most strikeouts by american league pitcher since 1999

Since 1999, Justin Verlander has struck out the most batters in the AL, with 3,342 strikeouts.

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NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3,342
512
256
143
.642
512
3.31
26
9
0
3330.1
2,825
1,226
1,325
349
924
114
0
27
13,598
95
9.03
2.50
3.62
0.94
24.6
6.8
1.13
.279
3.58
78
3.41
81
7.63
301.1
2CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
2,965
544
240
159
.602
543
3.81
31
9
0
3446.2
3,298
1,461
1,592
376
1,074
119
0
44
14,473
73
7.74
2.80
2.76
0.98
20.5
7.4
1.27
.294
4.16
88
3.82
88
8.61
196.3
3Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
2,524
419
169
136
.554
418
3.42
25
11
0
2729.2
2,487
1,037
1,157
264
805
105
0
16
11,284
156
8.32
2.65
3.14
0.87
22.4
7.1
1.21
.293
3.81
84
3.52
85
8.20
181.5
4Chris Sale
C. Sale
2,189
343
120
80
.600
263
3.10
16
3
12
1780.2
1,449
614
664
193
416
111
25
15
7,177
41
11.06
2.10
5.26
0.98
30.5
5.8
1.05
.294
3.36
73
2.97
70
7.32
245.7
5David Price
D. Price
1,981
321
150
80
.652
311
3.31
17
3
0
2029.2
1,813
746
819
207
527
59
1
12
8,314
39
8.78
2.34
3.76
0.92
23.8
6.3
1.15
.290
3.63
81
3.34
82
8.04
164.7
6James Shields
J. Shields
1,961
363
130
125
.510
361
4.02
23
9
0
2346.1
2,323
1,047
1,141
319
638
87
1
15
9,849
97
7.52
2.45
3.07
1.22
19.9
6.5
1.26
.293
4.38
97
4.13
99
8.91
4.2
7Ervin Santana
E. Santana
1,799
394
137
119
.535
355
4.12
21
11
0
2290.2
2,198
1,049
1,131
315
713
100
20
31
9,665
95
7.07
2.80
2.52
1.24
18.6
7.4
1.27
.279
4.44
98
4.38
104
8.64
-48.1
8Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
1,780
387
173
126
.579
379
4.08
26
9
0
2395.0
2,439
1,086
1,176
321
679
45
1
27
10,095
32
6.69
2.55
2.62
1.21
17.6
6.7
1.30
.291
4.42
91
4.23
96
9.17
50.6
9Mark Buehrle
M. Buehrle
1,745
487
201
147
.578
462
3.82
32
10
0
3081.0
3,275
1,307
1,454
335
694
75
6
46
12,877
25
5.10
2.03
2.51
0.98
13.6
5.4
1.29
.293
4.25
86
4.10
92
9.57
121.2
10John Lackey
J. Lackey
1,742
345
149
114
.567
344
4.02
17
8
0
2202.2
2,271
984
1,075
230
641
107
0
22
9,394
104
7.12
2.62
2.72
0.94
18.5
6.8
1.32
.306
4.39
92
3.87
92
9.28
88.8
11Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
1,725
271
116
77
.601
260
3.44
18
8
1
1641.2
1,486
627
684
177
368
65
4
9
6,688
31
9.46
2.02
4.69
0.97
25.8
5.5
1.13
.301
3.75
83
3.22
78
8.15
161.7
12Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
1,660
314
152
94
.618
313
3.83
22
9
0
1994.0
2,008
848
916
210
416
42
0
14
8,221
37
7.49
1.88
3.99
0.95
20.2
5.1
1.22
.305
4.13
85
3.47
77
9.06
227.9
13Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
1,648
212
104
47
.689
212
3.03
7
5
0
1298.2
993
437
465
172
322
31
0
1
5,153
26
11.42
2.23
5.12
1.19
32.0
6.2
1.01
.276
3.22
73
3.17
74
6.88
159.9
14Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,617
298
92
102
.474
275
3.90
4
2
0
1624.2
1,600
704
748
200
455
28
4
7
6,813
52
8.96
2.52
3.55
1.11
23.7
6.7
1.26
.310
4.14
95
3.65
86
8.86
105.5
15Jered Weaver
J. Weaver
1,598
322
150
93
.617
322
3.55
14
8
0
2025.0
1,861
798
838
246
539
51
0
17
8,340
37
7.10
2.40
2.96
1.09
19.2
6.5
1.19
.273
3.72
88
3.98
98
8.27
23.8
16Freddy Garcia
F. Garcia
1,551
359
154
101
.604
343
4.14
12
4
0
2178.2
2,146
1,002
1,057
271
684
62
12
39
9,225
89
6.41
2.83
2.27
1.12
16.8
7.4
1.30
.282
4.37
94
4.27
96
8.87
47.6
17Rick Porcello
R. Porcello
1,507
343
149
118
.558
339
4.36
10
3
0
2037.1
2,196
988
1,081
255
474
82
2
17
8,651
69
6.66
2.09
3.18
1.13
17.4
5.5
1.31
.306
4.78
101
4.08
98
9.70
19.7
18Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
1,490
460
127
124
.506
309
4.50
8
0
22
2181.2
2,126
1,090
1,223
287
771
125
74
24
9,399
98
6.15
3.18
1.93
1.18
15.9
8.2
1.33
.273
5.05
98
4.65
108
8.77
-86.7
19Roy Halladay
R. Halladay
1,482
311
147
76
.659
285
3.44
48
15
1
2032.2
1,988
777
866
170
453
56
6
22
8,380
43
6.56
2.01
3.27
0.75
17.7
5.4
1.20
.292
3.83
74
3.46
76
8.80
233.7
20José Berríos
J. Berríos
1,481
275
108
82
.568
273
4.08
5
1
0
1571.2
1,474
713
765
219
473
98
0
7
6,607
35
8.48
2.71
3.13
1.25
22.4
7.2
1.24
.289
4.38
97
4.18
98
8.44
16.3
21Scott Kazmir
S. Kazmir
1,474
272
98
90
.521
271
3.96
3
1
0
1553.1
1,463
683
750
169
629
61
0
13
6,663
69
8.54
3.64
2.34
0.98
22.1
9.4
1.35
.299
4.35
96
3.96
95
8.48
36.3
22Jon Lester
J. Lester
1,457
253
116
67
.634
252
3.58
11
4
0
1596.0
1,492
635
679
145
545
56
0
4
6,683
39
8.22
3.07
2.67
0.82
21.8
8.2
1.28
.301
3.83
83
3.57
88
8.41
86.9
23Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
1,432
170
98
30
.766
168
2.44
19
6
0
1150.0
856
312
346
77
242
69
1
2
4,547
21
11.21
1.89
5.92
0.60
31.5
5.3
0.95
.286
2.71
52
2.25
51
6.70
287.7
24Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
1,432
313
152
92
.623
311
4.02
10
2
0
1943.2
2,080
868
968
171
602
37
0
25
8,332
35
6.63
2.79
2.38
0.79
17.2
7.2
1.38
.313
4.48
90
3.74
84
9.63
154.9
25Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
1,419
271
93
85
.522
222
3.96
11
4
2
1378.0
1,316
606
636
171
364
42
23
19
5,704
51
9.27
2.38
3.90
1.12
24.9
6.4
1.22
.309
4.15
94
3.57
86
8.60
91.7
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62
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71
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76
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STL STL
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LAD LAD
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ATL ATL
6:00 PM
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TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
8:00 PM
Wed
10/7
MIL MIL
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SDP SDP
10:00 PM
Thu
10/8
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
5:00 PM