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

Since 2000, Gerrit Cole has fanned the most hitters in the AL West in a season, with 326 strikeouts in 2019.

	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	326	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.800	33	2.50	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	55	2.63	58	6.02	45
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	300	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	5.53	31.5
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	290	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	62	2.78	67	6.56	33
4	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	277	2013	TEX	32	13	9	.591	32	2.83	0	0	0	209.2	145	66	68	26	80	8	0	1	841	7	11.89	3.43	3.46	1.12	32.9	9.5	1.07	.264	2.92	67	3.27	80	6.22	18.5
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	276	2018	HOU	32	15	5	.750	32	2.88	1	1	0	200.1	143	64	68	19	64	7	0	0	799	9	12.40	2.88	4.31	0.85	34.5	8.0	1.03	.286	3.05	70	2.70	65	6.42	32.7
6	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	248	2014	SEA	34	15	6	.714	34	2.14	0	0	0	236.0	170	56	68	16	46	5	0	1	912	18	9.46	1.75	5.39	0.61	27.2	5.0	0.92	.258	2.59	58	2.56	69	6.48	30.7
7	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	246	2019	TEX	33	16	11	.593	33	3.67	0	0	0	208.1	195	85	89	21	59	8	0	0	875	18	10.63	2.55	4.17	0.91	28.1	6.7	1.22	.322	3.84	73	3.12	66	8.42	36.6
8	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	233	2010	LAA	34	13	12	.520	34	3.01	0	0	0	224.1	187	75	83	23	54	0	0	0	905	7	9.35	2.17	4.31	0.92	25.7	6.0	1.07	.276	3.33	76	3.05	75	7.50	26.1
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	232	2010	SEA	34	13	12	.520	34	2.27	6	1	0	249.2	194	63	80	17	70	8	0	1	1,001	14	8.36	2.52	3.31	0.61	23.2	7.0	1.06	.263	2.88	58	3.04	75	6.99	28.4
10	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	223	2012	SEA	33	13	9	.591	33	3.06	5	5	0	232.0	209	79	84	14	56	12	0	0	939	13	8.65	2.17	3.98	0.54	23.7	6.0	1.14	.308	3.26	80	2.83	71	8.11	31
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	222	2011	SEA	33	14	14	.500	33	3.47	5	0	0	233.2	218	90	99	19	67	7	0	0	964	12	8.55	2.58	3.31	0.73	23.0	7.0	1.22	.307	3.81	90	3.13	80	8.40	20.9
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	221	2012	TEX	29	16	9	.640	29	3.90	0	0	0	191.1	156	83	89	14	89	10	0	1	816	8	10.40	4.19	2.48	0.66	27.1	10.9	1.28	.295	4.19	90	3.28	77	7.34	20.3
13	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	220	2024	SEA	33	9	12	.429	33	3.23	1	0	0	208.2	148	75	83	26	37	4	0	1	803	11	9.49	1.60	5.95	1.12	27.4	4.6	0.89	.236	3.58	86	3.26	83	6.38	15.6
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	219	2023	SEA	33	13	9	.591	33	3.34	0	0	0	197.0	160	73	81	28	56	5	0	0	802	3	10.01	2.56	3.91	1.28	27.3	7.0	1.10	.267	3.70	83	3.80	93	7.31	6.6
15	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	219	2022	LAA	28	15	9	.625	28	2.33	0	0	0	166.0	124	43	45	14	44	2	0	0	660	14	11.87	2.39	4.98	0.76	33.2	6.7	1.01	.289	2.44	59	2.40	60	6.72	29.5
16	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	217	2009	SEA	34	19	5	.792	34	2.49	2	1	0	238.2	200	66	81	15	71	8	0	0	977	17	8.18	2.68	3.06	0.57	22.2	7.3	1.14	.278	3.05	58	3.08	71	7.54	33.4
17	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	216	2015	HOU	33	20	8	.714	33	2.48	3	2	0	232.0	185	64	68	17	51	2	0	0	911	9	8.38	1.98	4.24	0.66	23.7	5.6	1.02	.269	2.64	64	2.90	73	7.18	28.3
18	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	216	2013	SEA	31	12	10	.545	31	3.04	0	0	0	204.1	185	69	74	15	46	3	0	1	823	13	9.51	2.03	4.70	0.66	26.2	5.6	1.13	.313	3.26	79	2.60	67	8.15	29.5
19	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
20	Robbie Ray R. Ray	212	2022	SEA	32	12	12	.500	32	3.71	0	0	0	189.0	163	78	80	32	62	7	0	0	775	5	10.10	2.95	3.42	1.52	27.4	8.0	1.19	.284	3.81	100	4.16	109	7.76	-7.6
21	James Paxton J. Paxton	208	2018	SEA	28	11	6	.647	28	3.76	2	1	0	160.1	134	67	67	23	42	1	0	0	645	8	11.68	2.36	4.95	1.29	32.2	6.5	1.10	.299	3.76	92	3.23	77	7.52	17.1
22	Frankie Montas F. Montas	207	2021	OAK	32	13	9	.591	32	3.37	0	0	0	187.0	164	70	79	20	57	7	0	1	778	11	9.96	2.74	3.63	0.96	26.6	7.3	1.18	.296	3.80	82	3.37	81	7.89	16.5
23	Hunter Brown H. Brown	206	2025	HOU	31	12	9	.571	31	2.43	1	0	0	185.1	133	50	55	17	57	7	0	1	729	0	10.00	2.77	3.61	0.83	28.3	7.8	1.03	.262	2.67	60	3.13	75	6.46	21.4
24	C.J. Wilson	206	2011	TEX	34	16	7	.696	34	2.94	3	1	0	223.1	191	73	89	16	74	10	0	0	915	6	8.30	2.98	2.78	0.64	22.5	8.1	1.19	.287	3.59	68	3.23	78	7.70	22.6
25	Barry Zito B. Zito	205	2001	OAK	35	17	8	.680	35	3.49	3	2	0	214.1	184	83	92	18	80	13	0	0	902	6	8.61	3.36	2.56	0.76	22.7	8.9	1.23	.283	3.86	79	3.52	80	7.73	21.5

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Astros	74	72	.507
Rangers	72	74	.493	2.0
Mariners	68	78	.466	6.0
Athletics	59	88	.401	15.5
Angels	56	90	.384	18.0

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Fri 9/11	HOU	@	TBR	7:10 PM
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