most strikeouts by a pitcher from 2002 to 2012

Between the 2002 and 2012 seasons, CC Sabathia fanned the most batters, with 2,043 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	CC Sabathia	2,043	350	174	97	.642	350	3.44	35	12	0	2384.0	2,212	910	1,002	208	674	74	0	33	9,859	43	7.71	2.54	3.03	0.79	20.7	6.8	1.21	.292	3.78	79	3.44	79	8.35	236.8
2	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,896	315	136	75	.645	275	3.02	15	10	1	1896.0	1,574	636	684	203	497	31	9	13	7,669	60	9.00	2.36	3.81	0.96	24.7	6.5	1.09	.272	3.25	71	3.31	79	7.47	195.5
3	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	1,880	326	124	117	.515	320	4.11	18	3	0	2071.2	1,990	946	1,016	274	538	65	4	38	8,661	66	8.17	2.34	3.49	1.19	21.7	6.2	1.22	.291	4.41	94	3.85	88	8.65	122.5
4	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,831	329	181	83	.686	328	3.07	63	18	0	2351.0	2,222	802	879	186	408	64	0	26	9,503	36	7.01	1.56	4.49	0.71	19.3	4.3	1.12	.290	3.36	70	3.15	73	8.51	307.7
5	A.J. Burnett	1,753	298	119	100	.543	293	4.03	20	9	0	1865.1	1,713	835	912	190	736	98	1	20	7,951	125	8.46	3.55	2.38	0.92	22.0	9.3	1.31	.294	4.40	95	3.86	90	8.27	86.8
6	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,748	283	120	93	.563	282	3.46	13	6	0	1800.1	1,575	692	729	186	548	63	0	38	7,428	35	8.74	2.74	3.19	0.93	23.5	7.4	1.18	.284	3.64	85	3.50	83	7.87	146.2
7	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,729	303	130	93	.583	300	3.94	10	5	0	1868.0	1,737	818	877	210	564	69	1	24	7,810	57	8.33	2.72	3.07	1.01	22.1	7.2	1.23	.292	4.23	91	3.71	88	8.37	102.6
8	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	1,674	328	149	93	.616	315	3.32	17	7	0	2071.1	2,024	764	818	181	487	73	3	32	8,575	29	7.27	2.12	3.44	0.79	19.5	5.7	1.21	.299	3.55	79	3.40	79	8.79	207.7
9	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	1,633	348	131	89	.595	301	3.62	10	5	0	1951.1	1,698	784	866	159	890	101	10	41	8,347	57	7.53	4.10	1.83	0.73	19.6	10.7	1.33	.277	3.99	84	3.99	93	7.83	69.3
10	Dan Haren D. Haren	1,585	296	119	97	.551	286	3.66	16	6	0	1876.2	1,821	763	833	219	395	49	3	30	7,761	77	7.60	1.89	4.01	1.05	20.4	5.1	1.18	.291	3.99	87	3.63	86	8.73	127.2
11	Cliff Lee C. Lee	1,530	284	125	78	.616	280	3.59	26	11	0	1852.2	1,823	739	806	194	420	45	1	12	7,689	39	7.43	2.04	3.64	0.94	19.9	5.5	1.21	.296	3.92	84	3.54	84	8.86	136.1
12	Barry Zito B. Zito	1,514	351	136	120	.531	345	4.03	8	2	0	2129.1	1,948	953	1,030	235	879	78	4	48	9,078	37	6.40	3.72	1.72	0.99	16.7	9.7	1.33	.269	4.35	96	4.43	105	8.23	-45.8
13	Ted Lilly T. Lilly	1,512	309	125	104	.546	302	4.00	5	3	0	1807.1	1,636	803	851	261	586	52	1	34	7,595	47	7.53	2.92	2.58	1.30	19.9	7.7	1.23	.265	4.24	92	4.34	101	8.15	-2.3
14	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,487	238	98	76	.563	238	3.22	23	9	0	1620.1	1,484	579	648	130	480	54	0	14	6,690	85	8.26	2.67	3.10	0.72	22.2	7.2	1.21	.298	3.60	78	3.29	79	8.24	161
15	John Lackey J. Lackey	1,465	295	128	94	.577	294	4.10	14	8	0	1876.0	1,955	855	935	189	569	101	0	22	8,044	97	7.03	2.73	2.57	0.91	18.2	7.1	1.35	.309	4.49	94	3.90	91	9.38	85.5
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,463	217	103	65	.613	212	3.61	21	7	0	1387.0	1,233	557	627	170	337	65	2	19	5,691	21	9.49	2.19	4.34	1.10	25.7	5.9	1.13	.291	4.07	82	3.41	78	8.00	150.3
17	Aaron Harang A. Harang	1,460	299	105	104	.502	293	4.19	13	6	0	1802.0	1,888	839	898	231	550	50	2	46	7,725	59	7.29	2.75	2.65	1.15	18.9	7.1	1.35	.305	4.49	99	4.13	96	9.43	42.6
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,454	232	124	65	.656	232	3.40	20	6	0	1553.2	1,353	587	636	137	470	60	0	19	6,408	57	8.42	2.72	3.09	0.79	22.7	7.3	1.17	.284	3.68	78	3.40	79	7.84	155.3
19	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	1,421	318	112	114	.496	317	4.21	17	5	0	1933.0	2,038	905	984	207	605	61	0	32	8,317	46	6.62	2.82	2.35	0.96	17.1	7.3	1.37	.304	4.58	97	4.03	93	9.49	70.1
20	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	1,377	441	87	89	.494	219	4.22	7	1	87	1576.1	1,531	739	804	163	652	55	184	31	6,792	49	7.86	3.72	2.11	0.93	20.3	9.6	1.38	.301	4.59	100	4.00	95	8.74	37
21	Brett Myers B. Myers	1,367	377	97	93	.511	249	4.20	12	3	40	1688.2	1,696	788	845	237	551	56	81	36	7,210	42	7.29	2.94	2.48	1.26	19.0	7.6	1.33	.292	4.50	100	4.35	102	9.04	-11.9
22	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	1,358	361	154	123	.556	361	3.86	24	6	0	2406.1	2,564	1,032	1,143	271	537	48	0	39	10,035	22	5.08	2.01	2.53	1.01	13.5	5.4	1.29	.293	4.27	86	4.13	92	9.59	98
23	Derek Lowe D. Lowe	1,344	374	155	125	.554	355	4.08	10	4	1	2174.0	2,266	986	1,105	178	650	57	11	44	9,257	38	5.56	2.69	2.07	0.74	14.5	7.0	1.34	.297	4.57	96	3.87	92	9.38	87.7
24	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	1,339	294	105	88	.544	290	4.13	8	7	0	1777.0	1,745	816	869	227	609	79	1	32	7,578	34	6.78	3.08	2.20	1.15	17.7	8.0	1.32	.285	4.40	101	4.38	104	8.84	-32.7
25	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,332	272	91	78	.538	231	3.77	12	3	1	1492.0	1,482	625	675	149	379	45	8	12	6,231	43	8.03	2.29	3.51	0.90	21.4	6.1	1.25	.308	4.07	87	3.44	81	8.94	131.8