which astros pitcher has the most strikeouts in a season since 2002

Since 2002, Gerrit Cole has struck out the most hitters for the Astros in a season, with 326 strikeouts in 2019.

	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	326	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.800	33	2.50	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	55	2.63	58	6.02	45
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	300	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	5.53	31.5
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	290	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	62	2.78	67	6.56	33
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	276	2018	HOU	32	15	5	.750	32	2.88	1	1	0	200.1	143	64	68	19	64	7	0	0	799	9	12.40	2.88	4.31	0.85	34.5	8.0	1.03	.286	3.05	70	2.70	65	6.42	32.7
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	218	2004	HOU	33	18	4	.818	33	2.98	0	0	0	214.1	169	71	76	15	79	6	0	5	878	5	9.15	3.32	2.76	0.63	24.8	9.0	1.16	.275	3.19	69	3.11	70	7.10	31.7
6	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	216	2015	HOU	33	20	8	.714	33	2.48	3	2	0	232.0	185	64	68	17	51	2	0	0	911	9	8.38	1.98	4.24	0.66	23.7	5.6	1.02	.269	2.64	64	2.90	73	7.18	28.3
7	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	208	2002	HOU	35	19	9	.679	34	3.01	0	0	0	233.0	215	78	86	17	62	5	0	4	956	3	8.03	2.39	3.35	0.66	21.8	6.5	1.19	.298	3.32	71	2.98	70	8.30	32.2
8	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	206	2004	HOU	36	20	10	.667	35	3.49	2	2	0	237.0	233	92	100	17	62	11	0	5	983	5	7.82	2.35	3.32	0.65	21.0	6.3	1.24	.314	3.80	80	3.16	71	8.85	33.6
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	201	2018	HOU	30	15	3	.833	30	3.13	0	0	0	167.0	130	58	63	18	64	16	0	0	695	4	10.83	3.45	3.14	0.97	28.9	9.2	1.16	.283	3.40	76	3.59	87	7.01	10.4
10	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	200	2023	HOU	31	12	11	.522	31	3.45	2	2	0	198.0	166	76	86	19	57	10	0	0	808	6	9.09	2.59	3.51	0.86	24.8	7.1	1.13	.282	3.91	82	3.49	82	7.55	16.5
11	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	194	2022	HOU	31	17	6	.739	31	2.82	3	1	0	201.1	166	63	71	11	67	11	0	0	827	11	8.67	3.00	2.90	0.49	23.5	8.1	1.16	.285	3.17	73	3.05	78	7.42	19.1
12	Cristian Javier C. Javier	194	2022	HOU	30	11	9	.550	25	2.54	0	0	0	148.2	89	42	44	17	52	6	0	0	585	5	11.74	3.15	3.73	1.03	33.2	8.9	0.95	.228	2.66	66	3.15	81	5.39	12.4
13	Wandy Rodriguez W. Rodriguez	193	2009	HOU	33	14	12	.538	33	3.02	1	1	0	205.2	192	69	77	21	63	5	0	5	849	2	8.45	2.76	3.06	0.92	22.7	7.4	1.24	.302	3.37	74	3.53	83	8.40	16.8
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	185	2022	HOU	28	18	4	.818	28	1.75	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	46	2.48	64	5.97	27.7
15	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
16	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	185	2005	HOU	32	13	8	.619	32	1.87	1	0	0	211.1	151	44	51	11	62	3	0	5	838	3	7.88	2.64	2.98	0.47	22.1	7.4	1.01	.243	2.17	44	2.86	67	6.43	33.4
17	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	184	2005	HOU	35	20	12	.625	35	2.94	4	1	0	241.2	243	79	85	18	48	8	0	3	1,002	5	6.85	1.79	3.83	0.67	18.4	4.8	1.20	.302	3.17	70	3.15	73	9.05	30.4
18	Brett Myers B. Myers	180	2010	HOU	33	14	8	.636	33	3.14	2	0	0	223.2	212	78	88	20	66	3	0	3	936	2	7.24	2.66	2.73	0.80	19.2	7.1	1.24	.288	3.54	79	3.55	88	8.53	11.9
19	Hunter Brown H. Brown	179	2024	HOU	31	11	9	.550	30	3.49	0	0	0	170.0	156	66	71	18	60	5	0	0	712	4	9.48	3.18	2.98	0.95	25.1	8.4	1.27	.307	3.76	88	3.58	88	8.26	8.9
20	Hunter Brown H. Brown	178	2023	HOU	31	11	13	.458	29	5.09	0	0	0	155.2	157	88	94	26	55	9	1	0	665	4	10.29	3.18	3.24	1.50	26.8	8.3	1.36	.330	5.43	120	4.37	103	9.08	-2.3
21	Wandy Rodriguez W. Rodriguez	178	2010	HOU	32	11	12	.478	32	3.60	0	0	0	195.0	183	78	95	16	68	9	0	3	822	8	8.22	3.14	2.62	0.74	21.7	8.3	1.29	.303	4.38	91	3.50	87	8.45	11.5
22	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	178	2006	HOU	36	14	13	.519	35	4.20	2	1	0	214.1	238	100	114	27	70	2	1	9	929	2	7.47	2.94	2.54	1.13	19.2	7.5	1.44	.324	4.79	95	4.12	90	9.99	10.6
23	Collin McHugh C. McHugh	177	2016	HOU	33	13	10	.565	33	4.34	1	0	0	184.2	206	89	92	25	54	5	0	1	796	9	8.63	2.63	3.28	1.22	22.2	6.8	1.41	.338	4.48	108	3.94	94	10.04	5.3
24	Bud Norris B. Norris	176	2011	HOU	31	6	11	.353	31	3.77	0	0	0	186.0	177	78	93	24	70	5	0	7	795	3	8.52	3.39	2.51	1.16	22.1	8.8	1.33	.294	4.50	100	4.01	103	8.56	-2.6
25	Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	171	2024	HOU	29	7	13	.350	28	4.53	0	0	0	145.0	139	73	80	21	65	7	0	0	632	3	10.61	4.03	2.63	1.30	27.1	10.3	1.41	.321	4.97	114	4.17	103	8.63	-2.1