most strikeouts in by a pitcher since 2003

Since 2003, Justin Verlander has fanned the most batters, with 3,554 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a player in by a pitcher since 2003

	NAME	SO	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,503	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	12	5	0	2985.0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
5	CC Sabathia	2,773	495	221	145	.604	494	3.66	36	12	0	3187.0	3,057	1,295	1,421	346	916	115	0	41	13,335	61	7.83	2.59	3.03	0.98	20.8	6.9	1.25	.295	4.01	85	3.74	86	8.63	207.8
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,691	409	154	94	.621	328	2.98	16	3	12	2179.0	1,774	721	779	221	511	139	25	15	8,781	48	11.11	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.22	70	2.87	69	7.33	316.9
7	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
8	Felix 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
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,298	326	156	84	.650	326	3.20	8	5	0	2003.0	1,675	712	762	225	511	62	0	7	8,068	58	10.33	2.30	4.50	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.292	3.42	79	3.18	77	7.53	214.3
11	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
12	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,225	430	179	143	.556	428	3.93	17	8	0	2732.0	2,749	1,193	1,295	309	782	129	0	32	11,565	118	7.33	2.58	2.85	1.02	19.2	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.06	74.1
13	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
14	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	37.5
15	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,117	371	146	119	.551	360	3.60	15	6	0	2279.1	2,028	911	957	248	675	75	3	38	9,408	42	8.36	2.67	3.14	0.98	22.5	7.2	1.19	.283	3.78	89	3.64	89	8.01	123.9
16	A.J. Burnett	2,092	357	134	127	.513	354	4.02	15	4	0	2229.2	2,104	997	1,093	220	858	125	1	22	9,542	138	8.44	3.46	2.44	0.89	21.9	9.0	1.33	.302	4.41	98	3.82	92	8.49	84.3
17	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
18	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
19	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
20	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,062	380	116	121	.489	341	3.84	4	2	0	2017.1	1,936	861	922	248	564	39	11	12	8,431	65	9.20	2.52	3.66	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.24	.306	4.11	93	3.60	85	8.64	140
21	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
22	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
23	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,007	355	135	103	.567	346	3.54	7	5	0	2007.2	1,751	789	863	202	644	60	2	5	8,311	106	9.00	2.89	3.12	0.91	24.1	7.7	1.19	.287	3.87	85	3.51	85	7.85	142.2
24	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,978	425	151	129	.539	386	4.11	21	11	0	2486.2	2,391	1,135	1,221	331	776	104	20	35	10,482	104	7.16	2.81	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.42	99	4.31	104	8.65	-44.1
25	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,973	266	103	70	.595	266	2.63	4	2	0	1640.1	1,253	479	516	162	367	25	0	15	6,446	33	10.83	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.74	67	6.87	247.9

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