most strikeouts as a pirates pitcher 2000

Kris Benson struck out the most batters for the Pirates in a season in 2000, with 184 strikeouts.

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	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Kris Benson K. Benson	184	2000	PIT	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	82	4.19	90	8.52	11.3
2	Todd Ritchie T. Ritchie	124	2000	PIT	31	9	8	.529	31	4.81	1	1	0	187.0	208	100	111	26	51	3	0	1	804	5	5.97	2.45	2.43	1.25	15.4	6.3	1.39	.303	5.34	103	4.47	96	10.01	3.8
3	Jose Silva J. Silva	98	2000	PIT	51	11	9	.550	19	5.56	1	0	0	136.0	178	84	96	16	50	5	12	7	631	6	6.49	3.31	1.96	1.06	15.5	7.9	1.68	.351	6.35	119	4.43	95	11.78	3.5
4	Scott Sauerbeck S. Sauerbeck	83	2000	PIT	75	5	4	.556	0	4.04	0	0	1	75.2	76	34	36	4	61	1	13	8	349	9	9.87	7.26	1.36	0.48	23.8	17.5	1.81	.360	4.28	86	4.08	87	9.04	4.9
5	Jimmy Anderson J. Anderson	73	2000	PIT	27	5	11	.313	26	5.25	1	0	0	144.0	169	84	94	13	58	7	0	2	648	6	4.56	3.63	1.26	0.81	11.3	9.0	1.58	.314	5.88	112	4.64	100	10.56	0.3
6	Mike Williams M. Williams	71	2000	PIT	72	3	4	.429	0	3.50	0	0	24	72.0	56	28	34	8	40	4	63	3	307	1	8.88	5.00	1.78	1.00	23.1	13.0	1.33	.261	4.25	75	4.43	95	7.00	1.8
7	Francisco Cordova F. Cordova	66	2000	PIT	18	6	8	.429	17	5.21	0	0	0	95.0	107	55	63	12	38	2	0	4	421	3	6.25	3.60	1.74	1.14	15.7	9.0	1.53	.314	5.97	111	4.64	100	10.14	0.1
8	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	51	2000	PIT	11	2	5	.286	11	5.40	0	0	0	63.1	71	38	43	6	41	1	0	2	295	1	7.25	5.83	1.24	0.85	17.3	13.9	1.77	.332	6.11	115	4.74	102	10.09	-0.6
9	Bronson Arroyo B. Arroyo	50	2000	PIT	20	2	6	.250	12	6.40	0	0	0	71.2	88	51	61	10	36	4	1	6	338	3	6.28	4.52	1.39	1.26	14.8	10.7	1.73	.328	7.66	137	5.22	112	11.05	-4.5
10	Jason Christiansen J. Christiansen	41	2000	PIT	44	2	8	.200	0	4.97	0	0	1	38.0	28	21	22	2	25	0	17	4	164	3	9.71	5.92	1.64	0.47	25.0	15.2	1.39	.271	5.21	106	3.63	78	6.63	4.4
11	Josias Manzanillo J. Manzanillo	39	2000	PIT	43	2	2	.500	0	3.38	0	0	0	58.2	50	22	23	6	32	0	11	4	246	1	5.98	4.91	1.22	0.92	15.9	13.0	1.40	.260	3.53	72	4.76	102	7.67	-0.7
12	Marc Wilkins M. Wilkins	37	2000	PIT	52	4	2	.667	0	5.07	0	0	0	60.1	54	34	34	4	43	6	8	3	277	3	5.52	6.41	0.86	0.60	13.4	15.5	1.61	.267	5.07	108	5.20	112	8.06	-3.7
13	Rich Loiselle R. Loiselle	32	2000	PIT	40	2	3	.400	0	5.10	0	0	0	42.1	43	24	27	5	30	3	13	5	203	1	6.80	6.38	1.07	1.06	15.8	14.8	1.72	.286	5.74	109	5.49	118	9.14	-4
14	Dan Serafini D. Serafini	32	2000	PIT	11	2	5	.286	11	4.91	0	0	0	62.1	70	34	35	9	26	4	0	1	280	2	4.62	3.75	1.23	1.30	11.4	9.3	1.54	.292	5.05	105	5.42	116	10.11	-5.3
15	Jeff Wallace J. Wallace	27	2000	PIT	38	2	0	1.000	0	7.07	0	0	0	35.2	42	28	32	5	34	4	6	1	185	5	6.81	8.58	0.79	1.26	14.6	18.4	2.13	.322	8.07	151	6.63	142	10.60	-7.9
16	Chris Peters C. Peters	16	2000	PIT	18	0	1	.000	0	2.86	0	0	1	28.1	23	9	9	2	14	1	4	2	121	3	5.08	4.45	1.14	0.64	13.2	11.6	1.31	.239	2.86	61	4.50	97	7.31	0.5
17	Mike Garcia M. Garcia	9	2000	PIT	13	0	2	.000	0	11.12	0	0	0	11.1	21	14	15	1	7	0	2	1	59	1	7.15	5.56	1.29	0.79	15.3	11.9	2.47	.476	11.91	238	4.54	97	16.68	0.2
18	Jose Parra J. Parra	9	2000	PIT	6	0	1	.000	2	6.94	0	0	0	11.2	17	9	9	3	7	1	1	0	57	0	6.94	5.40	1.29	2.31	15.8	12.3	2.06	.378	6.94	148	6.98	150	13.11	-3
19	Brad Clontz B. Clontz	8	2000	PIT	5	0	0		0	5.14	0	0	0	7.0	7	4	4	1	11	0	0	2	37	1	10.29	14.14	0.73	1.29	21.6	29.7	2.57	.353	5.14	110	7.41	159	9.00	-2.2
20	Brian O'Connor B. O'Connor	7	2000	PIT	6	0	0		1	5.11	0	0	0	12.1	12	7	11	2	11	1	2	0	62	4	5.11	8.03	0.64	1.46	11.3	17.7	1.86	.244	8.03	109	7.02	151	8.76	-3.3
21	Matt Skrmetta M. Skrmetta	7	2000	PIT	8	2	2	.500	0	9.64	0	0	0	9.1	13	10	12	2	3	1	0	0	44	1	6.75	2.89	2.33	1.93	15.9	6.8	1.71	.355	11.57	206	5.70	122	12.54	-1.1
22	Brian Smith B. Smith	3	2000	PIT	3	0	0		0	10.38	0	0	0	4.1	6	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	20	0	6.23	4.15	1.50	2.08	15.0	10.0	1.85	.357	10.38	222	6.13	131	12.46	-0.7
23	Steve Sparks S. Sparks	2	2000	PIT	3	0	0		0	6.75	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	5	0	2	0	20	2	4.50	11.25	0.40	0.00	10.0	25.0	2.25	.308	6.75	144	5.88	126	9.00	-0.5
24	Keith Osik K. Osik	1	2000	PIT	1	0	0		0	45.00	0	0	0	1.0	5	5	5	1	0	2	1	0	10	1	9.00	0.00		9.00	10.0	0.0	5.00	.667	45.00	962	20.13	432	45.00	-1.7

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RBI

95

Lowe

AVG

.301

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Team Pitching Leaders

14

Ashcraft

200

Skenes

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2.90

Ramírez

Team Rankings

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13th

753

6th

1,466

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4.15

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	99	59	.627
Cubs	88	71	.553	11.5
Pirates	81	78	.509	18.5
Cardinals	77	82	.484	22.5
Reds	73	85	.462	26.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/25	PIT	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 9/26	PIT	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 9/27	PIT	@	DET	3:10 PM

Last Game

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77 - 82

Final

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81 - 78

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45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

113

Burleson

110

Stewart

110

Alonso

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

.312

Arraez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

188

Lopez

185

Arraez

177

Tatis

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

109

Arozarena

104

Vargas

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.393

Bauers

.388

Rumfield

SLG Leaders

.603

Alvarez

.575

Crow-Armstrong

.537

Rice

SB Leaders

49

Nuñez

46

Simpson

43

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

18

Gray

16

Rodriguez

Strikeout Leaders

247

Misiorowski

244

Williams

239

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.86

Misiorowski

1.94

Schlittler

2.16

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WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.13

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.13

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.45

Sale

5.88

Misiorowski

5.44

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

25

Martinez

31

Sale

32

Rasmussen

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,342.3

Crow-Armstrong

2,270.8

Ohtani

2,033.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,776

Crow-Armstrong

1,597.6

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1,525

Alvarez

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89-69

89-70

87-72

85-74

84-75

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	93	65	.589
Phillies	87	71	.551	6.0
Marlins	78	81	.491	15.5
Nationals	75	84	.472	18.5
Mets	73	86	.459	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	99	59	.627
Cubs - w	88	71	.553	11.5
Pirates	81	78	.509	18.5
Cardinals	77	82	.484	22.5
Reds	73	85	.462	26.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	97	61	.614
Padres	88	70	.557	9.0
Diamondbacks	85	74	.535	12.5
Giants	65	94	.409	32.5
Rockies	57	102	.358	40.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	96	62	.608
Yankees - w	91	67	.576	5.0
Red Sox - w	85	73	.538	11.0
Orioles	78	81	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	77	82	.484	19.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	82	76	.519
White Sox - x	82	77	.516	0.5
Twins	75	84	.472	7.5
Tigers	74	85	.465	8.5
Royals	68	91	.428	14.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	79	80	.497
Astros	78	80	.494	0.5
Mariners	74	84	.468	4.5
Athletics	63	95	.399	15.5
Angels	60	98	.380	18.5