redsox pitcher with most strikeouts since 2004

Since 2004, Jon Lester has struck out the most batters for the Red Sox, with 1,386 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	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,386	242	110	63	.636	241	3.64	10	3	0	1519.1	1,426	615	655	138	529	55	0	4	6,378	38	8.21	3.13	2.62	0.82	21.7	8.3	1.29	.302	3.88	84	3.60	88	8.45	81.9
2	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,108	194	89	58	.605	194	4.17	7	3	0	1240.0	1,179	574	604	153	338	53	0	9	5,190	35	8.04	2.45	3.28	1.11	21.3	6.5	1.22	.290	4.38	93	3.87	92	8.56	46.7
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	945	115	46	30	.605	115	3.27	2	1	0	670.2	527	244	266	80	156	48	0	1	2,713	12	12.68	2.09	6.06	1.07	34.8	5.8	1.02	.301	3.57	71	2.82	65	7.07	113.5
4	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	899	206	81	61	.570	188	3.96	9	6	0	1167.2	1,104	514	565	116	417	45	7	9	4,920	28	6.93	3.21	2.16	0.89	18.3	8.5	1.30	.287	4.35	93	4.04	100	8.51	-0.4
5	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	892	159	64	39	.621	153	4.16	0	0	0	856.2	831	396	410	107	294	25	1	6	3,649	9	9.37	3.09	3.03	1.12	24.4	8.1	1.31	.311	4.31	92	3.82	89	8.73	44
6	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	852	159	73	55	.570	159	4.43	6	0	0	964.0	1,000	475	524	144	211	51	0	3	4,088	28	7.95	1.97	4.04	1.34	20.8	5.2	1.26	.302	4.89	99	4.14	98	9.34	10
7	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	833	235	84	79	.515	210	4.66	8	0	0	1348.0	1,340	698	776	186	439	77	16	12	5,797	75	5.56	2.93	1.90	1.24	14.4	7.6	1.32	.271	5.18	103	4.79	113	8.95	-86
8	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	718	131	37	41	.474	107	4.29	1	0	2	633.0	558	302	312	103	229	17	4	4	2,658	28	10.21	3.26	3.14	1.46	27.0	8.6	1.24	.286	4.44	99	4.18	100	7.93	-0.3
9	David Price D. Price	609	103	46	24	.657	98	3.84	3	0	0	588.0	552	251	268	78	156	24	1	1	2,448	10	9.32	2.39	3.90	1.19	24.9	6.4	1.20	.300	4.10	85	3.73	87	8.45	35.6
10	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	609	117	50	37	.575	116	4.52	1	0	0	668.1	627	336	347	75	321	34	1	4	2,919	25	8.20	4.32	1.90	1.01	20.9	11.0	1.42	.294	4.67	101	4.36	104	8.44	-13.1
11	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	574	119	53	29	.646	98	3.95	4	1	9	675.0	712	296	301	84	108	13	21	2	2,795	5	7.65	1.44	5.31	1.12	20.5	3.9	1.21	.312	4.01	85	3.56	82	9.49	60.3
12	Brayan Bello B. Bello	556	126	45	43	.511	108	4.13	2	0	1	659.2	667	303	327	72	231	39	4	3	2,841	16	7.59	3.15	2.41	0.98	19.6	8.1	1.36	.306	4.46	97	4.12	99	9.10	3.4
13	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	556	429	32	30	.516	2	4.07	0	0	47	431.2	379	195	209	50	200	17	134	8	1,862	43	11.59	4.17	2.78	1.04	29.9	10.7	1.34	.317	4.36	91	3.59	85	7.90	31.2
14	John Lackey J. Lackey	541	111	47	43	.522	111	4.46	3	0	0	701.2	752	348	373	79	200	34	0	3	3,023	21	6.94	2.57	2.71	1.01	17.9	6.6	1.36	.310	4.78	106	3.98	101	9.65	-3.5
15	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	509	396	23	19	.548	3	2.33	0	0	219	429.1	322	111	126	31	115	17	334	10	1,729	10	10.67	2.41	4.43	0.65	29.4	6.7	1.02	.275	2.64	52	2.59	61	6.75	79.2
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	468	96	26	18	.591	84	4.05	2	1	0	461.2	477	208	230	63	109	17	2	2	1,956	19	9.12	2.12	4.29	1.23	23.9	5.6	1.27	.319	4.48	90	3.72	87	9.30	27.6
17	Tanner Houck T. Houck	450	114	24	33	.421	81	4.00	1	1	9	477.1	433	212	236	45	158	40	16	5	2,017	12	8.48	2.98	2.85	0.85	22.3	7.8	1.24	.293	4.45	93	3.76	90	8.16	22.4
18	Garrett Whitlock G. Whitlock	402	219	32	16	.667	23	2.93	0	0	14	366.0	317	119	135	35	85	13	44	4	1,479	12	9.89	2.09	4.73	0.86	27.2	5.7	1.10	.299	3.32	67	3.00	72	7.80	47.9
19	Kutter Crawford K. Crawford	389	86	18	31	.367	69	4.56	0	0	0	392.1	348	199	210	64	118	16	8	1	1,633	12	8.92	2.71	3.30	1.47	23.8	7.2	1.19	.272	4.82	107	4.34	105	7.98	-8.5
20	Felix Doubront F. Doubront	378	98	26	22	.542	69	4.82	0	0	3	418.0	431	224	247	51	186	13	8	0	1,851	20	8.14	4.00	2.03	1.10	20.4	10.0	1.48	.311	5.32	115	4.28	109	9.28	-16.1
21	Joe Kelly J. Kelly	319	182	26	11	.703	41	4.33	0	0	2	359.1	335	173	181	32	164	18	29	1	1,557	17	7.99	4.11	1.95	0.80	20.5	10.5	1.39	.296	4.53	102	4.04	100	8.39	0.3
22	Brandon Workman B. Workman	317	214	25	16	.610	18	3.83	0	0	20	308.0	264	131	144	32	141	4	62	9	1,297	8	9.26	4.12	2.25	0.94	24.4	10.9	1.31	.289	4.21	89	3.85	94	7.71	9.8
23	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	311	72	22	17	.564	56	4.24	0	0	0	316.1	323	149	157	45	137	8	6	2	1,376	13	8.85	3.90	2.27	1.28	22.6	10.0	1.45	.318	4.47	94	4.41	103	9.19	-4.8
24	Junichi Tazawa J. Tazawa	308	302	17	20	.459	4	3.58	0	0	4	312.0	323	124	131	34	71	8	56	4	1,315	21	8.88	2.05	4.34	0.98	23.4	5.4	1.26	.323	3.78	84	3.30	83	9.32	23.6
25	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	305	187	12	7	.632	0	2.44	0	0	108	184.1	92	50	52	17	75	10	155	0	721	18	14.89	3.66	4.07	0.83	42.3	10.4	0.91	.239	2.54	55	2.42	57	4.49	37.7

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	98	64	.605
Yankees	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	BOS	@	SEA	4:00 AM
Fri 3/26	BOS	@	SEA	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	BOS	@	SEA	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	BOS	@	SEA	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	BOS	@	HOU	4:00 AM

Last Game

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0 - 2

Final

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2 - 0

Wed 30 Sep 2026

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Crow-Armstrong

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Schwarber

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Alonso

RBI Leaders

116

Burleson

113

Alonso

112

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Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

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Moreno

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Arraez

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185

Arraez

181

Tatis

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Crow-Armstrong

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Arozarena

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Vargas

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Bauers

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

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Nuñez

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Simpson

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Gray

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252

Misiorowski

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Williams

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Schlittler

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1.95

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0.87

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12.98

Misiorowski

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Cease

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K/BB Leaders

6.45

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5.73

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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2,289.3

Ohtani

2,096

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Crow-Armstrong

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88-74

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Worst Record ATS

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MLB 2026 Standings

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

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Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	3-6
Wed 9/16	SFG	@	STL	6-5
Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	4-5
Wed 9/16	DET	@	TOR	1-5

Schedule

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Thu 3/25	BAL	@	TBR	4:00 AM
Thu 3/25	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Thu 3/25	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
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