Michael Lorenzen and Michael Wacha were tied for striking out the most hitters by a Royals starting pitcher in 2025, with 126 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 | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | M. Lorenzen | 126 | 2025 |  KCR | 26 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 26 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140.2 | 149 | 73 | 76 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 603 | 12 | 8.06 | 2.50 | 3.23 | 1.60 | 20.9 | 6.5 | 1.34 | .305 | 4.86 | 9.53 |
| 2 |  | M. Wacha | 126 | 2025 | KCR | 31 | 10 | 13 | .435 | 31 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.2 | 166 | 74 | 74 | 15 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 716 | 2 | 6.57 | 2.35 | 2.80 | 0.78 | 17.6 | 6.3 | 1.22 | .287 | 3.86 | 8.65 |
| 3 |  | S. Lugo | 125 | 2025 | KCR | 26 | 8 | 7 | .533 | 26 | 4.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.1 | 133 | 67 | 70 | 27 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 611 | 5 | 7.74 | 3.41 | 2.27 | 1.67 | 20.5 | 9.0 | 1.29 | .266 | 4.33 | 8.24 |
| 4 |  | K. Bubic | 116 | 2025 | KCR | 20 | 8 | 7 | .533 | 20 | 2.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116.1 | 98 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 476 | 1 | 8.97 | 3.02 | 2.97 | 0.46 | 24.4 | 8.2 | 1.18 | .295 | 2.94 | 7.58 |
| 5 | | N. Cameron | 114 | 2025 | KCR | 24 | 9 | 7 | .563 | 24 | 2.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138.1 | 109 | 46 | 46 | 18 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 556 | 3 | 7.42 | 2.80 | 2.65 | 1.17 | 20.5 | 7.7 | 1.10 | .241 | 2.99 | 7.09 |
| 6 |  | C. Ragans | 98 | 2025 | KCR | 13 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 13 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.2 | 53 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 3 | 14.30 | 2.92 | 4.90 | 1.02 | 38.1 | 7.8 | 1.18 | .354 | 4.82 | 7.74 |
| 7 | | R. Bergert | 39 | 2025 | KCR | 8 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 4.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 | 37 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 1 | 8.63 | 3.76 | 2.29 | 0.89 | 22.4 | 9.8 | 1.33 | .289 | 4.65 | 8.19 |
| 8 | | S. Kolek | 21 | 2025 | KCR | 5 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 5.73 | 1.36 | 4.20 | 0.27 | 16.8 | 4.0 | 0.76 | .194 | 2.45 | 5.45 |
| 9 | | B. Falter | 7 | 2025 | KCR | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 10.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 7.88 | 5.63 | 1.40 | 2.25 | 17.9 | 12.8 | 2.00 | .360 | 10.13 | 12.38 |
| 10 | | D. Lynch IV | 6 | 2025 | KCR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12.46 | 8.31 | 1.50 | 2.08 | 31.6 | 21.1 | 1.85 | .375 | 2.08 | 8.31 | |
| 11 | | R. Hill | 4 | 2025 | KCR | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 0.50 | 2.00 | 9.3 | 18.6 | 1.89 | .241 | 7.00 | 9.00 |
| 12 | | J. Bowlan | 3 | 2025 | KCR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13.50 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 2.00 | .500 | 9.00 | 13.50 | |
| 13 | | A. Zerpa | 1 | 2025 | KCR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.50 | .167 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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