most strikeouts as a royals pitcher 2002

Paul Byrd struck out the most batters for the Royals in 2002, with 129 strikeouts.

	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	Paul Byrd P. Byrd	129	2002	KCR	33	17	11	.607	33	3.90	7	2	0	228.1	224	99	111	36	38	7	0	1	935	3	5.08	1.50	3.39	1.42	13.8	4.1	1.15	.259	4.38	83	4.46	99	8.83	0.9
2	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	109	2002	KCR	33	9	16	.360	33	5.32	3	1	0	208.0	229	123	134	32	68	7	0	3	912	10	4.72	2.94	1.60	1.38	12.0	7.5	1.43	.283	5.80	113	4.99	111	9.91	-10.9
3	Darrell May D. May	95	2002	KCR	30	4	10	.286	21	5.35	2	1	0	131.1	144	78	83	28	50	1	3	3	579	2	6.51	3.43	1.90	1.92	16.4	8.6	1.48	.286	5.69	113	5.44	121	9.87	-13.3
4	Jeremy Affeldt J. Affeldt	67	2002	KCR	34	3	4	.429	7	4.64	0	0	0	77.2	85	40	41	8	37	3	4	4	353	5	7.76	4.29	1.81	0.93	19.0	10.5	1.57	.324	4.75	98	4.11	92	9.85	3.3
5	Jason Grimsley J. Grimsley	59	2002	KCR	70	4	7	.364	0	3.91	0	0	1	71.1	64	31	32	4	37	1	26	8	310	8	7.44	4.67	1.59	0.50	19.0	11.9	1.42	.287	4.04	83	3.63	81	8.07	6.7
6	Miguel Asencio M. Asencio	58	2002	KCR	31	4	7	.364	21	5.11	0	0	0	123.1	136	70	73	17	64	3	7	2	557	7	4.23	4.67	0.91	1.24	10.4	11.5	1.62	.287	5.33	108	5.43	121	9.92	-12.4
7	Shawn Sedlacek S. Sedlacek	52	2002	KCR	16	3	5	.375	14	6.72	0	0	0	84.1	99	63	64	16	36	6	1	2	381	5	5.55	3.84	1.44	1.71	13.6	9.4	1.60	.306	6.83	142	5.68	127	10.57	-10.7
8	Runelvys Hernandez R. Hernandez	45	2002	KCR	12	4	4	.500	12	4.36	0	0	0	74.1	79	36	36	8	22	1	0	0	316	2	5.45	2.66	2.05	0.97	14.2	7.0	1.36	.296	4.36	92	4.07	91	9.57	3.5
9	Blake Stein B. Stein	42	2002	KCR	27	0	4	.000	2	7.91	0	0	1	46.2	59	41	41	6	27	3	7	1	227	1	8.10	5.21	1.56	1.16	18.5	11.9	1.84	.356	7.91	167	4.75	106	11.38	-1.3
10	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	39	2002	KCR	53	1	3	.250	0	4.33	0	0	26	52.0	62	25	29	6	12	3	42	2	227	3	6.75	2.08	3.25	1.04	17.2	5.3	1.42	.335	5.02	92	3.82	85	10.73	3.8
11	Dan Reichert D. Reichert	36	2002	KCR	30	3	5	.375	6	5.32	0	0	0	66.0	77	39	48	10	25	4	3	2	290	3	4.91	3.41	1.44	1.36	12.4	8.6	1.55	.312	6.55	113	5.15	115	10.50	-4.6
12	Brad Voyles B. Voyles	26	2002	KCR	22	0	2	.000	0	6.51	0	0	1	27.2	31	20	21	5	18	2	6	1	131	1	8.46	5.86	1.44	1.63	19.8	13.7	1.77	.325	6.83	138	5.59	125	10.08	-3.3
13	Cory Bailey C. Bailey	24	2002	KCR	37	3	4	.429	0	4.11	0	0	1	46.0	53	21	24	5	31	2	14	7	211	1	4.70	6.07	0.77	0.98	11.4	14.7	1.83	.322	4.70	87	5.48	122	10.37	-4.8
14	Scott Mullen S. Mullen	21	2002	KCR	44	4	5	.444	0	3.15	0	0	0	40.0	40	14	16	5	13	2	10	2	171	1	4.72	2.93	1.62	1.13	12.3	7.6	1.33	.269	3.60	67	4.65	104	9.00	-0.7
15	Ryan Bukvich R. Bukvich	20	2002	KCR	26	1	0	1.000	0	6.12	0	0	0	25.0	26	17	19	2	19	1	2	3	121	1	7.20	6.84	1.05	0.72	16.5	15.7	1.80	.304	6.84	130	4.79	107	9.36	-0.8
16	Mac Suzuki M. Suzuki	15	2002	KCR	7	0	2	.000	1	9.00	0	0	0	21.0	24	21	21	2	17	0	1	2	100	6	6.43	7.29	0.88	0.86	15.0	17.0	1.95	.333	9.00	190	5.19	116	10.29	-1.6
17	Chris George C. George	13	2002	KCR	6	0	4	.000	6	5.60	0	0	0	27.1	37	17	17	2	8	1	0	0	124	1	4.28	2.63	1.63	0.66	10.5	6.5	1.65	.350	5.60	118	3.94	88	12.18	1.7
18	Brian Shouse B. Shouse	11	2002	KCR	23	0	0		0	6.14	0	0	0	14.2	15	10	10	3	9	2	7	1	71	2	6.75	5.52	1.22	1.84	15.5	12.7	1.64	.261	6.14	130	6.36	142	9.20	-2.9
19	Mike MacDougal M. MacDougal	10	2002	KCR	6	0	1	.000	0	5.00	0	0	0	9.0	5	5	5	0	7	0	1	1	38	1	10.00	7.00	1.43	0.00	26.3	18.4	1.33	.238	5.00	106	3.06	68	5.00	1.4
20	Kris Wilson K. Wilson	10	2002	KCR	12	2	0	1.000	0	8.20	0	0	0	18.2	29	17	18	7	5	2	4	0	91	0	4.82	2.41	2.00	3.38	11.0	5.5	1.82	.328	8.68	173	7.88	176	13.98	-6.8
21	Jeremy Hill J. Hill	7	2002	KCR	10	0	1	.000	0	3.86	0	0	0	9.1	8	4	4	1	8	0	6	1	43	1	6.75	7.71	0.88	0.96	16.3	18.6	1.71	.259	3.86	82	5.42	121	7.71	-0.9
22	Jeff Austin J. Austin	6	2002	KCR	10	0	0		0	4.91	0	0	0	11.0	14	6	6	0	6	0	6	1	52	1	4.91	4.91	1.00	0.00	11.5	11.5	1.82	.350	4.91	104	3.50	78	11.45	1.2
23	Chad Durbin C. Durbin	5	2002	KCR	2	0	1	.000	2	11.88	0	0	0	8.1	13	11	11	3	4	1	0	0	43	0	5.40	4.32	1.25	3.24	11.6	9.3	2.04	.333	11.88	251	8.23	183	14.04	-3.4
24	Wes Obermueller W. Obermueller	5	2002	KCR	2	0	2	.000	2	11.74	0	0	0	7.2	14	10	10	3	2	0	0	0	39	0	5.87	2.35	2.50	3.52	12.8	5.1	2.09	.379	11.74	248	7.52	167	16.43	-2.5
25	Nate Field N. Field	3	2002	KCR	5	0	0		0	9.00	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	26	2	5.40	5.40	1.00	3.60	11.5	11.5	2.20	.333	9.00	190	8.75	195	14.40	-2.3

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