what pitcher in 2023 throws most first strikes

Spencer Strider had the most strikes in 2023, with 1,154 strikes.

NAME STRIKE SEASON TM G SO H HR BB HBP IBB K/BB
1 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
1,154
2023
ATL ATL
32
281
146
22
58
9
1
4.84
2 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
1,141
2023
SEA SEA
33
219
160
28
56
5
0
3.91
3 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
1,130
2023
NYY NYY
33
221
157
20
48
7
1
4.60
4 Logan Webb
L. Webb
1,116
2023
SFG SFG
33
194
201
20
31
5
0
6.26
5 Zac Gallen
Z. Gallen
1,110
2023
ARI ARI
34
218
188
22
47
5
0
4.64
6 Miles Mikolas
M. Mikolas
1,103
2023
STL STL
35
137
225
26
39
8
0
3.51
7 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
1,103
2023
PHI PHI
32
199
178
32
45
1
0
4.42
8 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
1,099
2023
CWS CWS
33
214
172
19
79
9
3
2.71
9 Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
1,091
2023
TOT
33
203
169
41
73
9
4
2.78
10 Mitch Keller
M. Keller
1,088
2023
PIT PIT
32
210
187
25
55
12
0
3.82
11 Chris Bassitt
C. Bassitt
1,085
2023
TOR TOR
33
185
176
28
59
12
3
3.14
12 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,083
2023
PHI PHI
32
211
168
20
39
9
0
5.41
13 Pablo López
P. López
1,078
2023
MIN MIN
32
233
176
24
48
9
1
4.85
14 Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
1,075
2023
MIL MIL
32
200
141
22
66
8
0
3.03
15 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,069
2023
TOR TOR
31
237
163
19
55
3
0
4.31
16 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
1,060
2023
TOT
32
190
189
44
67
9
1
2.84
17 Blake Snell
B. Snell
1,050
2023
SDP SDP
32
234
115
15
99
3
0
2.36
18 Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
1,044
2023
MIA MIA
32
208
161
22
55
6
1
3.78
19 George Kirby
G. Kirby
1,028
2023
SEA SEA
31
172
179
22
19
6
1
9.05
20 Logan Gilbert
L. Gilbert
1,020
2023
SEA SEA
32
189
169
29
36
2
1
5.25
21 José Berríos
J. Berríos
1,013
2023
TOR TOR
32
184
173
25
52
9
4
3.54
22 Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
1,009
2023
BAL BAL
33
157
198
23
55
6
0
2.85
23 Dean Kremer
D. Kremer
996
2023
BAL BAL
32
157
171
27
55
5
0
2.85
24 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
996
2023
HOU HOU
31
200
166
19
57
10
0
3.51
25 Jordan Montgomery
J. Montgomery
991
2023
TOT
32
166
177
18
48
4
0
3.46
StatMuse has event-level data for strikes going back to the 1974 season.
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