pitcher led league in strikeouts most times

Jesse Orosco got 1,179 strikeouts in his career.

	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	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	1,179	1,252	87	80	.521	4	3.16	0	0	144	1295.1	1,055	455	512	113	581	34	501	86	5,460	40	8.19	4.04	2.03	0.79	21.6	10.6	1.26	.265	3.56	80	3.60	91	7.33	52.1
2	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	895	1,178	68	63	.519	1	3.92	0	0	84	1114.0	1,086	485	523	93	420	33	363	76	4,762	35	7.23	3.39	2.13	0.75	18.8	8.8	1.35	.299	4.23	90	3.74	86	8.77	77.6
3	John Franco J. Franco	975	1,119	90	87	.508	0	2.89	0	0	424	1245.2	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	73	3.44	86	8.42	76
4	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1,173	1,115	82	60	.577	10	2.21	0	0	652	1283.2	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
5	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,401	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	100	20	390	3285.2	3,076	1,278	1,382	347	738	75	577	91	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	86	3.40	85	8.43	224.9
6	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,610	1,070	143	122	.540	52	2.52	20	5	228	2254.1	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
7	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	1,041	1,064	65	71	.478	14	3.64	0	0	158	1072.0	977	433	478	105	402	17	422	54	4,539	41	8.74	3.38	2.59	0.88	22.9	8.9	1.29	.293	4.01	86	3.45	82	8.20	89.5
8	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	872	1,058	75	73	.507	4	3.63	0	0	141	1204.1	1,168	486	533	118	377	47	467	72	5,082	31	6.52	2.82	2.31	0.88	17.2	7.4	1.28	.286	3.98	81	3.93	89	8.73	65.9
9	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	779	1,050	94	90	.511	0	2.85	0	0	184	1436.2	1,305	455	526	63	491	17	638	179	6,001	23	4.88	3.08	1.59	0.39	13.0	8.2	1.25	.267	3.30	77	3.25	88	8.18	71.1
10	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	983	1,042	75	94	.444	98	4.31	2	0	127	1467.1	1,607	702	763	163	456	21	373	35	6,323	70	6.03	2.80	2.16	1.00	15.5	7.2	1.41	.307	4.68	94	4.17	94	9.86	38.8
11	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1,133	1,035	61	75	.449	0	2.87	0	0	601	1089.1	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	71	3.07	73	6.99	143.1
12	Lee Smith L. Smith	1,251	1,022	71	92	.436	6	3.03	0	0	478	1289.1	1,133	434	475	89	486	10	802	100	5,388	47	8.73	3.39	2.57	0.62	23.2	9.0	1.26	.294	3.32	76	2.92	74	7.91	142
13	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	1,038	1,022	80	109	.423	95	4.36	6	2	321	1548.2	1,629	750	811	151	651	55	633	57	6,804	75	6.03	3.78	1.59	0.88	15.3	9.6	1.47	.301	4.71	100	4.31	99	9.47	9.5
14	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	945	1,010	67	71	.486	3	3.45	0	0	326	1071.1	1,002	411	475	96	462	35	667	53	4,632	50	7.94	3.88	2.05	0.81	20.4	10.0	1.37	.293	3.99	77	3.85	86	8.42	74
15	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	1,006	1,005	62	67	.481	7	3.42	0	0	142	1188.1	983	451	492	127	464	56	422	80	4,966	39	7.62	3.51	2.17	0.96	20.3	9.3	1.22	.258	3.73	81	3.95	94	7.44	38.1
16	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	1,502	1,002	124	107	.537	37	3.01	16	0	310	1809.1	1,497	605	670	119	732	47	681	90	7,507	63	7.47	3.64	2.05	0.59	20.0	9.8	1.23	.270	3.33	81	3.18	84	7.45	125.4
17	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	1,361	987	141	119	.542	74	3.45	18	2	174	2139.1	2,099	821	934	172	623	15	577	136	8,971	112	5.73	2.62	2.18	0.72	15.2	6.9	1.27	.283	3.93	92	3.19	86	8.83	123.8
18	Todd Jones T. Jones	868	982	58	63	.479	1	3.97	0	0	319	1072.0	1,072	473	518	93	443	38	619	62	4,650	43	7.29	3.72	1.96	0.78	18.7	9.5	1.41	.305	4.35	89	3.94	90	9.00	55.4
19	David Weathers D. Weathers	976	964	73	88	.453	69	4.25	0	0	75	1376.1	1,432	650	711	133	604	57	304	78	6,071	41	6.38	3.95	1.62	0.87	16.1	9.9	1.48	.302	4.65	99	4.37	100	9.36	2.6
20	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,301	958	55	44	.556	0	2.63	0	0	484	948.0	624	277	297	93	294	32	718	20	3,767	21	12.35	2.79	4.43	0.88	34.5	7.8	0.97	.259	2.82	66	2.69	66	5.92	142.8
21	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	943	951	48	71	.403	0	3.80	0	0	327	933.0	817	394	433	73	464	52	590	38	4,064	65	9.10	4.48	2.03	0.70	23.2	11.4	1.37	.294	4.18	91	3.76	90	7.88	43.6
22	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	1,142	948	52	53	.495	0	2.86	0	0	437	976.0	738	310	336	98	389	17	677	42	4,011	68	10.53	3.59	2.94	0.90	28.5	9.7	1.15	.271	3.10	69	3.30	79	6.81	97
23	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1,299	944	114	118	.491	37	2.90	4	2	341	1701.1	1,474	549	615	123	492	39	709	109	6,942	40	6.87	2.60	2.64	0.65	18.7	7.1	1.16	.271	3.25	83	2.95	82	7.80	125.4
24	Gene Garber G. Garber	940	931	96	113	.459	9	3.34	4	0	218	1510.0	1,464	560	654	123	445	37	609	155	6,327	30	5.60	2.65	2.11	0.73	14.9	7.0	1.26	.280	3.90	86	3.44	90	8.73	63.2
25	Eddie Guardado E. Guardado	798	908	46	61	.430	25	4.31	0	0	187	944.2	894	452	476	138	348	16	401	39	4,011	25	7.60	3.32	2.29	1.31	19.9	8.7	1.31	.279	4.53	92	4.44	98	8.52	7

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Fri 7/3	NYM	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Sat 7/4	NYM	@	ATL	8:08 PM
Sun 7/5	NYM	@	ATL	12:30 PM
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Nationals	45	43	.511	6.5
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Brewers	53	32	.624
Cubs	49	38	.563	5.0
Cardinals	45	39	.536	7.5
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