pittsburgh pirates pitching strikeout leaders since 1990

Since 1990, Mitch Keller has struck out the most hitters for the Pirates, with 926 strikeouts.

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	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	Mitch Keller M. Keller	926	187	48	73	.397	185	4.60	2	1	0	993.2	1,031	508	545	118	341	66	0	2	4,321	23	8.39	3.09	2.72	1.07	21.4	7.9	1.38	.318	4.94	107	4.07	97	9.34	13
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	734	127	59	42	.584	127	3.50	1	0	0	782.1	749	304	327	67	203	32	0	6	3,227	32	8.44	2.34	3.62	0.77	22.7	6.3	1.22	.311	3.76	90	3.26	83	8.62	57.4
3	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	722	176	46	39	.541	107	3.65	2	0	0	693.2	594	281	305	64	318	19	8	6	2,954	38	9.37	4.13	2.27	0.83	24.4	10.8	1.31	.289	3.96	96	3.69	96	7.71	9.9
4	Paul Maholm P. Maholm	705	185	53	73	.421	185	4.36	5	3	0	1143.2	1,247	554	600	104	382	53	0	23	4,937	26	5.55	3.01	1.85	0.82	14.3	7.7	1.42	.310	4.72	106	4.20	101	9.81	-4
5	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	596	129	44	47	.484	129	4.39	6	0	0	799.2	831	390	430	83	322	26	0	13	3,501	36	6.71	3.62	1.85	0.93	17.0	9.2	1.44	.302	4.84	100	4.28	98	9.35	8.8
6	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	586	87	31	24	.564	87	2.62	1	0	0	495.0	376	144	158	41	123	23	0	0	1,959	6	10.65	2.24	4.76	0.75	29.9	6.3	1.01	.282	2.87	61	2.72	66	6.84	78.1
7	Ian Snell I. Snell	576	128	33	46	.418	116	4.75	2	0	0	693.0	752	366	390	83	308	14	3	14	3,066	35	7.48	4.00	1.87	1.08	18.8	10.0	1.53	.321	5.06	111	4.44	102	9.77	-7
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	563	142	41	62	.398	142	4.39	3	2	0	801.0	855	391	444	61	288	74	0	18	3,512	37	6.33	3.24	1.95	0.69	16.0	8.2	1.43	.314	4.99	117	4.02	106	9.61	-22.1
9	Kris Benson K. Benson	553	126	43	49	.467	126	4.26	4	1	0	782.0	806	370	421	79	299	26	0	27	3,391	19	6.36	3.44	1.85	0.91	16.3	8.8	1.41	.299	4.85	96	4.21	95	9.28	20.4
10	Denny Neagle D. Neagle	553	187	43	35	.551	95	4.02	8	1	3	697.0	705	311	333	78	208	14	21	19	2,948	18	7.14	2.69	2.66	1.01	18.8	7.1	1.31	.299	4.30	98	3.89	95	9.10	19.1
11	Kip Wells K. Wells	545	128	36	53	.404	128	4.20	3	2	0	752.1	745	351	383	85	330	36	0	31	3,297	30	6.52	3.95	1.65	1.02	16.5	10.0	1.43	.287	4.58	99	4.49	106	8.91	-21.6
12	Francisco Cordova F. Cordova	537	166	42	47	.472	112	3.96	7	4	12	753.2	755	332	366	75	235	20	41	25	3,182	15	6.41	2.81	2.29	0.90	16.9	7.4	1.31	.294	4.37	90	4.01	92	9.02	30.4
13	A.J. Burnett	532	87	35	28	.556	87	3.34	2	1	0	557.1	528	207	229	40	178	29	0	6	2,351	28	8.59	2.87	2.99	0.65	22.6	7.6	1.27	.310	3.70	89	3.22	86	8.53	32.5
14	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	508	151	38	47	.447	104	4.36	4	0	2	682.2	750	331	383	84	158	12	10	17	2,917	8	6.70	2.08	3.22	1.11	17.4	5.4	1.33	.309	5.05	102	3.98	93	9.89	21.1
15	Zach Duke Z. Duke	505	160	45	70	.391	159	4.54	6	3	0	964.1	1,168	486	537	101	263	26	0	13	4,208	17	4.71	2.45	1.92	0.94	12.0	6.3	1.48	.322	5.01	108	4.33	102	10.90	-10
16	Jeff Locke J. Locke	455	123	35	38	.479	110	4.41	1	1	0	644.1	660	316	341	68	249	22	5	14	2,785	21	6.36	3.48	1.83	0.95	16.3	8.9	1.41	.297	4.76	117	4.32	115	9.22	-41.2
17	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	450	102	52	31	.627	102	2.86	24	9	0	722.2	653	230	254	48	172	12	0	16	2,916	22	5.60	2.14	2.62	0.60	15.4	5.9	1.14	.271	3.16	80	3.19	88	8.13	35.1
18	Oliver Perez O. Perez	421	70	21	28	.429	70	4.59	2	1	0	398.0	361	203	218	60	214	19	0	4	1,746	10	9.52	4.84	1.97	1.36	24.1	12.3	1.44	.292	4.93	107	4.65	108	8.16	-15.5
19	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	419	82	29	24	.547	82	3.67	3	1	0	466.0	464	190	202	48	117	15	0	9	1,948	11	8.09	2.26	3.58	0.93	21.5	6.0	1.25	.308	3.90	89	3.54	85	8.96	32.3
20	Trevor Williams T. Williams	416	106	31	37	.456	94	4.43	1	1	0	534.2	538	263	285	75	177	24	2	10	2,292	9	7.00	2.98	2.35	1.26	18.2	7.7	1.34	.289	4.80	104	4.56	106	9.06	-17
21	Paul Wagner P. Wagner	415	142	26	40	.394	75	4.58	6	2	3	536.2	565	273	294	53	221	19	17	18	2,350	35	6.96	3.71	1.88	0.89	17.7	9.4	1.46	.312	4.93	109	4.15	99	9.48	1.8
22	Chad Kuhl C. Kuhl	395	100	25	30	.455	84	4.44	0	0	0	439.2	429	217	238	59	195	25	2	8	1,900	27	8.09	3.99	2.03	1.21	20.8	10.3	1.42	.302	4.87	106	4.60	109	8.78	-18
23	Tony Watson T. Watson	380	450	31	16	.660	0	2.68	0	0	30	433.0	350	129	137	41	121	24	86	12	1,748	4	7.90	2.52	3.14	0.85	21.7	6.9	1.09	.261	2.85	70	3.58	93	7.27	12
24	James McDonald J. McDonald	379	78	27	24	.529	77	4.21	1	0	0	435.2	411	204	220	49	191	14	0	15	1,873	15	7.83	3.95	1.98	1.01	20.2	10.2	1.38	.292	4.54	112	4.19	111	8.49	-20.4
25	Zane Smith Z. Smith	362	124	47	41	.534	121	3.35	17	10	0	768.1	790	286	334	57	134	8	1	21	3,130	6	4.24	1.57	2.70	0.67	11.6	4.3	1.20	.285	3.91	87	3.51	90	9.25	31.1

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	103	59	.636
Cubs	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0

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Rice

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Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

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Taylor

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Rojas

Playoffs Hit Leaders

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Harris

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France

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Playoffs Run Leaders

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Acuña

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Rojas

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Chisholm

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Acuña

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2

Lee

1

Schlittler

1

Skubal

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14

King

12

Sale

11

Taylor

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

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Schlittler

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0.00

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12.00

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Taylor

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Playoffs Walk Leaders

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Suarez

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Warren

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Burke

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

85

King

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Albies

72.6

Rice

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61

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Harris

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Best Record ATS

96-69

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Worst Record ATS

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0