what left handed pitcher has the most strikeouts

MacKenzie Gore and Garrett Crochet are tied for fanning the most hitters by a left-hander this season, with 101 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

What left handed pitcher has the most strikeouts this regular season?

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	101	2025	WSH	12	2	5	.286	12	3.16	0	0	0	68.1	61	24	24	8	21	2	0	0	279	3	13.30	2.77	4.81	1.05	36.2	7.5	1.20	.361	3.16	78	2.64	66	8.03	10.2
2	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	101	2025	BOS	13	5	4	.556	13	1.98	0	0	0	82.0	61	18	21	7	26	0	0	0	327	0	11.09	2.85	3.88	0.77	30.9	8.0	1.06	.280	2.30	47	2.67	65	6.70	13
3	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	99	2025	DET	12	5	2	.714	12	2.26	1	1	0	75.2	53	19	19	6	7	3	0	0	285	1	11.78	0.83	14.14	0.71	34.7	2.5	0.79	.276	2.26	58	1.88	47	6.30	18.2
4	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	90	2025	NYY	12	7	3	.700	12	2.60	0	0	0	72.2	42	21	23	8	26	0	0	0	284	2	11.15	3.22	3.46	0.99	31.7	9.2	0.94	.213	2.85	66	3.10	74	5.20	8.6
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	86	2025	ATL	12	3	3	.500	12	3.06	0	0	0	67.2	65	23	25	7	19	6	0	0	286	2	11.44	2.53	4.53	0.93	30.1	6.6	1.24	.345	3.33	74	2.98	77	8.65	6.8
6	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	81	2025	PHI	12	5	1	.833	12	3.58	0	0	0	70.1	72	28	31	5	22	1	0	0	296	1	10.36	2.82	3.68	0.64	27.4	7.4	1.34	.358	3.97	88	2.67	66	9.21	10.5
7	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	79	2025	KCR	12	5	3	.625	12	1.43	0	0	0	75.1	53	12	14	3	22	2	0	1	294	1	9.44	2.63	3.59	0.36	26.9	7.5	1.00	.266	1.67	35	2.44	60	6.33	13.5
8	Robbie Ray R. Ray	78	2025	SFG	12	7	1	.875	12	2.43	0	0	0	70.1	48	19	19	5	30	0	0	0	281	3	9.98	3.84	2.60	0.64	27.8	10.7	1.11	.256	2.43	61	3.05	80	6.14	6
9	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	73	2025	HOU	12	5	4	.556	12	3.12	2	0	0	78.0	59	27	27	6	24	3	0	0	307	3	8.42	2.77	3.04	0.69	23.8	7.8	1.06	.264	3.12	80	3.24	80	6.81	6.9
10	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	72	2025	KCR	9	2	3	.400	9	4.53	0	0	0	45.2	42	23	24	4	13	1	0	0	191	3	14.19	2.56	5.54	0.79	37.7	6.8	1.20	.376	4.73	109	1.97	49	8.28	10.6
11	Max Fried M. Fried	70	2025	NYY	12	7	1	.875	12	1.92	0	0	0	75.0	57	16	21	5	16	4	0	0	299	4	8.40	1.92	4.38	0.60	23.4	5.4	0.97	.255	2.52	49	2.87	69	6.84	10.7
12	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	70	2025	PHI	11	4	1	.800	11	3.32	0	0	0	59.2	56	22	23	6	22	4	0	0	254	4	10.56	3.32	3.18	0.91	27.6	8.7	1.31	.329	3.47	81	3.34	83	8.45	4.6
13	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	64	2025	CHC	11	5	2	.714	11	3.08	0	0	0	61.1	62	21	25	7	15	5	0	0	257	1	9.39	2.20	4.27	1.03	24.9	5.8	1.26	.331	3.67	78	3.44	89	9.10	3
14	Nick Lodolo N. Lodolo	60	2025	CIN	12	4	4	.500	12	3.10	0	0	0	69.2	63	24	26	7	14	8	0	0	290	2	7.75	1.81	4.29	0.90	20.7	4.8	1.11	.279	3.36	72	3.60	86	8.14	4.5
15	David Peterson D. Peterson	59	2025	NYM	11	4	2	.667	11	2.69	0	0	0	63.2	57	19	22	4	23	4	0	1	271	2	8.34	3.25	2.57	0.57	21.8	8.5	1.26	.293	3.11	69	3.30	84	8.06	4.4
16	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	58	2025	LAA	12	1	5	.167	12	3.06	0	0	0	64.2	63	22	25	7	35	1	0	3	284	3	8.07	4.87	1.66	0.97	20.4	12.3	1.52	.306	3.48	76	4.35	104	8.77	-1.1
17	Matthew Liberatore M. Liberatore	56	2025	STL	11	3	4	.429	11	3.08	0	0	0	64.1	59	22	24	4	9	2	0	0	260	2	7.83	1.26	6.22	0.56	21.5	3.5	1.06	.291	3.36	77	2.65	68	8.25	8.9
18	Andrew Abbott A. Abbott	53	2025	CIN	9	5	0	1.000	9	1.51	0	0	0	47.2	31	8	9	4	18	1	0	0	188	3	10.01	3.40	2.94	0.76	28.2	9.6	1.03	.241	1.70	35	3.13	75	5.85	5.4
19	Cade Povich C. Povich	53	2025	BAL	10	1	4	.200	10	5.29	0	0	0	51.0	58	30	33	9	20	0	0	1	226	4	9.35	3.53	2.65	1.59	23.5	8.8	1.53	.340	5.82	137	4.46	112	10.24	-2.8
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	52	2025	AZ	9	1	3	.250	9	7.05	0	0	0	44.2	58	35	41	8	18	0	0	0	211	2	10.48	3.63	2.89	1.61	24.6	8.5	1.70	.376	8.26	171	4.28	111	11.69	-2.3
21	Jeffrey Springs J. Springs	49	2025	ATH	12	5	4	.556	12	4.72	0	0	0	61.0	55	32	39	10	29	0	0	0	268	0	7.23	4.28	1.69	1.48	18.3	10.8	1.38	.250	5.75	120	5.02	124	8.11	-6.5
22	Kyle Freeland K. Freeland	48	2025	COL	12	0	8	.000	12	5.72	0	0	0	61.1	87	39	49	7	13	1	0	1	280	1	7.04	1.91	3.69	1.03	17.1	4.6	1.63	.379	7.19	124	3.67	88	12.77	3.3
23	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	47	2025	PIT	12	3	4	.429	12	3.39	0	0	0	66.1	55	25	25	8	24	3	0	0	276	1	6.38	3.26	1.96	1.09	17.0	8.7	1.19	.242	3.39	82	4.44	112	7.46	-3.5
24	Tyler Anderson T. Anderson	46	2025	LAA	11	2	2	.500	11	3.39	0	0	0	61.0	50	23	27	11	24	2	0	3	260	3	6.79	3.54	1.92	1.62	17.7	9.2	1.21	.220	3.98	84	5.18	124	7.38	-6.5
25	JP Sears	46	2025	ATH	12	4	5	.444	12	5.05	0	0	0	62.1	69	35	35	13	11	4	0	0	268	0	6.64	1.59	4.18	1.88	17.2	4.1	1.28	.289	5.05	128	5.03	124	9.96	-6.7