most strikeouts by a pittsburgh pirate pitcher in one season since 1901

Since 1901, Bob Veale has struck out the most hitters for the Pirates in a season, with 276 strikeouts in 1965.

Showing:

Regular season

	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	Bob Veale B. Veale	276	1965	PIT	39	17	12	.586	37	2.84	14	7	0	266.0	221	84	98	5	119	7	2	7	1,126	17	9.34	4.03	2.32	0.17	24.5	10.6	1.28	.300	3.32	80	2.11	62	7.48	38.8
2	Bob Veale B. Veale	250	1964	PIT	40	18	12	.600	38	2.74	14	1	0	279.2	222	85	100	8	124	3	1	9	1,161	18	8.05	3.99	2.02	0.26	21.5	10.7	1.24	.276	3.22	77	2.55	75	7.14	26
3	Oliver Perez O. Perez	239	2004	PIT	30	12	10	.545	30	2.98	2	1	0	196.0	145	65	71	22	81	9	0	2	805	2	10.97	3.72	2.95	1.01	29.7	10.1	1.15	.271	3.26	69	3.44	79	6.66	20.1
4	Bob Veale B. Veale	229	1966	PIT	38	16	12	.571	37	3.02	12	3	0	268.1	228	90	99	18	102	5	0	6	1,111	10	7.68	3.42	2.25	0.60	20.6	9.2	1.23	.277	3.32	84	2.92	84	7.65	17.1
5	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	216	2025	PIT	32	10	10	.500	32	1.97	1	0	0	187.2	136	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	733	2	10.36	2.01	5.14	0.53	29.5	5.7	0.95	.273	2.16	45	2.36	57	6.52	37
6	Bob Veale B. Veale	213	1969	PIT	34	13	14	.481	34	3.23	9	1	0	225.2	232	81	93	8	91	3	0	4	980	5	8.49	3.63	2.34	0.32	21.7	9.3	1.43	.337	3.71	92	2.33	69	9.25	26.6
7	Mitch Keller M. Keller	210	2023	PIT	32	13	9	.591	32	4.21	1	1	0	194.1	187	91	97	25	55	12	0	0	825	5	9.73	2.55	3.82	1.16	25.5	6.7	1.25	.310	4.49	94	3.80	87	8.66	12.5
8	A.J. Burnett	209	2013	PIT	30	10	11	.476	30	3.30	1	0	0	191.0	165	70	79	11	67	9	0	3	801	12	9.85	3.16	3.12	0.52	26.1	8.4	1.21	.305	3.72	92	2.80	77	7.77	18.4
9	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	205	2015	PIT	31	12	7	.632	31	3.38	0	0	0	186.2	155	70	75	15	70	5	0	1	773	10	9.88	3.38	2.93	0.72	26.5	9.1	1.21	.293	3.62	88	3.18	84	7.47	12.9
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	202	2015	PIT	32	19	8	.704	32	2.60	0	0	0	208.0	183	60	71	11	44	10	0	1	832	7	8.74	1.90	4.59	0.48	24.3	5.3	1.09	.304	3.07	68	2.65	70	7.92	26.9
11	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	200	2026	PIT	32	10	11	.476	32	3.82	0	0	0	174.1	146	74	82	20	49	11	0	0	712	2	10.33	2.53	4.08	1.03	28.1	6.9	1.12	.292	4.23	88	3.32	79	7.54	17.1
12	Larry McWilliams L. McWilliams	199	1983	PIT	35	15	8	.652	35	3.25	8	4	0	238.0	205	86	99	19	87	3	0	7	1,002	9	7.53	3.29	2.29	0.72	19.9	8.7	1.23	.268	3.74	88	3.24	87	7.75	12.3
13	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	196	2017	PIT	33	12	12	.500	33	4.26	0	0	0	203.0	199	96	98	31	55	4	0	1	849	7	8.69	2.44	3.56	1.37	23.1	6.5	1.25	.298	4.34	100	4.08	94	8.82	5.4
14	Kris Benson K. Benson	184	2000	PIT	32	10	12	.455	32	3.85	2	1	0	217.2	206	93	104	24	86	10	0	5	936	5	7.61	3.56	2.14	0.99	19.7	9.2	1.34	.288	4.30	82	4.19	90	8.52	11.3
15	Bob Friend B. Friend	183	1960	PIT	38	18	12	.600	37	3.00	16	4	1	275.2	266	92	97	18	45	0	1	10	1,118	5	5.97	1.47	4.07	0.59	16.4	4.0	1.13	.284	3.17	81	2.54	70	8.68	32.8
16	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	182	1978	PIT	34	14	10	.583	34	3.03	11	4	0	243.2	217	82	94	17	66	6	0	5	1,011	6	6.72	2.44	2.76	0.63	18.0	6.5	1.16	.270	3.47	83	2.87	80	8.02	19.6
17	A.J. Burnett	180	2012	PIT	31	16	10	.615	31	3.51	1	1	0	202.1	189	79	86	18	62	9	0	1	851	10	8.01	2.76	2.90	0.80	21.2	7.3	1.24	.294	3.83	92	3.52	93	8.41	5.9
18	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	179	2018	PIT	32	14	10	.583	32	3.20	2	1	0	191.0	179	68	69	20	46	6	0	4	785	2	8.43	2.17	3.89	0.94	22.8	5.9	1.18	.298	3.25	80	3.46	85	8.43	12.8
19	Bob Veale B. Veale	179	1967	PIT	33	16	8	.667	31	3.64	6	1	0	203.0	184	82	90	12	119	5	0	10	891	11	7.94	5.28	1.50	0.53	20.1	13.4	1.49	.299	3.99	109	3.38	105	8.16	-3.6
20	Bob Veale B. Veale	178	1970	PIT	34	10	15	.400	32	3.92	5	1	0	202.0	189	88	99	15	94	3	0	11	882	9	7.93	4.19	1.89	0.67	20.2	10.7	1.40	.294	4.41	99	3.28	87	8.42	10.9
21	Ian Snell I. Snell	177	2007	PIT	32	9	12	.429	32	3.76	1	0	0	208.0	209	87	94	22	68	8	0	4	882	12	7.66	2.94	2.60	0.95	20.1	7.7	1.33	.308	4.07	86	4.00	90	9.04	10.3
22	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	177	1992	PIT	34	15	11	.577	34	2.77	10	4	0	256.2	218	79	84	17	54	6	0	8	1,021	11	6.21	1.89	3.28	0.60	17.3	5.3	1.06	.262	2.95	80	2.96	86	7.64	13.8
23	Claude Hendrix C. Hendrix	176	1912	PIT	39	24	9	.727	32	2.59	25	4	1	288.2	256	83	110	6	105	9	6		1,183	7	5.49	3.27	1.68	0.19	14.9	8.9	1.25	.282	3.43	78	3.09	90	7.98	10.5
24	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	175	2014	PIT	29	7	10	.412	29	3.38	0	0	0	162.1	130	61	68	13	81	4	0	3	691	12	9.70	4.49	2.16	0.72	25.3	11.7	1.30	.280	3.77	96	3.58	100	7.21	-0.3
25	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	173	2026	PIT	28	14	6	.700	28	3.65	1	0	0	165.1	145	67	73	22	35	7	0	0	667	4	9.42	1.91	4.94	1.20	25.9	5.2	1.09	.286	3.97	84	3.49	83	7.89	13.1

Unlock 2x data

More MLB News

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer plans to wait until offseason to decide on future

Sep 26, 2026

This Date in Baseball - Mark McGwire gives baseball a new magic number, hitting 70 HRs in a season

Sep 26, 2026

Detmers throws 6 shutout innings as the Angels beat the Mariners 7-5

Sep 26, 2026

Bolte and Stefanic each hit 2 RBIs in sixth to lift Athletics past Astros 6-5

Sep 26, 2026

Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages hit home runs, Skubal strikes out 10 as Dodgers beat Giants 2-0

Sep 26, 2026

Arenado, Perdomo lead Diamondbacks over Padres 11-4 to stay alive in wild-card hunt

Sep 26, 2026

More Pirates Stats

Team Batting Leaders

34

Lowe

RBI

95

Lowe

AVG

.302

Gonzales

Team Pitching Leaders

14

Ashcraft

200

Skenes

ERA

2.90

Ramírez

Team Rankings

183

13th

760

6th

1,471

5th

ERA

4.17

18th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	101	59	.631
Cubs	88	73	.547	13.5
Pirates	81	79	.506	20.0
Cardinals	77	83	.481	24.0
Reds	74	86	.463	27.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/27	PIT	@	DET	3:10 PM

Last Game

Pirates

81 - 79

Final

Tigers

75 - 85

Fri 25 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

43

Alonso

RBI Leaders

115

Burleson

113

Alonso

111

Stewart

Batting Average Leaders

.315

Alvarez

.311

Moreno

.310

Arraez

Hit Leaders

189

Lopez

185

Arraez

181

Tatis

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

111

Arozarena

105

Rice

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.391

Bauers

.389

Wood

SLG Leaders

.599

Alvarez

.570

Crow-Armstrong

.534

Rice

SB Leaders

49

Nuñez

46

Simpson

44

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

18

Gray

16

Rodriguez

Strikeout Leaders

248

Williams

247

Misiorowski

239

Schlittler

ERA Leaders

1.86

Misiorowski

1.95

Schlittler

2.16

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.13

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.11

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.45

Sale

5.88

Misiorowski

5.44

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

25

Martinez

31

Sale

32

Rasmussen

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,354.3

Crow-Armstrong

2,283.3

Ohtani

2,048.4

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,786

Crow-Armstrong

1,607.6

Ohtani

1,537

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

92-68

90-70

90-71

87-73

86-74

85-75

Worst Record ATS

58-102

68-92

74-86

75-86

76-85

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	93	67	.581
Phillies	87	73	.544	6.0
Marlins	79	81	.494	14.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	17.5
Mets	74	87	.460	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	101	59	.631
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	13.5
Pirates	81	79	.506	20.0
Cardinals	77	83	.481	24.0
Reds	74	86	.463	27.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	98	62	.613
Padres - w	89	71	.556	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	74	.538	12.0
Giants	65	95	.406	33.0
Rockies	57	103	.356	41.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	97	63	.606
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	74	.540	10.5
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	78	82	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - x	84	76	.525
White Sox - x	83	77	.519	1.0
Twins	76	84	.475	8.0
Tigers	75	85	.469	9.0
Royals	68	92	.425	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	79	81	.494
Rangers	79	81	.494
Mariners	74	86	.463	5.0
Athletics	64	96	.400	15.0
Angels	62	98	.388	17.0