most pitcher strikeouts from 2003 to 2012

Between the 2003 and 2012 seasons, CC Sabathia struck out the most batters, with 1,894 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	CC Sabathia	1,894	317	161	86	.652	317	3.34	33	12	0	2174.0	2,014	808	893	191	586	73	0	31	8,968	37	7.84	2.43	3.23	0.79	21.1	6.5	1.20	.293	3.70	77	3.39	78	8.34	226.1
2	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,759	288	128	69	.650	261	3.02	15	10	0	1787.2	1,490	600	643	196	448	30	7	13	7,217	45	8.86	2.26	3.93	0.99	24.4	6.2	1.08	.270	3.24	71	3.35	80	7.50	175.6
3	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	1,701	292	114	104	.523	286	4.14	16	3	0	1841.1	1,747	846	905	246	489	61	4	32	7,690	63	8.31	2.39	3.48	1.20	22.1	6.4	1.21	.289	4.42	94	3.87	88	8.54	107.2
4	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,663	295	162	76	.681	294	3.09	61	17	0	2111.2	1,999	724	786	176	346	57	0	20	8,510	32	7.09	1.47	4.81	0.75	19.5	4.1	1.11	.291	3.35	71	3.17	73	8.52	268.6
5	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,658	266	114	86	.570	265	3.40	13	6	0	1702.2	1,469	643	675	175	515	60	0	34	6,998	31	8.76	2.72	3.22	0.93	23.7	7.4	1.17	.282	3.57	84	3.49	82	7.76	142.5
6	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,616	280	124	86	.590	279	3.93	10	5	0	1760.1	1,644	769	821	197	520	68	1	22	7,356	52	8.26	2.66	3.11	1.01	22.0	7.1	1.23	.292	4.20	90	3.71	88	8.41	97.9
7	Dan Haren D. Haren	1,585	296	119	97	.551	286	3.66	16	6	0	1876.2	1,821	763	833	219	395	49	3	30	7,761	77	7.60	1.89	4.01	1.05	20.4	5.1	1.18	.291	3.99	87	3.63	86	8.73	127.2
8	A.J. Burnett	1,550	267	107	91	.540	264	4.12	13	4	0	1661.0	1,560	760	828	178	646	89	1	15	7,107	111	8.40	3.50	2.40	0.96	21.8	9.1	1.33	.298	4.49	97	3.94	92	8.45	66.4
9	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	1,540	316	127	81	.611	285	3.61	10	5	0	1843.0	1,604	740	813	150	827	97	7	39	7,870	51	7.52	4.04	1.86	0.73	19.6	10.5	1.32	.277	3.97	84	3.98	93	7.83	69
10	Cliff Lee C. Lee	1,524	282	125	77	.619	278	3.60	26	11	0	1842.1	1,817	737	804	194	412	45	1	11	7,645	39	7.44	2.01	3.70	0.95	19.9	5.4	1.21	.297	3.93	84	3.54	84	8.88	135.9
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,487	238	98	76	.563	238	3.22	23	9	0	1620.1	1,484	579	648	130	480	54	0	14	6,690	85	8.26	2.67	3.10	0.72	22.2	7.2	1.21	.298	3.60	78	3.29	79	8.24	161
12	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	1,466	293	130	84	.607	281	3.36	17	7	0	1838.1	1,809	686	732	164	425	68	3	28	7,619	26	7.18	2.08	3.45	0.80	19.2	5.6	1.22	.299	3.58	80	3.46	80	8.86	175.5
13	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,454	232	124	65	.656	232	3.40	20	6	0	1553.2	1,353	587	636	137	470	60	0	19	6,408	57	8.42	2.72	3.09	0.79	22.7	7.3	1.17	.284	3.68	78	3.40	79	7.84	155.3
14	Ted Lilly T. Lilly	1,435	287	120	97	.553	286	4.02	3	2	0	1707.1	1,556	762	808	246	555	46	0	31	7,182	41	7.56	2.93	2.59	1.30	20.0	7.7	1.24	.267	4.26	93	4.34	100	8.20	-1.1
15	Aaron Harang A. Harang	1,396	283	100	100	.500	278	4.16	13	6	0	1723.2	1,810	797	854	224	505	47	2	44	7,371	58	7.29	2.64	2.76	1.17	18.9	6.9	1.34	.305	4.46	98	4.12	96	9.45	42.3
16	John Lackey J. Lackey	1,396	277	119	90	.569	276	4.13	13	8	0	1767.2	1,842	811	883	179	536	97	0	22	7,579	90	7.11	2.73	2.60	0.91	18.4	7.1	1.35	.310	4.50	94	3.90	91	9.38	80
17	Brett Myers B. Myers	1,333	365	93	88	.514	237	4.20	11	3	40	1616.2	1,623	754	807	226	522	50	81	35	6,903	40	7.42	2.91	2.55	1.26	19.3	7.6	1.33	.293	4.49	100	4.30	100	9.04	-0.8
18	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,332	272	91	78	.538	231	3.77	12	3	1	1492.0	1,482	625	675	149	379	45	8	12	6,231	43	8.03	2.29	3.51	0.90	21.4	6.1	1.25	.308	4.07	87	3.44	81	8.94	131.8
19	Barry Zito B. Zito	1,332	316	113	115	.496	310	4.18	7	2	0	1900.0	1,766	883	951	211	801	69	4	46	8,139	35	6.31	3.79	1.66	1.00	16.4	9.8	1.35	.272	4.50	100	4.50	107	8.37	-58.4
20	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	1,317	189	79	56	.585	188	3.31	8	5	0	1214.0	1,025	447	480	89	469	29	0	23	5,073	73	9.76	3.48	2.81	0.66	26.0	9.2	1.23	.295	3.56	84	3.11	79	7.60	119.6
21	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,307	212	91	60	.603	211	3.34	12	6	0	1376.2	1,223	511	544	165	344	28	0	29	5,602	20	8.54	2.25	3.80	1.08	23.3	6.1	1.14	.282	3.56	80	3.57	85	8.00	97.3
22	Matt Cain M. Cain	1,278	236	85	78	.521	235	3.27	15	6	0	1536.2	1,279	559	596	129	524	43	1	30	6,329	58	7.49	3.07	2.44	0.76	20.2	8.3	1.17	.264	3.49	80	3.64	90	7.49	70.7
23	James Shields J. Shields	1,250	218	87	73	.544	217	3.89	19	8	0	1454.2	1,439	629	688	184	340	49	0	11	6,039	51	7.73	2.10	3.68	1.14	20.7	5.6	1.22	.298	4.26	94	3.83	91	8.90	58.7
24	Bronson Arroyo B. Arroyo	1,244	306	115	101	.532	294	4.11	12	5	1	1889.2	1,905	863	944	259	504	85	3	40	7,985	31	5.92	2.40	2.47	1.23	15.6	6.3	1.27	.279	4.50	95	4.49	105	9.07	-32.5
25	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	1,243	283	94	106	.470	283	4.34	16	4	0	1716.0	1,852	827	901	191	540	53	0	25	7,422	42	6.52	2.83	2.30	1.00	16.7	7.3	1.39	.308	4.73	99	4.12	94	9.71	48.1