who has pitched the most ks in cubs history

Fergie Jenkins and Charlie Root are tied for the most career strikeouts by a Cubs pitcher, with 324 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	324	402	893	53	147	27	6	13	85	41	0	0	1	1,007	225	46	66	7	0	9	.165	.200	.252	.452	28	-77.4	.207	19	-93.2
2	Charlie Root C. Root	324	605	1,073	85	195	46	7	11	93	43	7	1		1,177	288	64	54			3	.182	.218	.268	.487	36	-111	.226	24	-114.7
3	Bob Rush B. Rush	268	342	726	44	123	20	3	4	48	27	0	1	0	781	161	27	28	0	0	10	.169	.199	.222	.421	6	-85.1	.196	6	-92
4	Bill Hands B. Hands	249	276	471	19	37	6	0	0	19	39	1	0	0	561	43	6	48	2	0	2	.079	.150	.091	.241	-16	-74.2	.125	-35	-84.1
5	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	235	254	511	29	45	2	2	0	16	43	2	0	0	595	51	4	38	1	0	1	.088	.162	.100	.261	-16	-80.9	.133	-27	-87.7
6	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	232	333	659	72	159	26	3	23	69	10	0	1	0	708	260	52	35	4	0	12	.241	.251	.395	.646	55	-30.6	.277	60	-36.6
7	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	229	307	745	66	134	21	6	3	53	52	2	10		820	176	30	21				.180	.235	.236	.472	35	-50.1	.232	38	-53
8	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	213	283	631	41	94	14	3	1	40	35	1	2		709	117	18	42				.149	.195	.185	.380	15	-58.1	.192	22	-64.3
9	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	203	372	745	51	133	25	4	2	47	28	3	1	3	856	172	31	76	4	0	7	.179	.210	.231	.441	19	-74.8	.204	11	-86.3
10	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	191	293	696	59	129	20	3	12	58	19	1	2		750	191	35	34			10	.185	.208	.274	.483	25	-58.3	.226	31	-60.7
11	William Hutchinson W. Hutchinson	182	268	930	106	210	27	13	9	99	51	0	18		983	290	49	2				.226	.266	.312	.578	95	-55.5	.275	58	-65.4
12	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	178	188	358	12	37	5	0	0	16	11	2	0	0	404	42	5	33	0	0	3	.103	.135	.117	.252	-18	-65.9	.117	-36	-68.1
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	171	307	678	48	118	11	0	3	43	9	1	6	1	752	138	14	64	0	0	8	.174	.186	.204	.390	0	-85.9	.177	-2	-91.5
14	Glen Hobbie G. Hobbie	170	271	385	24	50	5	0	3	15	21	1	0	1	420	64	8	12	1	0	4	.130	.176	.166	.343	-3	-51	.162	-9	-55.3
15	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	149	357	852	71	166	14	8	2	51	35	0	5		925	202	24	38				.195	.227	.237	.464	43	-50.9	.227	42	-58.6
16	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	147	138	280	19	48	5	4	5	19	10	1	0	0	309	76	14	18	0	0	3	.171	.203	.271	.474	8	-27.5	.207	22	-29
17	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	145	237	515	29	83	15	1	2	28	15	0	0	0	560	106	18	29	1	0	7	.161	.185	.206	.390	5	-53.8	.179	0	-63.4
18	Bill Lee B. Lee	145	369	789	53	134	15	2	5	57	31	2	1		882	168	22	60			8	.170	.203	.213	.416	7	-100.2	.198	8	-100
19	Jimmy Lavender J. Lavender	141	196	338	18	49	11	1	0	11	14	2	2		368	62	12	14				.145	.184	.183	.367	3	-36.6	.182	7	-39.2
20	Guy Bush G. Bush	135	428	737	42	123	10	2	0	44	35	0	3		822	137	12	50				.167	.205	.186	.391	0	-103.7	.189	0	-107.8
21	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	133	143	336	17	34	3	0	0	12	19	1	2		375	37	3	19				.101	.152	.110	.262	-4	-40.8	.138	-10	-43.9
22	Carl Lundgren C. Lundgren	133	183	460	32	72	8	3	0	26	36	1	4		524	86	11	27				.157	.219	.187	.406	18	-36.7	.206	32	-39.9
23	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	130	140	284	10	19	0	0	0	9	15	1	2	2	323	19	0	21	2	0	2	.067	.116	.067	.183	-18	-53.1	.093	-52	-56.8
24	Pat Malone P. Malone	125	265	589	54	118	10	0	9	53	23	0	0		647	155	19	35				.200	.230	.263	.494	21	-61.1	.229	24	-65.5
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	116	149	282	24	34	8	0	3	27	18	0	1	0	329	51	11	28	1	0	5	.121	.173	.181	.354	-4	-42.6	.161	-10	-44.4

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