most strikeouts as a mets pitcher in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Al Leiter struck out the most batters for the Mets, with 770 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	Al Leiter A. Leiter	770	153	65	49	.570	153	3.43	5	4	0	954.0	862	364	412	91	382	43	0	28	4,062	16	7.26	3.60	2.02	0.86	19.0	9.4	1.30	.278	3.89	82	4.00	93	8.13	31
2	Steve Trachsel S. Trachsel	580	160	66	59	.528	160	4.09	5	4	0	956.1	967	435	478	124	354	16	0	30	4,098	22	5.46	3.33	1.64	1.17	14.2	8.6	1.38	.279	4.50	98	4.67	109	9.10	-44.4
3	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	516	164	61	56	.521	164	3.97	4	3	0	1005.1	1,057	443	472	98	323	15	0	31	4,293	6	4.62	2.89	1.60	0.88	12.0	7.5	1.37	.287	4.23	94	4.34	100	9.46	-1.8
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	464	79	32	23	.582	79	3.88	4	1	0	486.2	427	210	222	57	137	22	0	9	2,014	9	8.58	2.53	3.39	1.05	23.0	6.8	1.16	.277	4.11	92	3.68	86	7.90	33.3
5	Oliver Perez O. Perez	457	84	29	24	.547	84	4.50	1	1	0	473.2	430	237	267	65	259	25	0	7	2,101	18	8.68	4.92	1.76	1.24	21.8	12.3	1.45	.282	5.07	107	4.81	111	8.17	-25.8
6	John Maine J. Maine	428	88	38	29	.567	87	4.01	2	2	0	502.1	426	224	242	62	213	15	1	8	2,132	20	7.67	3.82	2.01	1.11	20.1	10.0	1.27	.257	4.34	95	4.42	102	7.63	-4.2
7	Aaron Heilman A. Heilman	395	305	22	33	.400	25	4.24	1	1	9	450.1	413	212	231	46	185	26	85	17	1,937	15	7.89	3.70	2.14	0.92	20.4	9.6	1.33	.286	4.62	101	4.08	95	8.25	11.7
8	Johan Santana J. Santana	352	59	29	16	.644	59	2.78	3	2	0	401.0	362	124	141	43	109	7	0	8	1,665	10	7.90	2.45	3.23	0.97	21.1	6.5	1.17	.276	3.16	68	3.61	86	8.12	27
9	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	328	256	14	11	.560	0	2.94	0	0	138	269.0	185	88	94	35	127	4	224	9	1,108	9	10.97	4.25	2.58	1.17	29.6	11.5	1.16	.244	3.14	70	3.75	88	6.19	16.3
10	Glendon Rusch G. Rusch	313	64	19	23	.452	63	4.31	3	0	0	369.2	412	177	192	41	87	13	0	4	1,587	5	7.62	2.12	3.60	1.00	19.7	5.5	1.35	.327	4.67	100	3.65	83	10.03	32.3
11	Pedro Feliciano P. Feliciano	285	367	19	13	.594	0	3.31	0	0	4	309.2	286	114	128	28	129	15	61	20	1,336	10	8.28	3.75	2.21	0.81	21.3	9.7	1.34	.294	3.72	79	3.85	89	8.31	16.2
12	Mike Pelfrey M. Pelfrey	275	82	28	32	.467	80	4.58	2	0	0	479.0	532	244	259	37	181	32	0	10	2,116	8	5.17	3.40	1.52	0.70	13.0	8.6	1.49	.311	4.87	110	4.32	101	10.00	-3.5
13	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	240	47	18	12	.600	44	3.88	1	0	0	264.1	212	114	122	37	105	13	0	6	1,103	3	8.17	3.58	2.29	1.26	21.8	9.5	1.20	.247	4.15	90	4.53	102	7.22	-2.3
14	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	230	183	5	5	.500	0	2.37	0	0	101	189.2	146	50	61	17	54	6	150	5	770	8	10.91	2.56	4.26	0.81	29.9	7.0	1.05	.279	2.89	55	2.86	65	6.93	33
15	Jae Weong Seo J. Weong Seo	224	71	22	24	.478	66	3.85	1	0	0	397.1	410	170	187	44	112	9	2	18	1,684	4	5.07	2.54	2.00	1.00	13.3	6.7	1.31	.283	4.24	93	4.25	100	9.29	-0.5
16	Rick Reed R. Reed	220	50	19	11	.633	50	3.84	3	1	0	318.2	311	136	143	44	51	6	0	6	1,299	4	6.21	1.44	4.31	1.24	16.9	3.9	1.14	.273	4.04	89	4.04	91	8.78	14.1
17	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	172	38	15	13	.536	38	5.20	3	1	0	228.1	239	132	136	40	81	19	0	6	1,002	5	6.78	3.19	2.12	1.58	17.2	8.1	1.40	.288	5.36	131	5.05	123	9.42	-25.2
18	Kevin Appier K. Appier	172	33	11	10	.524	33	3.57	1	1	0	206.2	181	82	89	22	64	15	0	4	856	12	7.49	2.79	2.69	0.96	20.1	7.5	1.19	.273	3.88	85	3.91	92	7.88	8.2
19	David Weathers D. Weathers	161	180	12	12	.500	0	3.22	0	0	7	198.2	197	71	82	17	91	11	42	13	871	4	7.29	4.12	1.77	0.77	18.5	10.4	1.45	.305	3.71	79	4.03	96	8.92	3.3
20	John Franco J. Franco	158	210	13	16	.448	0	3.90	0	0	8	189.1	182	82	88	25	82	6	59	12	826	10	7.51	3.90	1.93	1.19	19.1	9.9	1.39	.283	4.18	92	4.50	104	8.65	-3.3
21	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	151	33	15	10	.600	33	3.14	3	1	0	217.2	194	76	89	10	99	8	0	5	929	10	6.24	4.09	1.53	0.41	16.3	10.7	1.35	.278	3.68	71	3.81	83	8.02	18.5
22	Kris Benson K. Benson	146	39	14	12	.538	39	4.23	1	1	0	242.1	236	114	123	32	66	8	0	8	1,027	7	5.42	2.45	2.21	1.19	14.2	6.4	1.25	.263	4.57	102	4.45	106	8.76	-6.8
23	Victor Zambrano V. Zambrano	141	39	10	14	.417	35	4.42	0	0	0	201.2	207	99	110	17	94	15	2	2	907	10	6.29	4.20	1.50	0.76	15.5	10.4	1.49	.297	4.91	106	4.34	103	9.24	-3.3
24	Turk Wendell T. Wendell	114	126	12	9	.571	0	3.56	0	0	2	134.0	102	53	59	17	63	8	31	13	564	1	7.66	4.23	1.81	1.14	20.2	11.2	1.23	.235	3.96	82	4.63	104	6.85	-3
25	Heath Bell H. Bell	105	81	1	5	.167	0	4.92	0	0	0	108.0	129	59	64	14	30	1	20	5	466	1	8.75	2.50	3.50	1.17	22.5	6.4	1.47	.364	5.33	117	3.66	85	10.75	7.8

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