Since 2000, Shin-Soo Choo has the most strikeouts by a player against a pitcher, with 39 strikeouts against Justin Verlander.
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most strikeouts by a player play a hitter since 2000| NAME | SO | VS. PITCHER | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Choo | 39 | Justin Verlander | 34 | 96 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 107 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .271 | .323 | .594 |
| 2 |  | A. Gordon | 35 | Justin Verlander | 34 | 98 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 112 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .184 | .277 | .327 | .603 |
| 3 | | K. Calhoun | 31 | Justin Verlander | 19 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .183 | .305 | .488 |
| 4 | | B. Belt | 30 | Clayton Kershaw | 24 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .134 | .081 | .215 |
| 5 | | A. Cabrera | 30 | Justin Verlander | 30 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 86 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .345 | .474 | .819 |
| 6 | | J. Posada | 30 | Pedro Martinez | 21 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 62 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .306 | .491 | .797 |
| 7 |  | A. Rodriguez | 28 | John Lackey | 23 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 77 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .175 | .312 | .460 | .772 |
| 8 | | A. Dunn | 28 | Roy Oswalt | 33 | 83 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 98 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .378 | .578 | .956 |
| 9 |  | M. Trout | 27 | Felix Hernandez | 32 | 88 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .352 | .404 | .716 | 1.120 |
| 10 | | C. Pena | 26 | CC Sabathia | 18 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .231 | .362 | .592 |
| 11 | | C. Davis | 25 | CC Sabathia | 21 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .311 | .321 | .632 |
| 12 |  | R. Braun | 25 | Adam Wainwright | 33 | 96 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 102 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .208 | .245 | .354 | .599 |
| 13 | | N. Swisher | 25 | Justin Verlander | 26 | 73 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 84 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .321 | .438 | .760 |
| 14 | | B. Abreu | 25 | Josh Beckett | 33 | 79 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 100 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .350 | .291 | .641 |
| 15 |  | M. Sanó | 24 | Matthew Boyd | 15 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .143 | .225 | .368 |
| 16 |  | P. Goldschmidt | 24 | Clayton Kershaw | 25 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .268 | .388 | .656 |
| 17 | | A. Gordon | 24 | Chris Sale | 28 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .288 | .269 | .556 |
| 18 | | A. Dunn | 24 | Max Scherzer | 18 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .291 | .460 | .751 |
| 19 | | A. Rodriguez | 24 | David Price | 23 | 65 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 72 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .319 | .446 | .766 |
| 20 |  | N. Cruz | 24 | Jered Weaver | 30 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .205 | .259 | .321 | .579 |
| 21 | | N. Swisher | 24 | John Lackey | 25 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .280 | .266 | .546 |
| 22 | | L. Berkman | 24 | Ben Sheets | 25 | 70 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .314 | .355 | .643 | .998 |
| 23 |  | B. Nimmo | 23 | Aaron Nola | 24 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 73 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .370 | .377 | .747 |
| 24 | | A. Gordon | 23 | Corey Kluber | 21 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .246 | .293 | .539 |
| 25 |  | B. Zobrist | 23 | CC Sabathia | 26 | 81 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 89 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .284 | .333 | .617 |
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