who had the most pitching strikeouts for the cardinals in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Matt Morris struck out the most hitters for the Cardinals, with 758 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	Matt Morris M. Morris	758	187	82	48	.631	156	3.81	13	7	4	1046.2	1,059	443	487	109	267	39	12	14	4,396	15	6.52	2.30	2.84	0.94	17.2	6.1	1.27	.295	4.19	91	3.80	89	9.11	54.6
2	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	703	126	68	24	.739	125	2.91	16	8	0	859.1	748	278	297	70	175	29	0	6	3,437	13	7.36	1.83	4.02	0.73	20.5	5.1	1.07	.276	3.11	69	3.21	75	7.83	101.6
3	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	511	149	46	24	.657	86	3.17	3	0	3	644.0	616	227	248	49	193	19	11	8	2,714	19	7.14	2.70	2.65	0.68	18.8	7.1	1.26	.292	3.47	76	3.53	83	8.61	52.5
4	Darryl Kile D. Kile	421	82	41	24	.631	82	3.54	7	2	0	544.1	525	214	228	64	151	32	0	5	2,280	14	6.96	2.50	2.79	1.06	18.5	6.6	1.24	.286	3.77	81	4.05	90	8.68	28.3
5	Woody Williams W. Williams	412	93	45	22	.672	92	3.53	4	1	0	588.2	551	231	246	57	157	27	1	8	2,463	18	6.30	2.40	2.62	0.87	16.7	6.4	1.20	.273	3.76	84	3.82	90	8.42	29.3
6	Jason Isringhausen J. Isringhausen	373	401	17	20	.459	0	2.98	0	0	217	408.0	312	135	151	30	174	14	332	17	1,708	16	8.23	3.84	2.14	0.66	21.8	10.2	1.19	.252	3.33	71	3.58	83	6.88	31.6
7	Jason Marquis J. Marquis	334	98	42	37	.532	97	4.60	3	1	0	602.2	642	308	336	90	214	31	0	5	2,612	18	4.99	3.20	1.56	1.34	12.8	8.2	1.42	.284	5.02	108	5.11	119	9.59	-56.2
8	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	328	95	44	26	.629	95	3.95	0	0	0	572.1	605	251	291	70	197	23	0	8	2,482	18	5.16	3.10	1.66	1.10	13.2	7.9	1.40	.287	4.58	93	4.66	108	9.51	-23.7
9	Andy Benes A. Benes	279	75	24	20	.545	63	5.05	2	0	0	370.1	376	208	226	70	180	12	4	3	1,636	2	6.78	4.37	1.55	1.70	17.1	11.0	1.50	.279	5.49	116	5.56	124	9.14	-43.6
10	Todd Wellemeyer T. Wellemeyer	263	80	23	21	.523	64	4.31	0	0	0	377.2	390	181	203	51	148	12	6	3	1,637	11	6.27	3.53	1.78	1.22	16.1	9.0	1.42	.291	4.84	104	4.76	113	9.29	-24
11	Garrett Stephenson G. Stephenson	248	76	25	27	.481	68	4.63	4	2	0	419.2	424	216	226	65	148	25	3	3	1,810	9	5.32	3.17	1.68	1.39	13.7	8.2	1.36	.271	4.85	107	5.13	115	9.09	-30.2
12	Braden Looper B. Looper	236	133	33	29	.532	63	4.37	1	1	0	447.1	475	217	231	50	116	17	28	8	1,896	3	4.75	2.33	2.03	1.01	12.4	6.1	1.32	.288	4.65	103	4.46	103	9.56	-6.9
13	Rick Ankiel R. Ankiel	230	42	13	9	.591	36	4.00	0	0	0	209.0	172	93	107	30	116	11	0	2	902	18	9.90	5.00	1.98	1.29	25.5	12.9	1.38	.276	4.61	89	4.60	98	7.41	2.9
14	Joel Pineiro J. Pineiro	226	69	28	23	.549	68	4.14	3	2	1	426.1	467	196	212	44	74	11	1	1	1,772	5	4.77	1.56	3.05	0.93	12.8	4.2	1.27	.299	4.48	100	4.00	95	9.86	8.9
15	Kyle Lohse K. Lohse	196	56	21	16	.568	55	4.14	1	1	0	317.2	336	146	157	34	85	6	0	5	1,351	8	5.55	2.41	2.31	0.96	14.5	6.3	1.33	.293	4.45	100	4.13	99	9.52	1.6
16	Dave Veres D. Veres	196	213	11	15	.423	0	3.33	0	0	48	224.0	189	83	89	30	92	10	131	7	935	16	7.88	3.70	2.13	1.21	21.0	9.8	1.25	.262	3.58	78	4.39	100	7.59	0.5
17	Brad Thompson B. Thompson	180	185	21	17	.553	32	4.36	0	0	1	385.2	418	187	204	45	117	32	61	10	1,668	12	4.20	2.73	1.54	1.05	10.8	7.0	1.39	.288	4.76	104	4.88	114	9.75	-26.7
18	Anthony Reyes A. Reyes	168	53	10	24	.294	38	5.38	2	0	1	220.2	214	132	137	37	84	16	7	1	956	5	6.85	3.43	2.00	1.51	17.6	8.8	1.35	.272	5.59	125	5.19	118	8.73	-20.3
19	Mark Mulder M. Mulder	166	55	22	18	.550	53	5.04	3	2	0	311.0	362	174	186	42	114	16	1	2	1,369	13	4.80	3.30	1.46	1.22	12.1	8.3	1.53	.310	5.38	119	5.00	117	10.48	-26.6
20	Steve Kline S. Kline	161	300	12	11	.522	0	2.69	0	0	21	247.1	200	74	80	14	97	12	87	18	1,020	5	5.86	3.53	1.66	0.51	15.8	9.5	1.20	.253	2.91	65	3.77	88	7.28	13.7
21	Randy Flores R. Flores	154	237	9	2	.818	1	4.35	0	0	3	178.0	204	86	101	14	73	11	33	7	811	7	7.79	3.69	2.11	0.71	19.0	9.0	1.56	.340	5.11	102	3.83	89	10.31	9.6
22	Cal Eldred C. Eldred	150	145	12	6	.667	1	3.41	0	0	9	171.1	168	65	72	23	66	7	43	8	735	7	7.88	3.47	2.27	1.21	20.4	9.0	1.37	.297	3.78	81	4.30	101	8.82	-1
23	Jason Simontacchi J. Simontacchi	149	83	20	10	.667	40	4.77	1	0	1	285.0	304	151	160	44	102	12	13	4	1,230	5	4.71	3.22	1.46	1.39	12.1	8.3	1.42	.282	5.05	116	5.15	123	9.60	-31.6
24	Ryan Franklin R. Franklin	139	205	14	13	.519	0	2.91	0	0	56	219.2	205	71	75	20	65	7	101	7	913	6	5.69	2.66	2.14	0.82	15.2	7.1	1.23	.271	3.07	69	4.05	95	8.40	4.9
25	Dustin Hermanson D. Hermanson	135	56	15	15	.500	33	4.58	0	0	1	222.0	230	113	124	38	87	9	10	5	959	7	5.47	3.53	1.55	1.54	14.1	9.1	1.43	.278	5.03	108	5.35	122	9.32	-24

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