18	4	.818	31	2.39	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	10.69	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	60	2.49	61	6.66	33.5
24	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	228	2019	CWS	29	14	9	.609	29	3.41	3	2	0	176.2	131	67	69	24	57	4	0	1	705	6	11.62	2.90	4.00	1.22	32.3	8.1	1.06	.273	3.52	75	3.42	73	6.67	24.6
25	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	56	3.09	75	6.16	20.1