most strikeouts since 2016 by a cubs pitcher

Since 2016, Kyle Hendricks has struck out the most hitters for the Cubs, with 1,045 strikeouts.

	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	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,045	231	82	72	.532	225	3.72	5	3	0	1320.0	1,263	546	590	163	306	52	4	13	5,458	9	7.13	2.09	3.42	1.11	19.1	5.6	1.19	.283	4.02	89	4.00	96	8.61	26.1
2	Jon Lester J. Lester	733	139	66	32	.673	139	3.71	3	0	0	797.2	776	329	369	108	245	24	0	4	3,349	16	8.27	2.76	2.99	1.22	21.9	7.3	1.28	.298	4.16	87	4.10	97	8.76	11.6
3	Justin Steele J. Steele	517	102	32	22	.593	91	3.30	1	0	0	506.2	460	186	219	51	155	20	2	2	2,123	14	9.18	2.75	3.34	0.91	24.4	7.3	1.21	.296	3.89	80	3.48	85	8.17	35.4
4	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	427	81	37	29	.561	81	3.98	1	1	0	452.0	401	200	229	60	170	20	0	7	1,911	33	8.50	3.38	2.51	1.19	22.3	8.9	1.26	.276	4.56	94	4.24	101	7.98	-2
5	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	422	94	33	30	.524	93	4.09	0	0	1	517.0	485	235	257	92	124	8	1	1	2,136	8	7.35	2.16	3.40	1.60	19.8	5.8	1.18	.264	4.47	99	4.62	113	8.44	-31.1
6	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	420	82	33	23	.589	78	4.24	1	1	0	439.2	435	207	223	55	138	13	0	6	1,871	16	8.60	2.82	3.04	1.13	22.4	7.4	1.30	.305	4.56	100	3.92	93	8.90	15.7
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	371	51	15	14	.517	51	3.60	0	0	0	294.2	235	118	124	45	91	17	0	2	1,208	16	11.33	2.78	4.08	1.37	30.7	7.5	1.11	.278	3.79	83	3.76	87	7.18	19.9
8	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	365	67	28	17	.622	67	3.56	0	0	0	394.0	329	156	169	75	73	7	0	0	1,569	7	8.34	1.67	5.00	1.71	23.3	4.7	1.02	.242	3.86	87	4.37	109	7.52	-16.1
9	John Lackey J. Lackey	329	60	23	20	.535	59	3.94	0	0	0	359.0	311	157	167	59	106	21	0	4	1,479	15	8.25	2.66	3.10	1.48	22.2	7.2	1.16	.261	4.19	92	4.51	107	7.80	-11.7
10	Javier Assad J. Assad	290	87	21	13	.618	57	3.54	0	0	0	363.1	331	143	148	44	144	13	11	1	1,535	11	7.18	3.57	2.01	1.09	18.9	9.4	1.31	.275	3.67	86	4.45	109	8.20	-15.4
11	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	288	113	22	27	.449	45	4.25	0	0	0	307.1	305	145	164	52	107	14	12	3	1,330	17	8.43	3.13	2.69	1.52	21.7	8.0	1.34	.291	4.80	103	4.69	114	8.93	-20.4
12	Adbert Alzolay A. Alzolay	269	121	12	25	.324	27	4.04	0	0	27	254.0	217	114	125	42	77	14	52	2	1,046	3	9.53	2.73	3.49	1.49	25.7	7.4	1.16	.272	4.43	96	4.29	102	7.69	-2.1
13	Ben Brown B. Brown	243	58	8	13	.381	29	4.24	0	0	2	218.2	196	103	108	24	67	7	5	0	914	13	10.00	2.76	3.63	0.99	26.6	7.3	1.20	.300	4.45	103	3.35	83	8.07	16.6
14	Mike Montgomery M. Montgomery	242	119	14	17	.452	38	3.74	0	0	3	320.0	299	133	143	31	127	19	28	9	1,361	16	6.81	3.57	1.91	0.87	17.8	9.3	1.33	.285	4.02	90	4.27	102	8.41	-3
15	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	238	52	16	16	.500	50	3.73	1	1	0	275.1	243	114	129	25	88	7	1	0	1,144	5	7.78	2.88	2.70	0.82	20.8	7.7	1.20	.277	4.22	90	3.66	89	7.94	13.9
16	Pedro Strop P. Strop	234	235	16	12	.571	0	3.07	0	0	23	211.0	145	72	77	18	84	17	63	6	865	21	9.98	3.58	2.79	0.77	27.1	9.7	1.09	.248	3.28	72	3.49	83	6.18	17
17	Carl Edwards Jr. C. Edwards Jr.	230	187	9	8	.529	0	3.29	0	0	2	169.2	88	62	65	15	93	5	23	4	686	15	12.20	4.93	2.47	0.80	33.5	13.6	1.07	.213	3.45	78	3.32	79	4.67	16.4
18	Keegan Thompson K. Thompson	225	104	17	11	.607	23	3.64	0	0	5	227.1	190	92	103	30	111	12	23	1	980	11	8.91	4.39	2.03	1.19	23.0	11.3	1.32	.266	4.08	89	4.50	111	7.52	-11.7
19	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	217	39	11	10	.524	39	3.30	1	0	0	218.0	202	80	87	23	79	14	0	1	921	2	8.96	3.26	2.75	0.95	23.6	8.6	1.29	.304	3.59	77	3.85	90	8.34	10.6
20	Alec Mills A. Mills	209	66	12	14	.462	39	4.84	1	1	2	253.0	260	136	145	42	74	19	10	3	1,076	5	7.43	2.63	2.82	1.49	19.4	6.9	1.32	.298	5.16	115	4.78	113	9.25	-15.1
21	Mark Leiter Jr. M. Leiter Jr.	203	143	5	14	.263	4	3.85	0	0	7	168.1	127	72	79	19	62	16	26	2	703	9	10.85	3.31	3.27	1.02	28.9	8.8	1.12	.268	4.22	94	3.62	89	6.79	8.8
22	Colin Rea C. Rea	189	54	17	11	.607	39	4.24	0	0	2	238.0	235	112	116	32	68	9	7	0	1,002	3	7.15	2.57	2.78	1.21	18.9	6.8	1.27	.288	4.39	103	4.25	105	8.89	-5.2
23	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	185	36	16	9	.640	36	3.54	0	0	0	203.2	179	80	86	21	48	9	0	0	818	2	8.18	2.12	3.85	0.93	22.6	5.9	1.11	.285	3.80	86	3.49	86	7.91	12.7
24	Tyler Chatwood T. Chatwood	184	67	11	11	.500	30	4.70	0	0	2	199.0	179	104	106	19	141	12	13	1	896	17	8.32	6.38	1.30	0.86	20.5	15.7	1.61	.296	4.79	113	4.87	117	8.10	-14.9
25	Hayden Wesneski H. Wesneski	183	68	9	13	.409	22	3.93	0	0	0	190.0	162	83	96	35	60	8	9	1	794	3	8.67	2.84	3.05	1.66	23.0	7.6	1.17	.250	4.55	95	4.74	115	7.67	-13.5

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Pirates	34	32	.515	7.5
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