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

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Zack Greinke fanned the most hitters for the Royals, with 750 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	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	750	177	50	53	.485	136	3.73	9	3	1	888.0	902	368	395	94	225	32	8	11	3,729	21	7.60	2.28	3.33	0.95	20.1	6.0	1.27	.307	4.00	82	3.65	83	9.14	72.9
2	Gil Meche G. Meche	434	91	29	34	.460	91	4.12	2	1	0	555.1	566	254	277	58	193	6	0	4	2,373	15	7.03	3.13	2.25	0.94	18.3	8.1	1.37	.302	4.49	91	4.03	93	9.17	19.3
3	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	357	102	29	39	.426	100	4.87	7	2	0	643.1	696	348	375	94	226	26	0	9	2,806	23	4.99	3.16	1.58	1.32	12.7	8.1	1.43	.286	5.25	99	5.01	107	9.74	-22.2
4	Darrell May D. May	330	96	23	37	.383	84	4.81	7	3	0	527.1	575	282	311	97	158	5	4	8	2,279	9	5.63	2.70	2.09	1.66	14.5	6.9	1.39	.283	5.31	101	5.08	111	9.81	-29.4
5	Brian Bannister B. Bannister	288	85	28	37	.431	85	4.83	2	0	0	501.2	532	269	297	59	152	17	0	6	2,162	23	5.17	2.73	1.89	1.06	13.3	7.0	1.36	.287	5.33	107	4.54	105	9.54	-11.4
6	Jeremy Affeldt J. Affeldt	281	184	17	22	.436	42	4.77	0	0	17	399.2	429	212	234	38	178	12	51	9	1,782	18	6.33	4.01	1.58	0.86	15.8	10.0	1.52	.307	5.27	102	4.29	95	9.66	9.4
7	Jimmy Gobble J. Gobble	275	235	22	23	.489	43	5.23	1	0	4	423.2	467	246	265	64	163	13	50	12	1,879	23	5.84	3.46	1.69	1.36	14.6	8.7	1.49	.295	5.63	112	5.00	111	9.92	-23.7
8	Blake Stein B. Stein	233	80	15	17	.469	34	5.24	1	0	2	285.1	269	166	171	45	163	9	12	4	1,259	18	7.35	5.14	1.43	1.42	18.5	12.9	1.51	.277	5.39	107	5.28	112	8.48	-17.6
9	Runelvys Hernandez R. Hernandez	231	78	25	33	.431	78	5.38	1	1	0	435.1	483	260	275	57	177	20	0	0	1,927	11	4.78	3.66	1.31	1.18	12.0	9.2	1.52	.295	5.69	117	5.03	114	9.99	-29.2
10	Joakim Soria J. Soria	210	172	7	8	.467	0	2.09	0	0	89	189.1	129	44	47	13	54	9	136	5	752	6	9.98	2.57	3.89	0.62	27.9	7.2	0.97	.249	2.23	46	2.82	65	6.13	32.2
11	Dan Reichert D. Reichert	207	101	19	23	.452	43	5.15	1	1	2	342.1	365	196	223	39	183	19	18	5	1,534	33	5.44	4.81	1.13	1.03	13.5	11.9	1.60	.300	5.86	104	5.10	108	9.60	-13.4
12	Kyle Davies K. Davies	197	54	20	23	.465	54	5.03	1	0	0	286.0	306	160	174	38	135	9	0	2	1,264	25	6.20	4.25	1.46	1.20	15.6	10.7	1.54	.303	5.48	112	4.99	115	9.63	-21.1
13	Jason Grimsley J. Grimsley	196	251	10	21	.323	0	3.94	0	0	1	253.1	247	111	122	19	116	9	59	21	1,101	20	6.96	4.12	1.69	0.68	17.8	10.5	1.43	.300	4.33	83	3.92	86	8.78	17.3
14	Mac Suzuki M. Suzuki	187	54	10	17	.370	39	4.91	1	1	0	265.2	280	145	159	40	136	6	4	9	1,190	23	6.34	4.61	1.38	1.36	15.7	11.4	1.57	.292	5.39	98	5.25	109	9.49	-11.2
15	Luke Hochevar L. Hochevar	183	51	13	26	.333	48	5.88	2	1	0	284.2	321	186	197	36	97	16	1	1	1,251	17	5.79	3.07	1.89	1.14	14.6	7.8	1.47	.310	6.23	132	4.66	108	10.15	-10.8
16	Paul Byrd P. Byrd	178	49	23	17	.575	48	3.95	8	2	0	321.2	334	141	156	47	60	8	0	2	1,334	4	4.98	1.68	2.97	1.32	13.3	4.5	1.22	.276	4.36	83	4.41	98	9.35	4
17	Mike MacDougal M. MacDougal	162	162	10	14	.417	3	3.88	0	0	50	174.0	174	75	91	14	76	13	126	3	762	18	8.38	3.93	2.13	0.72	21.3	10.0	1.44	.322	4.71	83	3.74	84	9.00	13.9
18	Joel Peralta J. Peralta	161	166	3	8	.273	0	4.54	0	0	2	214.0	223	108	113	34	50	6	51	7	894	8	6.77	2.10	3.22	1.43	18.0	5.6	1.28	.294	4.75	100	4.52	103	9.38	-3.2
19	Mike Wood M. Wood	143	87	11	19	.367	34	5.28	0	0	2	279.2	327	164	184	44	103	21	12	11	1,259	16	4.60	3.31	1.39	1.42	11.4	8.2	1.54	.299	5.92	114	5.40	121	10.52	-29.3
20	Ambiorix Burgos A. Burgos	137	127	7	10	.412	1	4.81	0	0	20	136.2	143	73	78	22	68	11	58	5	614	19	9.02	4.48	2.01	1.45	22.3	11.1	1.54	.322	5.14	106	4.90	111	9.42	-7.8
21	Chad Durbin C. Durbin	137	47	11	22	.333	47	6.07	2	0	0	259.2	305	175	191	43	105	12	0	1	1,169	13	4.75	3.64	1.30	1.49	11.7	9.0	1.58	.300	6.62	123	5.51	118	10.57	-23.2
22	Kris Wilson K. Wilson	136	90	14	9	.609	19	5.32	0	0	1	235.0	291	139	161	49	64	15	22	6	1,051	1	5.21	2.45	2.13	1.88	12.9	6.1	1.51	.307	6.17	111	5.60	122	11.14	-25
23	Robinson Tejeda R. Tejeda	128	60	6	4	.600	7	3.42	0	0	0	113.0	65	43	47	7	69	4	19	2	470	11	10.19	5.50	1.86	0.56	27.2	14.7	1.19	.221	3.74	77	3.58	83	5.18	9.5
24	Andrew Sisco A. Sisco	128	132	3	8	.273	0	4.85	0	0	1	133.2	134	72	74	14	82	3	29	10	607	6	8.62	5.52	1.56	0.94	21.1	13.5	1.62	.316	4.98	107	4.42	101	9.02	-0.6
25	D.J. Carrasco	128	101	14	15	.483	22	4.81	1	0	2	230.1	252	123	133	24	106	16	32	9	1,029	15	5.00	4.14	1.21	0.94	12.4	10.3	1.55	.302	5.20	104	4.85	109	9.85	-10.3

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