what pitcher had the most strikeouts in al in 2021

Robbie Ray struck out the most hitters in the AL in 2021, with 248 strikeouts.

	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	Robbie Ray R. Ray	248	2021	TOR	32	13	7	.650	32	2.84	0	0	0	193.1	150	61	62	33	52	4	0	0	773	5	11.54	2.42	4.77	1.54	32.1	6.7	1.04	.268	2.89	63	3.68	87	6.98	11.8
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	243	2021	NYY	30	16	8	.667	30	3.23	2	1	0	181.1	151	65	69	24	41	2	0	0	726	5	12.06	2.03	5.93	1.19	33.5	5.6	1.06	.305	3.42	76	2.91	67	7.49	28.1
3	Dylan Cease D. Cease	226	2021	CWS	32	13	7	.650	32	3.91	1	1	0	165.2	139	72	77	20	68	9	0	0	708	13	12.28	3.69	3.32	1.09	31.9	9.6	1.25	.309	4.18	90	3.40	76	7.55	18.9
4	Frankie Montas Jr. F. Montas Jr.	207	2021	OAK	32	13	9	.591	32	3.37	0	0	0	187.0	164	70	79	20	57	7	0	1	778	11	9.96	2.74	3.63	0.96	26.6	7.3	1.18	.296	3.80	82	3.37	81	7.89	16.5
5	José Berríos J. Berríos	204	2021	TOT	32	12	9	.571	32	3.52	1	0	0	192.0	159	75	83	22	45	15	0	0	781	3	9.56	2.11	4.53	1.03	26.1	5.8	1.06	.277	3.89	81	3.46	82	7.45	16.5
6	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	201	2021	CWS	31	11	9	.550	31	3.53	1	0	0	178.2	145	70	74	27	52	2	0	1	720	12	10.13	2.62	3.87	1.36	27.9	7.2	1.10	.269	3.73	81	3.78	85	7.30	13
7	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	195	2021	BOS	32	11	9	.550	32	3.75	0	0	0	182.1	182	76	81	15	35	7	0	2	764	6	9.63	1.73	5.57	0.74	25.5	4.6	1.19	.326	4.00	82	2.78	64	8.98	30.9
8	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	194	2021	OAK	32	11	10	.524	32	3.91	2	2	0	179.1	179	78	79	25	41	9	0	0	754	5	9.74	2.06	4.73	1.25	25.7	5.4	1.23	.318	3.96	95	3.65	88	8.98	10
9	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	185	2021	HOU	28	13	5	.722	28	3.16	0	0	0	162.1	122	57	59	13	76	10	0	0	684	7	10.26	4.21	2.43	0.72	27.0	11.1	1.22	.273	3.27	74	3.51	83	6.76	13
10	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	185	2021	CWS	24	13	5	.722	24	2.37	1	1	0	132.2	91	35	39	13	36	8	0	1	534	7	12.55	2.44	5.14	0.88	34.6	6.7	0.96	.267	2.65	54	2.64	59	6.17	25.8
11	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	185	2021	BOS	32	13	8	.619	31	4.74	0	0	0	157.2	172	83	87	19	47	2	0	0	675	0	10.56	2.68	3.94	1.08	27.4	7.0	1.39	.363	4.97	103	3.31	77	9.82	17.5
12	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	176	2021	CWS	28	11	6	.647	28	2.69	1	1	0	157.0	123	47	52	18	45	2	0	2	641	5	10.09	2.58	3.91	1.03	27.5	7.0	1.07	.263	2.98	62	3.31	74	7.05	19.4
13	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	175	2021	BOS	31	9	8	.529	30	4.53	0	0	1	155.0	137	78	80	24	65	5	1	2	661	9	10.16	3.77	2.69	1.39	26.5	9.8	1.30	.288	4.65	99	4.27	99	7.95	0.9
14	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	167	2021	HOU	30	11	8	.579	28	3.48	0	0	0	155.1	133	60	62	19	50	3	1	1	633	9	9.68	2.90	3.34	1.10	26.4	7.9	1.18	.289	3.59	81	3.63	86	7.71	10.5
15	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	164	2021	DET	31	8	12	.400	29	4.34	0	0	0	149.1	141	72	76	35	47	6	1	0	634	4	9.88	2.83	3.49	2.11	25.9	7.4	1.26	.277	4.58	100	5.08	120	8.50	-14.2
16	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	163	2021	SEA	29	7	9	.438	29	4.41	0	0	0	157.0	145	77	82	27	62	5	0	0	666	6	9.34	3.55	2.63	1.55	24.5	9.3	1.32	.289	4.70	106	4.60	111	8.31	-8.4
17	Jordan Montgomery J. Montgomery	162	2021	NYY	30	6	7	.462	30	3.83	0	0	0	157.1	150	67	73	19	51	2	0	0	661	12	9.27	2.92	3.18	1.09	24.5	7.7	1.28	.307	4.18	91	3.68	85	8.58	11.1
18	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	159	2021	OAK	27	12	4	.750	27	3.15	1	1	0	157.1	127	55	55	15	39	11	0	1	637	5	9.10	2.23	4.08	0.86	25.0	6.1	1.06	.271	3.15	77	3.33	80	7.26	14.5
19	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	156	2021	LAA	23	9	2	.818	23	3.18	0	0	0	130.1	98	46	48	15	44	10	0	2	533	10	10.77	3.04	3.55	1.04	29.3	8.3	1.09	.269	3.31	72	3.51	80	6.77	12.2
20	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	150	2021	TOT	30	8	9	.471	23	5.83	0	0	0	129.2	130	84	85	29	41	6	2	0	558	4	10.41	2.85	3.66	2.01	26.9	7.3	1.32	.304	5.90	134	4.84	111	9.02	-7
21	Mike Minor M. Minor	149	2021	KCR	28	8	12	.400	28	5.05	0	0	0	158.2	156	89	92	26	41	5	0	0	669	4	8.45	2.33	3.63	1.47	22.3	6.1	1.24	.290	5.22	112	4.28	101	8.85	-1
22	Jordan Lyles J. Lyles	146	2021	TEX	32	10	13	.435	30	5.15	0	0	0	180.0	194	103	104	38	56	7	1	0	769	9	7.30	2.80	2.61	1.90	19.0	7.3	1.39	.299	5.20	117	5.33	121	9.70	-17.8
23	Steven Matz S. Matz	144	2021	TOR	29	14	7	.667	29	3.82	0	0	0	150.2	158	64	70	18	43	6	0	0	647	5	8.60	2.57	3.35	1.08	22.3	6.6	1.33	.321	4.18	85	3.78	89	9.44	7.6
24	Hyun Jin Ryu H. Jin Ryu	143	2021	TOR	31	14	10	.583	31	4.37	1	1	0	169.0	170	82	85	24	37	2	0	0	701	2	7.62	1.97	3.86	1.28	20.4	5.3	1.22	.295	4.53	97	4.01	95	9.05	4.2
25	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	141	2021	TBR	25	10	6	.625	25	3.43	0	0	0	123.1	120	47	49	14	37	2	0	0	517	9	10.29	2.70	3.81	1.02	27.3	7.2	1.27	.328	3.58	84	3.30	80	8.76	11.3