most pitcher strikeouts from 2005 to 2014

Between the 2005 and 2014 seasons, Felix Hernandez struck out the most batters, with 1,951 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	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,951	303	125	92	.576	303	3.07	23	9	0	2060.2	1,839	704	790	161	572	62	0	16	8,425	116	8.52	2.50	3.41	0.70	23.2	6.8	1.17	.295	3.45	76	3.14	76	8.03	221.2
2	CC Sabathia	1,837	297	154	84	.647	297	3.44	32	10	0	2045.1	1,930	782	871	190	523	68	0	30	8,466	41	8.08	2.30	3.51	0.84	21.7	6.2	1.20	.298	3.83	81	3.37	79	8.49	208.9
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,830	298	152	89	.631	298	3.53	20	6	0	1978.0	1,788	775	844	174	610	69	0	21	8,226	65	8.33	2.78	3.00	0.79	22.2	7.4	1.21	.291	3.84	83	3.42	81	8.14	174
4	A.J. Burnett	1,815	307	118	112	.513	305	4.11	14	4	0	1922.2	1,810	878	966	198	753	108	1	18	8,247	123	8.50	3.52	2.41	0.93	22.0	9.1	1.33	.300	4.52	100	3.88	93	8.47	63.4
5	Dan Haren D. Haren	1,806	331	136	112	.548	329	3.70	16	6	1	2113.2	2,054	870	959	261	423	52	2	35	8,739	89	7.69	1.80	4.27	1.11	20.7	4.8	1.17	.289	4.08	91	3.66	89	8.75	111.4
6	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,707	275	108	83	.565	274	3.27	13	6	0	1801.1	1,604	655	698	200	453	45	0	37	7,336	30	8.53	2.26	3.77	1.00	23.3	6.2	1.14	.285	3.49	80	3.48	84	8.01	127.1
7	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	1,644	254	101	79	.561	246	3.59	10	7	1	1567.1	1,363	625	668	129	608	41	3	31	6,587	99	9.44	3.49	2.70	0.74	25.0	9.2	1.26	.296	3.84	95	3.31	87	7.83	99.7
8	James Shields J. Shields	1,626	286	114	90	.559	285	3.72	22	9	0	1910.1	1,878	790	865	227	452	68	0	11	7,924	74	7.66	2.13	3.60	1.07	20.5	5.7	1.22	.297	4.08	91	3.76	91	8.85	74.5
9	Cliff Lee C. Lee	1,613	284	126	79	.615	280	3.35	29	12	0	1915.0	1,881	712	780	186	355	37	1	9	7,861	32	7.58	1.67	4.54	0.87	20.5	4.5	1.17	.299	3.67	81	3.27	79	8.84	179.9
10	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,608	262	106	87	.549	261	3.53	15	6	0	1689.0	1,476	663	693	172	479	54	0	29	6,919	33	8.57	2.55	3.36	0.92	23.2	6.9	1.16	.283	3.69	87	3.47	84	7.87	130.8
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,587	308	115	79	.593	267	3.51	13	4	1	1727.0	1,681	674	734	155	442	46	8	13	7,170	59	8.27	2.30	3.59	0.81	22.1	6.2	1.23	.309	3.83	85	3.26	80	8.76	157.5
12	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,507	299	119	100	.543	296	4.17	14	7	0	1882.2	1,827	872	937	245	589	84	1	28	7,958	70	7.20	2.82	2.56	1.17	18.9	7.4	1.28	.286	4.48	101	4.26	104	8.73	-34
13	Matt Cain M. Cain	1,506	281	95	95	.500	280	3.39	15	6	0	1811.1	1,518	683	728	165	611	50	1	35	7,463	61	7.48	3.04	2.46	0.82	20.2	8.2	1.18	.264	3.62	86	3.71	94	7.54	50.3
14	Aaron Harang A. Harang	1,503	298	102	109	.483	294	4.08	14	7	0	1834.0	1,912	832	896	228	544	48	1	44	7,835	61	7.38	2.67	2.76	1.12	19.2	6.9	1.34	.306	4.40	100	4.05	97	9.38	30.3
15	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,460	258	112	80	.583	258	3.98	11	5	0	1620.2	1,521	717	766	197	464	66	0	19	6,771	42	8.11	2.58	3.15	1.09	21.6	6.9	1.22	.289	4.25	92	3.86	94	8.45	51.2
16	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,457	253	116	67	.634	252	3.58	11	4	0	1596.0	1,492	635	679	145	545	56	0	4	6,683	39	8.22	3.07	2.67	0.82	21.8	8.2	1.28	.301	3.83	83	3.57	88	8.41	86.9
17	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,445	211	98	49	.667	209	2.48	17	9	0	1378.1	1,035	380	412	82	424	22	1	25	5,489	53	9.44	2.77	3.41	0.54	26.3	7.7	1.06	.271	2.69	65	2.72	70	6.76	178.1
18	John Lackey J. Lackey	1,426	271	119	84	.586	271	3.91	13	5	0	1752.2	1,789	761	832	176	497	86	0	15	7,450	76	7.32	2.55	2.87	0.90	19.1	6.7	1.30	.306	4.27	91	3.77	91	9.19	76.1
19	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,415	251	136	66	.673	250	3.11	52	14	0	1774.2	1,661	613	657	149	311	57	0	19	7,160	28	7.18	1.58	4.55	0.76	19.8	4.3	1.11	.289	3.33	74	3.22	76	8.42	202.4
20	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	1,405	265	131	69	.655	265	3.28	12	6	0	1688.0	1,489	616	648	185	455	35	0	12	6,904	34	7.49	2.43	3.09	0.99	20.4	6.6	1.15	.270	3.45	81	3.73	91	7.94	67.6
21	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,325	209	96	60	.615	209	3.08	14	9	0	1401.1	1,207	480	517	155	347	18	0	12	5,692	32	8.51	2.23	3.82	1.00	23.3	6.1	1.11	.273	3.32	74	3.44	82	7.75	117.9
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,321	207	91	50	.645	198	3.58	1	1	0	1239.1	1,122	493	538	133	389	44	2	7	5,138	45	9.59	2.82	3.40	0.97	25.7	7.6	1.22	.304	3.91	86	3.39	83	8.15	96.1
23	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	1,310	226	87	82	.515	220	4.17	12	2	0	1412.2	1,354	655	698	185	372	46	4	24	5,903	40	8.35	2.37	3.52	1.18	22.2	6.3	1.22	.293	4.45	95	3.83	88	8.63	85.6
24	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,306	280	119	66	.643	217	3.01	21	9	3	1541.2	1,405	515	559	104	386	42	11	20	6,309	35	7.62	2.25	3.38	0.61	20.7	6.1	1.16	.291	3.26	76	3.12	78	8.20	148.6
25	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	1,288	237	88	84	.512	233	4.00	8	3	0	1401.0	1,256	623	677	117	650	59	0	29	6,017	79	8.27	4.18	1.98	0.75	21.4	10.8	1.36	.292	4.35	94	3.85	92	8.07	56.5