most strikeouts as a pirates pitcher in the 1990s

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, Denny Neagle struck out the most batters for the Pirates, with 553 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	Denny Neagle D. Neagle	553	187	43	35	.551	95	4.02	8	1	3	697.0	705	311	333	78	208	14	21	19	2,948	18	7.14	2.69	2.66	1.01	18.8	7.1	1.31	.299	4.30	98	3.89	95	9.10	19.1
2	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	508	151	38	47	.447	104	4.36	4	0	2	682.2	750	331	383	84	158	12	10	17	2,917	8	6.70	2.08	3.22	1.11	17.4	5.4	1.33	.309	5.05	102	3.98	93	9.89	21.1
3	Francisco Cordova F. Cordova	471	148	36	39	.480	95	3.78	7	4	12	658.2	648	277	303	63	197	18	41	21	2,761	12	6.44	2.69	2.39	0.86	17.1	7.1	1.28	.291	4.14	87	3.92	90	8.85	30.3
4	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	468	104	36	36	.500	104	4.26	5	0	0	652.1	679	309	341	66	253	18	0	9	2,849	32	6.46	3.49	1.85	0.91	16.4	8.9	1.43	.300	4.70	97	4.25	98	9.37	7.6
5	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	450	102	52	31	.627	102	2.86	24	9	0	722.2	653	230	254	48	172	12	0	16	2,916	22	5.60	2.14	2.62	0.60	15.4	5.9	1.14	.271	3.16	80	3.19	88	8.13	35.1
6	Paul Wagner P. Wagner	415	142	26	40	.394	75	4.58	6	2	3	536.2	565	273	294	53	221	19	17	18	2,350	35	6.96	3.71	1.88	0.89	17.7	9.4	1.46	.312	4.93	109	4.15	99	9.48	1.8
7	Zane Smith Z. Smith	362	124	47	41	.534	121	3.35	17	10	0	768.1	790	286	334	57	134	8	1	21	3,130	6	4.24	1.57	2.70	0.67	11.6	4.3	1.20	.285	3.91	87	3.51	90	9.25	31.1
8	Steve Cooke S. Cooke	332	103	25	36	.410	87	4.34	5	1	1	543.2	581	262	291	61	191	17	10	23	2,360	15	5.50	3.16	1.74	1.01	14.1	8.1	1.42	.296	4.82	104	4.43	107	9.62	-18.6
9	Randy Tomlin R. Tomlin	297	106	30	31	.492	94	3.43	8	3	0	580.1	590	221	250	37	133	17	1	9	2,399	14	4.61	2.06	2.23	0.57	12.4	5.5	1.25	.289	3.88	93	3.43	93	9.15	16.6
10	Esteban Loaiza E. Loaiza	292	96	27	28	.491	87	4.63	3	1	0	513.1	580	264	296	62	160	22	3	15	2,243	9	5.12	2.81	1.83	1.09	13.0	7.1	1.44	.303	5.19	108	4.61	108	10.17	-20.2
11	Bob Walk B. Walk	280	119	39	27	.591	95	4.22	5	1	3	566.2	586	266	287	60	184	20	8	14	2,422	25	4.45	2.92	1.52	0.95	11.6	7.6	1.36	.280	4.56	112	4.33	115	9.31	-37.2
12	Jason Christiansen J. Christiansen	234	234	12	12	.500	0	3.99	0	0	9	236.2	219	105	112	18	119	8	67	25	1,041	15	8.90	4.53	1.97	0.68	22.5	11.4	1.43	.304	4.26	92	3.74	87	8.33	15
13	John Smiley J. Smiley	215	59	29	18	.617	57	3.73	4	1	0	357.0	355	148	161	32	80	5	0	1	1,468	5	5.42	2.02	2.69	0.81	14.6	5.4	1.22	.284	4.06	102	3.50	94	8.95	8.7
14	Stan Belinda S. Belinda	213	214	19	14	.576	0	3.42	0	0	61	250.1	191	95	97	26	104	6	133	16	1,033	4	7.66	3.74	2.05	0.93	20.6	10.1	1.18	.241	3.49	93	3.81	103	6.87	-3.4
15	Chris Peters C. Peters	194	105	17	20	.459	43	4.72	1	0	1	320.1	350	168	188	45	128	11	14	8	1,423	14	5.45	3.60	1.52	1.26	13.6	9.0	1.49	.292	5.28	108	5.05	116	9.83	-25.7
16	Jose Silva J. Silva	171	63	10	16	.385	34	5.19	1	0	4	234.0	264	135	151	21	85	5	9	5	1,032	6	6.58	3.27	2.01	0.81	16.6	8.2	1.49	.324	5.81	117	3.98	91	10.15	10.5
17	Marc Wilkins M. Wilkins	170	179	15	11	.577	2	3.86	0	0	3	217.0	202	93	103	17	104	16	52	11	935	15	7.05	4.31	1.63	0.71	18.2	11.1	1.41	.295	4.27	88	4.24	98	8.38	2.3
18	Bob Patterson B. Patterson	170	169	18	11	.621	6	3.28	0	0	16	225.0	214	82	87	23	59	3	64	14	924	4	6.80	2.36	2.88	0.92	18.4	6.4	1.21	.286	3.48	91	3.45	95	8.56	4.8
19	Dan Miceli D. Miceli	153	139	8	15	.348	9	5.41	0	0	24	176.1	194	106	117	27	87	9	78	12	808	15	7.81	4.44	1.76	1.38	18.9	10.8	1.59	.314	5.97	126	5.02	117	9.90	-14.6
20	Kris Benson K. Benson	139	31	11	14	.440	31	4.07	2	0	0	196.2	184	89	105	16	83	6	0	5	840	2	6.36	3.80	1.67	0.73	16.5	9.9	1.36	.282	4.81	88	4.12	90	8.42	9.7
21	Rich Loiselle R. Loiselle	137	144	7	14	.333	3	3.41	0	0	48	163.2	170	62	72	14	77	5	107	15	729	8	7.53	4.23	1.78	0.77	18.8	10.6	1.51	.315	3.96	79	4.06	95	9.35	4
22	Mike Williams M. Williams	135	95	7	6	.538	1	3.62	0	0	23	109.1	102	44	48	10	53	1	59	11	473	7	11.11	4.36	2.55	0.82	28.5	11.2	1.42	.336	3.95	80	3.33	74	8.40	13.4
23	Ricardo Rincon R. Rincon	135	122	4	10	.286	0	3.17	0	0	18	125.0	101	44	57	11	53	2	50	8	526	4	9.72	3.82	2.55	0.79	25.7	10.1	1.23	.277	4.10	74	3.42	81	7.27	11.5
24	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	133	131	10	9	.526	0	3.86	0	0	14	130.2	120	56	61	7	51	1	46	13	559	5	9.16	3.51	2.61	0.48	23.8	9.1	1.31	.308	4.20	90	2.99	70	8.27	18.7
25	John Ericks J. Ericks	132	57	8	14	.364	22	4.78	1	0	14	162.0	171	86	97	19	73	2	23	6	724	13	7.33	4.06	1.81	1.06	18.2	10.1	1.51	.305	5.39	112	4.40	103	9.50	-2.4

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Brewers	76	48	.613
Cubs	72	52	.581	4.0
Cardinals	62	61	.504	13.5
Reds	59	63	.484	16.0
Pirates	60	65	.480	16.5

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Sun 8/16	BOS	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Mon 8/17	DET	@	PIT	7:05 PM
Tue 8/18	DET	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 8/19	DET	@	PIT	12:35 PM
Fri 8/21	PIT	@	LAD	10:10 PM

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Braves	73	50	.593
Phillies	66	58	.532	7.5
Marlins	63	61	.508	10.5
Nationals	60	65	.480	14.0
Mets	55	69	.444	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	76	48	.613
Cubs	72	52	.581	4.0
Cardinals	62	61	.504	13.5
Reds	59	63	.484	16.0
Pirates	60	65	.480	16.5
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Padres	66	58	.532	8.0
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