who was the fastest pitcher to 2000 strikeouts

Andy Benes has struck out the fewest career hitters when striking out 2,000+ batters, with 2,000 strikeouts.

Showing:

Regular season

	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	Andy Benes A. Benes	2,000	403	155	139	.527	387	3.97	21	9	1	2505.1	2,377	1,106	1,206	289	909	55	6	52	10,645	63	7.18	3.27	2.20	1.04	18.8	8.5	1.31	.282	4.33	96	4.07	96	8.54	37.1
2	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,012	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
3	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2,013	311	127	80	.614	311	3.26	5	3	0	1890.1	1,598	684	738	187	537	80	0	14	7,731	43	9.58	2.56	3.75	0.89	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.51	81	3.29	79	7.61	182.7
4	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
5	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,014	510	204	150	.576	466	3.48	68	25	5	3130.1	2,939	1,211	1,366	235	1,007	117	19	108	13,150	121	5.79	2.90	2.00	0.68	15.3	7.7	1.26	.277	3.93	89	3.68	93	8.45	84.8
6	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
7	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.10	225.7
8	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	2,045	442	197	140	.585	349	3.24	217	29	12	2966.2	2,809	1,068	1,246	132	840	77	52		12,366	37	6.20	2.55	2.43	0.40	16.5	6.8	1.23	.289	3.78	81	3.18	79	8.52	288.3
9	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2,052	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	4	2	0	1702.1	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,053	318	116	101	.535	318	3.91	6	4	0	1891.0	1,699	821	862	254	508	58	0	18	7,783	20	9.77	2.42	4.04	1.21	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.10	92	3.63	85	8.09	137.8
11	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
12	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,074	368	143	107	.572	359	3.51	7	5	0	2087.0	1,823	814	888	208	667	62	2	5	8,635	107	8.94	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.19	.287	3.83	85	3.50	85	7.86	148.8
13	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	96	3.60	96	8.35	34.5
14	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
15	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2,075	579	132	133	.498	351	4.35	11	3	87	2387.0	2,347	1,154	1,250	267	1,071	91	186	47	10,412	80	7.82	4.04	1.94	1.01	19.9	10.3	1.43	.301	4.71	103	4.25	100	8.85	-1.1
16	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
17	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,080	482	222	133	.625	479	3.49	26	13	0	3126.2	2,957	1,213	1,319	248	917	124	0	84	13,005	84	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.1	1.24	.281	3.80	83	3.78	90	8.51	152.3
18	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	2,082	600	211	222	.487	483	3.98	246	31	21	3759.1	3,769	1,664	1,908	206	1,732	61	71		16,467	60	4.98	4.15	1.20	0.49	12.6	10.5	1.46	.288	4.57	95	3.81	92	9.02	144.5
19	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	2,083	451	169	152	.526	443	4.11	22	6	0	2720.1	2,770	1,243	1,357	296	843	74	3	46	11,616	67	6.89	2.79	2.47	0.98	17.9	7.3	1.33	.297	4.49	94	3.98	91	9.16	123.8
20	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,117	416	203	105	.659	390	3.38	67	20	1	2749.1	2,646	1,034	1,135	236	592	81	6	28	11,287	56	6.93	1.94	3.58	0.77	18.8	5.2	1.18	.292	3.72	77	3.39	77	8.66	296
21	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,138	393	121	125	.492	354	3.87	4	2	0	2088.2	2,014	899	962	259	582	39	11	12	8,736	66	9.21	2.51	3.67	1.12	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.15	93	3.61	85	8.68	142.7
22	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	71	16,754	83	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	94	3.91	99	8.77	17
23	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,156	627	200	180	.526	463	4.41	33	6	22	3226.1	3,152	1,582	1,791	418	1,205	186	78	33	13,939	134	6.01	3.36	1.79	1.17	15.5	8.6	1.35	.274	5.00	96	4.72	108	8.79	-137.5
24	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,167	529	174	170	.506	404	3.63	132	36	10	2930.2	2,703	1,183	1,334	256	1,069	61	67	51	12,415	86	6.65	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.10	97	3.32	88	8.30	160.1
25	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4

Unlock 2x data

More MLB News

Guardians' bats go cold again, wasting Gavin Williams' 11 strikeouts in Game 2 loss

Oct 6, 2026

Small-ball Rays beat the sloppy Yankees 5-2 for a 2-0 lead in AL Division Series

Oct 6, 2026

Rays beat Yankees 5-2 to take 2-0 ALDS lead

Oct 6, 2026

Yankees make 4 errors in sloppy playoff loss to Rays that leaves them on brink of elimination

Oct 6, 2026

Yankees rookie Spencer Jones flies out off catwalk in Game 2 of ALDS at Tropicana Field

Oct 6, 2026

Craig Breslow and Chad Tracy push back that analytics drove Red Sox postseason decisions

Oct 6, 2026

More Padres Stats

Team Batting Leaders

1

Tatis

RBI

2

Merrill

AVG

.500

Sheets

Team Pitching Leaders

1

King

14

King

ERA

0.00

Rodriguez

Team Rankings

183

14th

722

15th

1,315

20th

ERA

3.99

10th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	100	62	.617
Padres	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/6	MIL	@	SDP	9:30 PM
Wed 10/7	MIL	@	SDP	10:00 PM
Fri 10/9	SDP	@	MIL	4:30 PM

Last Game

Padres

0 - 2

Final

Brewers

2 - 0

Sun 4 Oct 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

2

Muncy

2

Albies

Playoffs RBI Leaders

8

Rice

5

Albies

5

Meidroth

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

1.000

Rojas

.500

Frelick

Playoffs Hit Leaders

8

Harris

7

Rice

7

France

Playoffs Run Leaders

5

Rice

4

Harris

4

Tatis

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Sánchez

1.000

Taylor

1.000

Rojas

Playoffs SLG Leaders

2.000

Sheets

2.000

Rojas

1.333

Rice

Playoffs SB Leaders

3

Chisholm

3

Acuña

2

Acuña

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

2

Lee

1

Schlittler

1

Burke

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

14

Burke

14

King

12

Schlittler

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Sasaki

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Smith

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Smith

0.00

Díaz

0.00

Chapman

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

King

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

14.00

Burke

12.00

Sale

11.00

Taylor

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Duran

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

113

Rice

85

King

84.3

Albies

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

83

Rice

61

Albies

56

Harris

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-69

96-70

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

70-94

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0