most strikeouts in a season by an al central pitcher

Chris Sale has struck out the most hitters in the AL Central in a season, with 274 strikeouts in 2015.

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1Chris Sale
C. Sale
274
2015
CWS CWS
31
13
11
.542
31
3.41
1
0
0
208.2
185
79
88
23
42
13
0
0
854
7
11.82
1.81
6.52
0.99
32.1
4.9
1.09
.323
3.80
86
2.72
66
7.98
31.8
2Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
269
2014
CLE CLE
34
18
9
.667
34
2.44
3
1
0
235.2
207
64
72
14
51
6
0
3
951
3
10.27
1.95
5.27
0.53
28.3
5.4
1.09
.316
2.75
63
2.34
61
7.91
38.5
3Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
269
2009
DET DET
35
19
9
.679
35
3.45
3
1
0
240.0
219
92
99
20
63
6
0
5
982
8
10.09
2.36
4.27
0.75
27.4
6.4
1.18
.319
3.71
76
2.79
63
8.21
43.9
4Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
265
2017
CLE CLE
29
18
4
.818
29
2.25
5
3
0
203.2
141
51
56
21
36
5
0
2
777
4
11.71
1.59
7.36
0.93
34.1
4.6
0.87
.267
2.47
50
2.49
57
6.23
42.8
5Johan Santana
J. Santana
265
2004
MIN MIN
34
20
6
.769
34
2.61
1
1
0
228.0
156
66
70
24
54
9
0
0
881
7
10.46
2.13
4.91
0.95
30.1
6.1
0.92
.250
2.76
56
2.91
66
6.16
38.1
6Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
259
2019
CLE CLE
34
15
8
.652
33
3.28
3
2
0
214.1
186
78
86
31
40
6
1
1
859
6
10.88
1.68
6.48
1.30
30.2
4.7
1.05
.296
3.61
71
3.31
73
7.81
29
7Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
254
2016
DET DET
34
16
9
.640
34
3.04
2
0
0
227.2
171
77
81
30
57
8
0
1
903
6
10.04
2.25
4.46
1.19
28.1
6.3
1.00
.255
3.20
72
3.48
81
6.76
20.3
8Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
252
2014
DET DET
33
18
5
.783
33
3.15
1
1
0
220.1
196
77
80
18
63
6
0
1
904
10
10.29
2.57
4.00
0.74
27.9
7.0
1.18
.315
3.27
82
2.84
74
8.01
23.9
9Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
250
2011
DET DET
34
24
5
.828
34
2.40
4
2
0
251.0
174
67
73
24
57
3
0
0
969
7
8.96
2.04
4.39
0.86
25.8
5.9
0.92
.236
2.62
58
2.99
74
6.24
29.4
10Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
245
2015
CLE CLE
32
9
16
.360
32
3.49
4
0
0
222.0
189
86
92
22
45
11
0
3
886
6
9.93
1.82
5.44
0.89
27.7
5.1
1.05
.297
3.73
85
2.96
73
7.66
26.4
11Johan Santana
J. Santana
245
2006
MIN MIN
34
19
6
.760
34
2.77
1
0
0
233.2
186
72
79
24
47
4
0
0
923
4
9.44
1.81
5.21
0.92
26.5
5.1
1.00
.269
3.04
62
3.03
69
7.16
35.7
12Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
242
2009
KCR KCR
33
16
8
.667
33
2.16
6
3
0
229.1
195
55
64
11
51
4
0
0
915
5
9.50
2.00
4.75
0.43
26.4
5.6
1.07
.303
2.51
48
2.32
53
7.65
52.5
13Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
241
2025
DET DET
31
13
6
.684
31
2.21
1
1
0
195.1
141
48
55
18
33
5
0
0
748
3
11.10
1.52
7.30
0.83
32.2
4.4
0.89
.273
2.53
54
2.44
59
6.50
37.5
14Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
240
2013
DET DET
32
21
3
.875
32
2.90
0
0
0
214.1
152
69
73
18
56
4
0
0
836
6
10.08
2.35
4.29
0.76
28.7
6.7
0.97
.259
3.07
72
2.74
69
6.38
29.2
15Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
239
2012
DET DET
33
17
8
.680
33
2.64
6
1
0
238.1
192
70
81
19
60
5
0
2
956
2
9.03
2.27
3.98
0.72
25.0
6.3
1.06
.273
3.06
64
2.94
70
7.25
32.4
16Matthew Boyd
M. Boyd
238
2019
DET DET
32
9
12
.429
32
4.56
0
0
0
185.1
178
94
101
39
50
8
0
1
788
6
11.56
2.43
4.76
1.89
30.2
6.3
1.23
.307
4.90
99
4.31
94
8.64
5.3
17Johan Santana
J. Santana
238
2005
MIN MIN
33
16
7
.696
33
2.87
3
2
0
231.2
180
74
77
22
45
1
0
1
910
8
9.25
1.75
5.29
0.85
26.2
4.9
0.97
.262
2.99
67
2.79
66
6.99
37
18Johan Santana
J. Santana
235
2007
MIN MIN
33
15
13
.536
33
3.33
1
1
0
219.0
183
81
88
33
52
4
0
0
878
7
9.66
2.14
4.52
1.36
26.8
5.9
1.07
.271
3.62
75
3.81
89
7.52
12.1
19Pablo López
P. López
234
2023
MIN MIN
32
11
8
.579
32
3.66
1
1
0
194.0
176
79
81
24
48
9
0
1
801
7
10.86
2.23
4.88
1.11
29.2
6.0
1.15
.313
3.76
86
3.33
78
8.16
20.5
20Chris Sale
C. Sale
233
2016
CWS CWS
32
17
10
.630
32
3.34
6
1
0
226.2
190
84
88
27
45
17
0
2
907
2
9.25
1.79
5.18
1.07
25.7
5.0
1.04
.279
3.49
80
3.45
81
7.54
19.9
21Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
231
2018
CLE CLE
32
17
10
.630
30
3.38
2
0
0
192.0
173
72
78
21
43
6
1
4
784
9
10.83
2.02
5.37
0.98
29.5
5.5
1.13
.315
3.66
77
2.94
69
8.11
27.6
22Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
231
2012
DET DET
32
16
7
.696
32
3.74
0
0
0
187.2
179
78
82
23
60
5
0
2
787
2
11.08
2.88
3.85
1.10
29.4
7.6
1.27
.333
3.93
90
3.26
78
8.58
18.9
23Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
228
2024
DET DET
31
18
4
.818
31
2.39
0
0
0
192.0
142
51
54
15
35
9
0
0
753
2
10.69
1.64
6.51
0.70
30.3
4.6
0.92
.273
2.53
60
2.49
61
6.66
33.5
24Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
228
2019
CWS CWS
29
14
9
.609
29
3.41
3
2
0
176.2
131
67
69
24
57
4
0
1
705
6
11.62
2.90
4.00
1.22
32.3
8.1
1.06
.273
3.52
75
3.42
73
6.67
24.6
25Dylan Cease
D. Cease
227
2022
CWS CWS
32
14
8
.636
32
2.20
1
1
0
184.0
126
45
55
16
78
3
0
2
747
7
11.10
3.82
2.91
0.78
30.4
10.4
1.11
.260
2.69
56
3.09
75
6.16
20.1
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