most strikeouts in a season by an al east pitcher since 2000

Since 2000, Chris Sale has struck out the most hitters in the AL East in a season, with 308 strikeouts in 2017.

	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	308	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	32	2.90	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	63	2.45	56	6.93	45.5
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	284	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	29	1.74	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	5.31	61.5
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	257	2022	NYY	33	13	8	.619	33	3.50	0	0	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	92	3.46	87	6.91	11.5
4	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	255	2025	BOS	32	18	5	.783	32	2.59	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	11.18	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	61	2.88	69	7.23	29.5
5	Chris Archer C. Archer	252	2015	TBR	34	12	13	.480	34	3.23	1	1	0	212.0	175	76	85	19	66	3	0	0	868	13	10.70	2.80	3.82	0.81	29.0	7.6	1.14	.295	3.61	83	2.89	73	7.43	25.4
6	Chris Archer C. Archer	249	2017	TBR	34	10	12	.455	34	4.07	0	0	0	201.0	193	91	101	27	60	5	0	0	852	15	11.15	2.69	4.15	1.21	29.2	7.0	1.26	.325	4.52	97	3.39	80	8.64	19.7
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	248	2021	TOR	32	13	7	.650	32	2.84	0	0	0	193.1	150	61	62	33	52	4	0	0	773	5	11.54	2.42	4.77	1.54	32.1	6.7	1.04	.268	2.89	63	3.68	87	6.98	11.8
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	243	2021	NYY	30	16	8	.667	30	3.23	2	1	0	181.1	151	65	69	24	41	2	0	0	726	5	12.06	2.03	5.93	1.19	33.5	5.6	1.06	.305	3.42	76	2.91	67	7.49	28.1
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	240	2019	TBR	33	16	6	.727	33	3.05	0	0	0	194.2	154	66	71	15	57	12	0	0	790	5	11.10	2.64	4.21	0.69	30.4	7.2	1.08	.298	3.28	70	2.80	64	7.12	35.3
10	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	239	2007	TBD	34	13	9	.591	34	3.48	0	0	0	206.2	196	80	91	18	89	7	0	1	887	10	10.41	3.88	2.69	0.78	26.9	10.0	1.38	.333	3.96	78	3.44	78	8.54	21.9
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	239	2002	BOS	30	20	4	.833	30	2.26	2	0	0	199.1	144	50	62	13	40	15	0	1	787	3	10.79	1.81	5.98	0.59	30.4	5.1	0.92	.273	2.80	50	2.23	53	6.50	45.4
12	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	237	2023	TOR	31	12	9	.571	31	3.16	0	0	0	185.0	163	65	72	19	55	3	0	0	763	3	11.53	2.68	4.31	0.92	31.1	7.2	1.18	.321	3.50	75	2.97	69	7.93	27.1
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	237	2018	BOS	27	12	4	.750	27	2.11	0	0	0	158.0	102	37	39	11	34	14	0	0	617	4	13.50	1.94	6.97	0.63	38.4	5.5	0.86	.283	2.22	48	1.97	47	5.81	39.2
14	Dylan Cease D. Cease	236	2026	TOR	28	11	5	.688	28	2.38	1	1	0	166.1	105	44	50	11	72	3	0	0	668	5	12.77	3.90	3.28	0.60	35.3	10.8	1.06	.272	2.71	58	2.47	59	5.68	31.6
15	Chris Archer C. Archer	233	2016	TBR	33	9	19	.321	33	4.02	0	0	0	201.1	183	90	100	30	67	3	0	0	850	11	10.42	3.00	3.48	1.34	27.4	7.9	1.24	.296	4.47	99	3.80	92	8.18	6.9
16	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
17	Luis Severino L. Severino	230	2017	NYY	31	14	6	.700	31	2.98	0	0	0	193.1	150	64	73	21	51	6	0	0	783	6	10.71	2.37	4.51	0.98	29.4	6.5	1.04	.272	3.40	68	3.07	69	6.98	29.8
18	CC Sabathia	230	2011	NYY	33	19	8	.704	33	3.00	3	1	0	237.1	230	79	87	17	61	7	0	4	985	2	8.72	2.31	3.77	0.64	23.4	6.2	1.23	.318	3.30	71	2.87	68	8.72	34.1
19	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	228	2026	NYY	31	14	6	.700	31	1.95	0	0	0	184.2	123	40	47	16	44	6	0	0	722	0	11.11	2.14	5.18	0.78	31.6	6.1	0.90	.250	2.29	47	2.57	61	5.99	33.8
20	David Price D. Price	228	2016	BOS	35	17	9	.654	35	3.99	2	0	0	230.0	227	102	106	30	50	7	0	1	951	4	8.92	1.96	4.56	1.17	24.0	5.3	1.20	.310	4.15	90	3.60	86	8.88	15.5
21	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	227	2004	BOS	33	16	9	.640	33	3.90	1	1	0	217.0	193	94	99	26	61	16	0	0	903	2	9.41	2.53	3.72	1.08	25.1	6.8	1.17	.291	4.11	83	3.57	81	8.00	19.9
22	James Shields J. Shields	225	2011	TBR	33	16	12	.571	33	2.82	11	4	0	249.1	195	78	83	26	65	5	0	1	975	4	8.12	2.35	3.46	0.94	23.1	6.7	1.04	.258	3.00	73	3.41	86	7.04	15.3
23	Jon Lester J. Lester	225	2010	BOS	32	19	9	.679	32	3.25	2	0	0	208.0	167	75	81	14	83	10	0	0	861	6	9.74	3.59	2.71	0.61	26.1	9.6	1.20	.289	3.50	75	3.12	76	7.23	23.3
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	225	2009	BOS	32	15	8	.652	32	3.41	2	0	0	203.1	186	77	80	20	64	3	0	0	843	6	9.96	2.83	3.52	0.89	26.7	7.6	1.23	.313	3.54	73	3.14	73	8.23	27
25	James Shields J. Shields	223	2012	TBR	33	15	10	.600	33	3.52	3	2	0	227.2	208	89	103	25	58	11	0	2	944	7	8.82	2.29	3.84	0.99	23.6	6.1	1.17	.292	4.07	91	3.46	86	8.22	14.8

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AVG

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ERA

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Team Rankings

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663

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	90	59	.604
Yankees	86	63	.577	4.0
Red Sox	82	68	.547	8.5
Blue Jays	75	75	.500	15.5
Orioles	72	78	.480	18.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/15	BOS	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Wed 9/16	BOS	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Thu 9/17	BOS	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Fri 9/18	BOS	@	TBR	7:10 PM
Sat 9/19	BOS	@	TBR	4:10 PM

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Final

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HR Leaders

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Schwarber

41

Crow-Armstrong

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RBI Leaders

109

Burleson

107

Stewart

100

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

.310

Alvarez

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Lopez

Hit Leaders

180

Lopez

177

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

111

Crow-Armstrong

102

Wood

101

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.427

Alvarez

.395

Wood

.394

Bauers

SLG Leaders

.589

Alvarez

.562

Crow-Armstrong

.551

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

41

Simpson

40

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Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

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Gray

15

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Strikeout Leaders

236

Misiorowski

236

Cease

228

Schlittler

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1.95

Schlittler

1.95

Misiorowski

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.88

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0.90

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K/9 Leaders

13.17

Misiorowski

12.77

Cease

12.14

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K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.93

Rasmussen

5.76

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Walk Leaders

24

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Rasmussen

31

Sale

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Crow-Armstrong

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Crow-Armstrong

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Braves	88	62	.587
Phillies	83	67	.553	5.0
Marlins	74	76	.493	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.5
Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	93	57	.620
Cubs	83	67	.553	10.0
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	74	76	.493	19.0
Reds	70	79	.470	22.5
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Dodgers	90	59	.604
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Rockies	55	94	.369	35.0

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Rays - x	90	59	.604
Yankees	86	63	.577	4.0
Red Sox	82	68	.547	8.5
Blue Jays	75	75	.500	15.5
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Tigers	70	79	.470	6.0
Royals	66	84	.440	10.5
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Astros	75	75	.500
Rangers	74	76	.493	1.0
Mariners	70	80	.467	5.0
Athletics	61	89	.407	14.0
Angels	56	93	.376	18.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

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Sun 8/30	SDP	@	TBR	4-5

Schedule

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Since 2000, Chris Sale has struck out the most hitters in the AL East in a season, with 308 strikeouts in 2017.

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