most single season strikeouts by starting pitcher since 2000 in the al east

Since 2000, Chris Sale has fanned the most batters by an AL East starting pitcher in a season, with 308 strikeouts in 2017.

	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	H/9
1	Chris Sale C. Sale	308	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	32	2.90	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	6.93
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	284	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	29	1.74	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	5.31
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	257	2022	NYY	33	13	8	.619	33	3.50	0	0	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	6.91
4	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	255	2025	BOS	32	18	5	.783	32	2.59	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	11.18	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	7.23
5	Chris Archer C. Archer	252	2015	TBR	34	12	13	.480	34	3.23	1	1	0	212.0	175	76	85	19	66	3	0	0	868	13	10.70	2.80	3.82	0.81	29.0	7.6	1.14	.295	3.61	7.43
6	Chris Archer C. Archer	249	2017	TBR	34	10	12	.455	34	4.07	0	0	0	201.0	193	91	101	27	60	5	0	0	852	15	11.15	2.69	4.15	1.21	29.2	7.0	1.26	.325	4.52	8.64
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	248	2021	TOR	32	13	7	.650	32	2.84	0	0	0	193.1	150	61	62	33	52	4	0	0	773	5	11.54	2.42	4.77	1.54	32.1	6.7	1.04	.268	2.89	6.98
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	243	2021	NYY	30	16	8	.667	30	3.23	2	1	0	181.1	151	65	69	24	41	2	0	0	726	5	12.06	2.03	5.93	1.19	33.5	5.6	1.06	.305	3.42	7.49
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	240	2019	TBR	33	16	6	.727	33	3.05	0	0	0	194.2	154	66	71	15	57	12	0	0	790	5	11.10	2.64	4.21	0.69	30.4	7.2	1.08	.298	3.28	7.12
10	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	239	2007	TBD	34	13	9	.591	34	3.48	0	0	0	206.2	196	80	91	18	89	7	0	1	887	10	10.41	3.88	2.69	0.78	26.9	10.0	1.38	.333	3.96	8.54
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	239	2002	BOS	30	20	4	.833	30	2.26	2	0	0	199.1	144	50	62	13	40	15	0	1	787	3	10.79	1.81	5.98	0.59	30.4	5.1	0.92	.273	2.80	6.50
12	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	237	2023	TOR	31	12	9	.571	31	3.16	0	0	0	185.0	163	65	72	19	55	3	0	0	763	3	11.53	2.68	4.31	0.92	31.1	7.2	1.18	.321	3.50	7.93
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	237	2018	BOS	27	12	4	.750	27	2.11	0	0	0	158.0	102	37	39	11	34	14	0	0	617	4	13.50	1.94	6.97	0.63	38.4	5.5	0.86	.283	2.22	5.81
14	Chris Archer C. Archer	233	2016	TBR	33	9	19	.321	33	4.02	0	0	0	201.1	183	90	100	30	67	3	0	0	850	11	10.42	3.00	3.48	1.34	27.4	7.9	1.24	.296	4.47	8.18
15	Luis Severino L. Severino	230	2017	NYY	31	14	6	.700	31	2.98	0	0	0	193.1	150	64	73	21	51	6	0	0	783	6	10.71	2.37	4.51	0.98	29.4	6.5	1.04	.272	3.40	6.98
16	CC Sabathia	230	2011	NYY	33	19	8	.704	33	3.00	3	1	0	237.1	230	79	87	17	61	7	0	4	985	2	8.72	2.31	3.77	0.64	23.4	6.2	1.23	.318	3.30	8.72
17	A.J. Burnett	229	2008	TOR	34	18	9	.667	34	4.00	1	0	0	220.1	208	98	107	19	85	9	0	2	950	10	9.35	3.47	2.69	0.78	24.1	8.9	1.33	.311	4.37	8.50
18	David Price D. Price	228	2016	BOS	35	17	9	.654	35	3.99	2	0	0	230.0	227	102	106	30	50	7	0	1	951	4	8.92	1.96	4.56	1.17	24.0	5.3	1.20	.310	4.15	8.88
19	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	227	2004	BOS	33	16	9	.640	33	3.90	1	1	0	217.0	193	94	99	26	61	16	0	0	903	2	9.41	2.53	3.72	1.08	25.1	6.8	1.17	.291	4.11	8.00
20	James Shields J. Shields	225	2011	TBR	33	16	12	.571	33	2.82	11	4	0	249.1	195	78	83	26	65	5	0	1	975	4	8.12	2.35	3.46	0.94	23.1	6.7	1.04	.258	3.00	7.04
21	Jon Lester J. Lester	225	2010	BOS	32	19	9	.679	32	3.25	2	0	0	208.0	167	75	81	14	83	10	0	0	861	6	9.74	3.59	2.71	0.61	26.1	9.6	1.20	.289	3.50	7.23
22	Jon Lester J. Lester	225	2009	BOS	32	15	8	.652	32	3.41	2	0	0	203.1	186	77	80	20	64	3	0	0	843	6	9.96	2.83	3.52	0.89	26.7	7.6	1.23	.313	3.54	8.23
23	James Shields J. Shields	223	2012	TBR	33	15	10	.600	33	3.52	3	2	0	227.2	208	89	103	25	58	11	0	2	944	7	8.82	2.29	3.84	0.99	23.6	6.1	1.17	.292	4.07	8.22
24	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	222	2023	NYY	33	15	4	.789	33	2.63	2	2	0	209.0	157	61	64	20	48	7	0	0	821	4	9.56	2.07	4.63	0.86	27.0	5.8	0.98	.261	2.76	6.76
25	Blake Snell B. Snell	221	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	31	1.89	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	5.58

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