most pitcher red sox strikeouts since 2000

Since 2000, Jon Lester and Tim Wakefield are tied for fanning the most hitters for the Red Sox, with 1,386 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	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,386	242	110	63	.636	241	3.64	10	3	0	1519.1	1,426	615	655	138	529	55	0	4	6,378	38	8.21	3.13	2.62	0.82	21.7	8.3	1.29	.302	3.88	84	3.60	88	8.45	81.9
2	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	1,386	411	121	113	.517	292	4.46	8	0	7	2041.2	1,980	1,011	1,130	268	699	120	46	22	8,764	97	6.11	3.08	1.98	1.18	15.8	8.0	1.31	.272	4.98	97	4.62	108	8.73	-80
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1,119	139	75	26	.743	139	2.53	14	5	0	936.2	696	263	290	68	205	60	0	1	3,712	15	10.75	1.97	5.46	0.65	30.1	5.5	0.96	.278	2.79	54	2.44	56	6.69	208.3
4	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,108	194	89	58	.605	194	4.17	7	3	0	1240.0	1,179	574	604	153	338	53	0	9	5,190	35	8.04	2.45	3.28	1.11	21.3	6.5	1.22	.290	4.38	93	3.87	92	8.56	46.7
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	945	115	46	30	.605	115	3.27	2	1	0	670.2	527	244	266	80	156	48	0	1	2,713	12	12.68	2.09	6.06	1.07	34.8	5.8	1.02	.301	3.57	71	2.82	65	7.07	113.5
6	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	899	206	81	61	.570	188	3.96	9	6	0	1167.2	1,104	514	565	116	417	45	7	9	4,920	28	6.93	3.21	2.16	0.89	18.3	8.5	1.30	.287	4.35	93	4.04	100	8.51	-0.4
7	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	892	159	64	39	.621	153	4.16	0	0	0	856.2	831	396	410	107	294	25	1	6	3,649	9	9.37	3.09	3.03	1.12	24.4	8.1	1.31	.311	4.31	92	3.82	89	8.73	44
8	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	852	159	73	55	.570	159	4.43	6	0	0	964.0	1,000	475	524	144	211	51	0	3	4,088	28	7.95	1.97	4.04	1.34	20.8	5.2	1.26	.302	4.89	99	4.14	98	9.34	10
9	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	718	131	37	41	.474	107	4.29	1	0	2	633.0	558	302	312	103	229	17	4	4	2,658	28	10.21	3.26	3.14	1.46	27.0	8.6	1.24	.286	4.44	99	4.18	100	7.93	-0.3
10	David Price D. Price	609	103	46	24	.657	98	3.84	3	0	0	588.0	552	251	268	78	156	24	1	1	2,448	10	9.32	2.39	3.90	1.19	24.9	6.4	1.20	.300	4.10	85	3.73	87	8.45	35.6
11	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	609	117	50	37	.575	116	4.52	1	0	0	668.1	627	336	347	75	321	34	1	4	2,919	25	8.20	4.32	1.90	1.01	20.9	11.0	1.42	.294	4.67	101	4.36	104	8.44	-13.1
12	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	574	119	53	29	.646	98	3.95	4	1	9	675.0	712	296	301	84	108	13	21	2	2,795	5	7.65	1.44	5.31	1.12	20.5	3.9	1.21	.312	4.01	85	3.56	82	9.49	60.3
13	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	556	429	32	30	.516	2	4.07	0	0	47	431.2	379	195	209	50	200	17	134	8	1,862	43	11.59	4.17	2.78	1.04	29.9	10.7	1.34	.317	4.36	91	3.59	85	7.90	31.2
14	John Lackey J. Lackey	541	111	47	43	.522	111	4.46	3	0	0	701.2	752	348	373	79	200	34	0	3	3,023	21	6.94	2.57	2.71	1.01	17.9	6.6	1.36	.310	4.78	106	3.98	101	9.65	-3.5
15	Brayan Bello B. Bello	532	120	44	42	.512	105	4.18	2	0	1	633.2	642	294	318	71	225	36	4	3	2,733	16	7.56	3.20	2.36	1.01	19.5	8.2	1.37	.306	4.52	97	4.17	100	9.12	-0.4
16	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	509	396	23	19	.548	3	2.33	0	0	219	429.1	322	111	126	31	115	17	334	10	1,729	10	10.67	2.41	4.43	0.65	29.4	6.7	1.02	.275	2.64	52	2.59	61	6.75	79.2
17	Derek Lowe D. Lowe	503	239	61	41	.598	101	3.83	2	1	66	788.2	799	336	382	57	242	38	114	20	3,362	17	5.74	2.76	2.08	0.65	15.0	7.2	1.32	.294	4.36	82	3.75	86	9.12	53.7
18	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	468	96	26	18	.591	84	4.05	2	1	0	461.2	477	208	230	63	109	17	2	2	1,956	19	9.12	2.12	4.29	1.23	23.9	5.6	1.27	.319	4.48	90	3.72	87	9.30	27.6
19	Tanner Houck T. Houck	449	113	24	32	.429	80	3.97	1	1	9	474.1	429	209	233	43	158	40	16	5	2,004	12	8.52	3.00	2.84	0.82	22.4	7.9	1.24	.294	4.42	92	3.71	89	8.14	24.8
20	Garrett Whitlock G. Whitlock	392	210	31	15	.674	23	2.99	0	0	12	357.2	311	119	134	35	83	13	41	4	1,449	12	9.86	2.09	4.72	0.88	27.1	5.7	1.10	.298	3.37	69	3.04	73	7.83	45.4
21	Kutter Crawford K. Crawford	389	86	17	31	.354	69	4.56	0	0	0	392.1	348	199	210	64	118	16	8	1	1,633	12	8.92	2.71	3.30	1.47	23.8	7.2	1.19	.272	4.82	107	4.34	105	7.98	-8.5
22	Felix Doubront F. Doubront	378	98	26	22	.542	69	4.82	0	0	3	418.0	431	224	247	51	186	13	8	0	1,851	20	8.14	4.00	2.03	1.10	20.4	10.0	1.48	.311	5.32	115	4.28	109	9.28	-16.1
23	Joe Kelly J. Kelly	319	182	26	11	.703	41	4.33	0	0	2	359.1	335	173	181	32	164	18	29	1	1,557	17	7.99	4.11	1.95	0.80	20.5	10.5	1.39	.296	4.53	102	4.04	100	8.39	0.3
24	Brandon Workman B. Workman	317	214	25	16	.610	18	3.83	0	0	20	308.0	264	131	144	32	141	4	62	9	1,297	8	9.26	4.12	2.25	0.94	24.4	10.9	1.31	.289	4.21	89	3.85	94	7.71	9.8
25	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	311	72	22	17	.564	56	4.24	0	0	0	316.1	323	149	157	45	137	8	6	2	1,376	13	8.85	3.90	2.27	1.28	22.6	10.0	1.45	.318	4.47	94	4.41	103	9.19	-4.8

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Rays	79	54	.594
Yankees	74	57	.565	4.0
Red Sox	73	59	.553	5.5
Orioles	64	68	.485	14.5
Blue Jays	64	69	.481	15.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/26	BOS	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Fri 8/28	BOS	@	NYY	7:15 PM
Sat 8/29	BOS	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Sat 8/29	BOS	@	NYY	7:15 PM
Sun 8/30	BOS	@	NYY	1:35 PM

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Final

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Braves	77	55	.583
Phillies	73	60	.549	4.5
Marlins	67	66	.504	10.5
Nationals	62	72	.463	16.0
Mets	60	72	.455	17.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	81	51	.614
Cubs	76	57	.571	5.5
Cardinals	66	67	.496	15.5
Pirates	65	69	.485	17.0
Reds	62	71	.466	19.5
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Dodgers	80	52	.606
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Diamondbacks	70	63	.526	10.5
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Blue Jays	64	69	.481	15.0
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