Bob Veale has fanned the most hitters by a Pirates starting pitcher in a season, with 276 strikeouts in 1965.
| 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 | ||
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| 1 |  | B. Veale | 276 | 1965 | 37 | 17 | 12 | .586 | 37 | 2.85 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 265.1 | 220 | 84 | 98 | 5 | 118 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1,123 | 16 | 9.36 | 4.00 | 2.34 | 0.17 | 24.6 | 10.5 | 1.27 | .300 | 3.32 | 7.46 | |
| 2 | | B. Veale | 243 | 1964 | 38 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 38 | 2.73 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 276.2 | 220 | 84 | 99 | 8 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1,150 | 16 | 7.90 | 3.97 | 1.99 | 0.26 | 21.1 | 10.6 | 1.24 | .274 | 3.22 | 7.16 | |
| 3 | | O. Perez | 239 | 2004 | 30 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 30 | 2.98 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 196.0 | 145 | 65 | 71 | 22 | 81 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 805 | 2 | 10.97 | 3.72 | 2.95 | 1.01 | 29.7 | 10.1 | 1.15 | .271 | 3.26 | 6.66 | |
| 4 | | B. Veale | 228 | 1966 | 37 | 16 | 12 | .571 | 37 | 3.02 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 268.0 | 227 | 90 | 99 | 18 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1,108 | 10 | 7.66 | 3.39 | 2.26 | 0.60 | 20.6 | 9.1 | 1.22 | .276 | 3.32 | 7.62 | |
| 5 |  | P. Skenes | 216 | 2025 | 32 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 32 | 1.97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 187.2 | 136 | 41 | 45 | 11 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 733 | 2 | 10.36 | 2.01 | 5.14 | 0.53 | 29.5 | 5.7 | 0.95 | .273 | 2.16 | 6.52 | |
| 6 | | B. Veale | 213 | 1969 | 34 | 13 | 14 | .481 | 34 | 3.23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 225.2 | 232 | 81 | 93 | 8 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 980 | 5 | 8.49 | 3.63 | 2.34 | 0.32 | 21.7 | 9.3 | 1.43 | .337 | 3.71 | 9.25 | |
| 7 |  | M. Keller | 210 | 2023 | 32 | 13 | 9 | .591 | 32 | 4.21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 194.1 | 187 | 91 | 97 | 25 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 825 | 5 | 9.73 | 2.55 | 3.82 | 1.16 | 25.5 | 6.7 | 1.25 | .310 | 4.49 | 8.66 | |
| 8 | | A.J. Burnett | 209 | 2013 | 30 | 10 | 11 | .476 | 30 | 3.30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 191.0 | 165 | 70 | 79 | 11 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 801 | 12 | 9.85 | 3.16 | 3.12 | 0.52 | 26.1 | 8.4 | 1.21 | .305 | 3.72 | 7.77 | |
| 9 | | F. Liriano | 205 | 2015 | 31 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 31 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186.2 | 155 | 70 | 75 | 15 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 773 | 10 | 9.88 | 3.38 | 2.93 | 0.72 | 26.5 | 9.1 | 1.21 | .293 | 3.62 | 7.47 | |
| 10 |  | G. Cole | 202 | 2015 | 32 | 19 | 8 | .704 | 32 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208.0 | 183 | 60 | 71 | 11 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 832 | 7 | 8.74 | 1.90 | 4.59 | 0.48 | 24.3 | 5.3 | 1.09 | .304 | 3.07 | 7.92 | |
| 11 | | L. McWilliams | 199 | 1983 | 35 | 15 | 8 | .652 | 35 | 3.25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 238.0 | 205 | 86 | 99 | 19 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1,002 | 9 | 7.53 | 3.29 | 2.29 | 0.72 | 19.9 | 8.7 | 1.23 | .268 | 3.74 | 7.75 | |
| 12 | | G. Cole | 196 | 2017 | 33 | 12 | 12 | .500 | 33 | 4.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203.0 | 199 | 96 | 98 | 31 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 849 | 7 | 8.69 | 2.44 | 3.56 | 1.37 | 23.1 | 6.5 | 1.25 | .298 | 4.34 | 8.82 | |
| 13 | | K. Benson | 184 | 2000 | 32 | 10 | 12 | .455 | 32 | 3.85 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 217.2 | 206 | 93 | 104 | 24 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 936 | 5 | 7.61 | 3.56 | 2.14 | 0.99 | 19.7 | 9.2 | 1.34 | .288 | 4.30 | 8.52 | |
| 14 | | B. Friend | 183 | 1960 | 37 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 37 | 3.01 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 275.0 | 265 | 92 | 97 | 18 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1,114 | 5 | 5.99 | 1.47 | 4.07 | 0.59 | 16.4 | 4.0 | 1.13 | .285 | 3.17 | 8.67 | |
| 15 | | B. Blyleven | 182 | 1978 | 34 | 14 | 10 | .583 | 34 | 3.03 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 243.2 | 217 | 82 | 94 | 17 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1,011 | 6 | 6.72 | 2.44 | 2.76 | 0.63 | 18.0 | 6.5 | 1.16 | .270 | 3.47 | 8.02 | |
| 16 | | A.J. Burnett | 180 | 2012 | 31 | 16 | 10 | .615 | 31 | 3.51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 202.1 | 189 | 79 | 86 | 18 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 851 | 10 | 8.01 | 2.76 | 2.90 | 0.80 | 21.2 | 7.3 | 1.24 | .294 | 3.83 | 8.41 | |
| 17 | | J. Taillon | 179 | 2018 | 32 | 14 | 10 | .583 | 32 | 3.20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 191.0 | 179 | 68 | 69 | 20 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 785 | 2 | 8.43 | 2.17 | 3.89 | 0.94 | 22.8 | 5.9 | 1.18 | .298 | 3.25 | 8.43 | |
| 18 | | I. Snell | 177 | 2007 | 32 | 9 | 12 | .429 | 32 | 3.76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 208.0 | 209 | 87 | 94 | 22 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 882 | 12 | 7.66 | 2.94 | 2.60 | 0.95 | 20.1 | 7.7 | 1.33 | .308 | 4.07 | 9.04 | |
| 19 | | D. Drabek | 177 | 1992 | 34 | 15 | 11 | .577 | 34 | 2.77 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 256.2 | 218 | 79 | 84 | 17 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1,021 | 11 | 6.21 | 1.89 | 3.28 | 0.60 | 17.3 | 5.3 | 1.06 | .262 | 2.95 | 7.64 | |
| 20 | | B. Veale | 176 | 1970 | 32 | 10 | 15 | .400 | 32 | 3.91 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 200.1 | 182 | 87 | 98 | 15 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 869 | 8 | 7.91 | 4.13 | 1.91 | 0.67 | 20.3 | 10.6 | 1.37 | .286 | 4.40 | 8.18 | |
| 21 | | F. Liriano | 175 | 2014 | 29 | 7 | 10 | .412 | 29 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.1 | 130 | 61 | 68 | 13 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 691 | 12 | 9.70 | 4.49 | 2.16 | 0.72 | 25.3 | 11.7 | 1.30 | .280 | 3.77 | 7.21 | |
| 22 | | B. Veale | 174 | 1967 | 31 | 16 | 8 | .667 | 31 | 3.66 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 199.0 | 178 | 81 | 89 | 12 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 872 | 11 | 7.87 | 5.29 | 1.49 | 0.54 | 20.0 | 13.4 | 1.48 | .294 | 4.03 | 8.05 | |
| 23 | | B. Blyleven | 172 | 1979 | 37 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 37 | 3.60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 237.1 | 238 | 95 | 102 | 21 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1,018 | 9 | 6.52 | 3.49 | 1.87 | 0.80 | 16.9 | 9.0 | 1.39 | .298 | 3.87 | 9.03 | |
| 24 | | P. Skenes | 170 | 2024 | 23 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 23 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 94 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 514 | 2 | 11.50 | 2.17 | 5.31 | 0.68 | 33.1 | 6.2 | 0.95 | .284 | 2.10 | 6.36 | |
| 25 | | D. Ellis | 170 | 1969 | 33 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 33 | 3.63 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 216.0 | 205 | 87 | 101 | 14 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 909 | 4 | 7.08 | 3.17 | 2.24 | 0.58 | 18.7 | 8.4 | 1.30 | .296 | 4.21 | 8.54 | |
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