Tim Lincecum struck out the most batters in 2008, with 265 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	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	265	2008	SFG	34	18	5	.783	33	2.62	2	1	0	227.0	182	66	72	11	84	6	0	1	928	17	10.51	3.33	3.15	0.44	28.6	9.1	1.17	.304	2.85	61	2.61	62	7.22	41.5
2	CC Sabathia	251	2008	TOT	35	17	10	.630	35	2.70	10	5	0	253.0	223	76	85	19	59	7	0	1	1,023	2	8.93	2.10	4.25	0.68	24.5	5.8	1.11	.297	3.02	63	2.90	68	7.93	38.8
3	A.J. Burnett	231	2008	TOR	35	18	10	.643	34	4.07	1	0	0	221.1	211	100	109	19	86	9	1	2	957	11	9.39	3.50	2.69	0.77	24.1	9.0	1.34	.314	4.43	94	3.44	79	8.58	22.5
4	Ervin Santana E. Santana	214	2008	LAA	32	16	7	.696	32	3.49	2	1	0	219.0	198	85	89	23	47	8	0	2	897	5	8.79	1.93	4.55	0.95	23.9	5.2	1.12	.289	3.66	81	3.29	77	8.14	24.1
5	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	206	2008	TOR	34	20	11	.645	33	2.78	9	2	0	246.0	220	76	88	18	39	12	0	3	987	4	7.54	1.43	5.28	0.66	20.9	4.0	1.05	.284	3.22	64	3.02	69	8.05	36.3
6	Dan Haren D. Haren	206	2008	ARI	33	16	8	.667	33	3.33	1	1	0	216.0	204	80	86	19	40	6	0	4	881	11	8.58	1.67	5.15	0.79	23.4	4.5	1.13	.303	3.58	74	3.00	68	8.50	33.2
7	Johan Santana J. Santana	206	2008	NYM	34	16	7	.696	34	2.53	3	2	0	234.1	206	66	74	23	63	4	0	5	964	9	7.91	2.42	3.27	0.88	21.4	6.5	1.15	.274	2.84	61	3.50	82	7.91	20.2
8	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	206	2008	CIN	33	17	6	.739	32	3.21	0	0	0	196.0	167	70	82	14	93	14	1	5	838	10	9.46	4.27	2.22	0.64	24.6	11.1	1.33	.299	3.77	73	3.59	81	7.67	18.3
9	Chad Billingsley C. Billingsley	201	2008	LAD	35	16	10	.615	32	3.14	1	1	0	200.2	188	70	76	14	80	8	1	6	859	10	9.01	3.59	2.51	0.63	23.4	9.3	1.34	.313	3.41	75	3.34	78	8.43	20.8
10	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	200	2008	CWS	33	12	16	.429	33	4.67	1	0	0	208.1	214	108	113	25	61	6	0	2	890	2	8.64	2.64	3.28	1.08	22.5	6.9	1.32	.316	4.88	103	3.73	82	9.24	18.1
11	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	196	2008	PHI	33	14	10	.583	33	3.09	2	2	0	227.1	193	78	89	28	53	1	0	7	914	0	7.76	2.10	3.70	1.11	21.4	5.8	1.08	.259	3.52	71	3.71	85	7.64	16.2
12	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	187	2008	CHC	33	17	6	.739	33	2.96	1	0	0	206.2	174	68	75	14	76	7	0	1	856	5	8.14	3.31	2.46	0.61	21.8	8.9	1.21	.280	3.27	66	3.40	77	7.58	22.7
13	Matt Cain M. Cain	186	2008	SFG	34	8	14	.364	34	3.76	1	1	0	217.2	206	91	95	19	91	7	0	9	933	7	7.69	3.76	2.04	0.79	19.9	9.8	1.36	.297	3.93	88	3.90	92	8.52	7.9
14	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	186	2008	FLA	34	15	8	.652	32	3.52	1	1	0	212.1	192	83	88	28	42	6	0	6	868	1	7.88	1.78	4.43	1.19	21.4	4.8	1.10	.271	3.73	81	3.76	88	8.14	12
15	Ted Lilly T. Lilly	184	2008	CHC	34	17	9	.654	34	4.09	0	0	0	204.2	187	93	96	32	64	7	0	2	861	4	8.09	2.81	2.88	1.41	21.4	7.4	1.23	.270	4.22	91	4.40	100	8.22	0.2
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	183	2008	KCR	32	13	10	.565	32	3.47	1	0	0	202.1	202	78	87	21	56	4	0	1	851	8	8.14	2.49	3.27	0.93	21.5	6.6	1.28	.308	3.87	78	3.55	83	8.99	16.3
17	Gil Meche G. Meche	183	2008	KCR	34	14	11	.560	34	3.98	0	0	0	210.1	204	93	98	19	73	0	0	2	886	5	7.83	3.12	2.51	0.81	20.7	8.2	1.32	.303	4.19	90	3.60	84	8.73	15.8
18	Brandon Webb B. Webb	183	2008	ARI	34	22	7	.759	34	3.30	3	1	0	226.2	206	83	95	13	65	12	0	5	944	8	7.27	2.58	2.82	0.52	19.4	6.9	1.20	.288	3.77	73	3.27	74	8.18	28
19	Rich Harden R. Harden	181	2008	TOT	25	10	2	.833	25	2.07	0	0	0	148.0	96	34	38	11	61	3	0	2	595	3	11.01	3.71	2.97	0.67	30.4	10.3	1.06	.251	2.31	48	2.94	68	5.84	22.6
20	Oliver Perez O. Perez	180	2008	NYM	34	10	7	.588	34	4.22	0	0	0	194.0	167	91	100	24	105	11	0	4	847	9	8.35	4.87	1.71	1.11	21.3	12.4	1.40	.271	4.64	101	4.67	109	7.75	-8.8
21	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	175	2008	SEA	31	9	11	.450	31	3.45	2	0	0	200.2	198	77	85	17	80	8	0	7	857	8	7.85	3.59	2.19	0.76	20.4	9.3	1.39	.314	3.81	83	3.80	90	8.88	9.7
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	173	2008	ARI	30	11	10	.524	30	3.91	2	0	0	184.0	184	80	92	24	44	6	0	6	778	2	8.46	2.15	3.93	1.17	22.2	5.7	1.24	.301	4.50	87	3.75	85	9.00	13.1
23	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	172	2008	BOS	27	12	10	.545	27	4.03	1	0	0	174.1	173	78	80	18	34	9	0	1	725	5	8.88	1.76	5.06	0.93	23.7	4.7	1.19	.315	4.13	89	3.23	77	8.93	18.8
24	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	172	2008	COL	34	12	12	.500	34	3.99	1	0	0	198.2	182	88	97	11	103	10	0	4	868	16	7.79	4.67	1.67	0.50	19.8	11.9	1.43	.299	4.39	86	3.82	85	8.24	14.5
25	Cliff Lee C. Lee	170	2008	CLE	31	22	3	.880	31	2.54	4	2	0	223.1	214	63	68	12	34	5	0	1	891	4	6.85	1.37	5.00	0.48	19.1	3.8	1.11	.301	2.74	59	2.82	67	8.62	35.4