yankees players with the most pitching strikeouts in 2000s decade

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Mike Mussina fanned the most hitters for the Yankees in a decade, with 1,278 strikeouts in the 2000s.

	NAME	SO	DECADE	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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,278	2000s	249	123	72	.631	248	3.88	12	8	0	1553.0	1,565	669	723	166	318	38	0	14	6,392	32	7.41	1.84	4.02	0.96	20.0	5.0	1.21	.305	4.19	87	3.50	79	9.07	158.1
2	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	1,013	2000s	219	111	63	.638	217	4.10	9	2	0	1362.1	1,478	620	700	113	403	27	0	18	5,858	23	6.69	2.66	2.51	0.75	17.3	6.9	1.38	.317	4.62	91	3.63	81	9.76	130.4
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	851	2000s	145	69	32	.683	144	3.88	2	1	0	915.1	859	395	435	96	308	32	0	8	3,862	42	8.37	3.03	2.76	0.94	22.0	8.0	1.27	.296	4.28	86	3.68	81	8.45	84.7
4	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	669	2000s	651	45	39	.536	0	2.08	0	0	397	713.1	548	165	182	38	137	30	590	18	2,811	7	8.44	1.73	4.88	0.48	23.8	4.9	0.96	.263	2.30	46	2.60	58	6.91	148.3
5	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	415	2000s	85	32	27	.542	82	4.13	3	0	1	521.0	480	239	249	79	165	24	1	5	2,199	12	7.17	2.85	2.52	1.36	18.9	7.5	1.24	.265	4.30	90	4.51	99	8.29	2.9
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	383	2000s	67	34	19	.642	67	4.37	6	0	0	430.2	401	209	227	60	107	22	0	3	1,780	6	8.00	2.24	3.58	1.25	21.5	6.0	1.18	.282	4.74	98	4.00	91	8.38	19.6
7	Chien-Ming Wang C. Wang	310	2000s	109	55	26	.679	104	4.16	4	1	1	670.2	701	310	324	41	197	21	3	10	2,817	21	4.16	2.64	1.57	0.55	11.0	7.0	1.34	.294	4.35	93	3.98	90	9.41	33.7
8	Joba Chamberlain J. Chamberlain	285	2000s	93	15	9	.625	43	3.61	0	0	1	281.2	266	113	128	27	121	15	8	5	1,217	10	9.11	3.87	2.36	0.86	23.4	9.9	1.37	.311	4.09	80	3.78	84	8.50	22.1
9	David Wells D. Wells	238	2000s	62	34	14	.708	61	3.95	6	2	0	419.1	452	184	201	45	65	13	0	2	1,760	7	5.11	1.40	3.66	0.97	13.5	3.7	1.23	.291	4.31	89	3.81	86	9.70	28.1
10	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	209	2000s	252	19	10	.655	0	3.41	0	0	6	240.1	238	91	97	14	87	6	67	14	1,021	9	7.83	3.26	2.40	0.52	20.5	8.5	1.35	.318	3.63	75	3.21	72	8.91	34.6
11	CC Sabathia	197	2000s	34	19	8	.704	34	3.37	2	1	0	230.0	197	86	96	18	67	9	0	7	938	5	7.71	2.62	2.94	0.70	21.0	7.1	1.15	.277	3.76	73	3.38	74	7.71	29.9
12	A.J. Burnett	195	2000s	33	13	9	.591	33	4.04	1	0	0	207.0	193	93	99	25	97	10	0	0	896	17	8.48	4.22	2.01	1.09	21.8	10.8	1.40	.295	4.30	88	4.32	94	8.39	6.1
13	Scott Proctor S. Proctor	183	2000s	190	11	10	.524	1	4.29	0	0	1	226.1	217	108	118	35	93	7	45	13	988	10	7.28	3.70	1.97	1.39	18.5	9.4	1.37	.272	4.69	96	4.84	109	8.63	-9.9
14	Ted Lilly T. Lilly	182	2000s	49	8	12	.400	32	4.65	2	1	0	205.1	191	106	118	31	80	12	4	4	890	16	7.98	3.51	2.28	1.36	20.4	9.0	1.32	.274	5.17	105	4.55	103	8.37	-3
15	Phil Hughes P. Hughes	177	2000s	72	13	10	.565	28	4.20	0	0	3	192.2	175	90	96	19	72	8	6	1	814	10	8.27	3.36	2.46	0.89	21.7	8.8	1.28	.290	4.48	94	3.84	86	8.17	13.4
16	Kyle Farnsworth K. Farnsworth	166	2000s	181	6	9	.400	0	4.33	0	0	7	170.1	165	82	87	28	72	4	41	8	740	10	8.77	3.80	2.31	1.48	22.4	9.7	1.39	.291	4.60	97	4.69	106	8.72	-4.9
17	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	165	2000s	159	14	8	.636	0	2.38	0	0	6	170.1	115	45	48	13	52	1	32	9	666	4	8.72	2.75	3.17	0.69	24.8	7.8	0.98	.234	2.54	54	3.01	69	6.08	26.4
18	Ramiro Mendoza R. Mendoza	162	2000s	133	23	12	.657	11	3.82	1	1	10	259.0	259	110	121	27	59	8	26	6	1,081	3	5.63	2.05	2.75	0.94	15.0	5.5	1.23	.281	4.20	85	3.91	86	9.00	17
19	Jose Contreras J. Contreras	154	2000s	36	15	7	.682	27	4.64	0	0	0	166.2	145	86	93	26	72	11	2	2	718	12	8.32	3.89	2.14	1.40	21.4	10.0	1.30	.262	5.02	103	4.71	105	7.83	-4.6
20	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	150	2000s	32	14	10	.583	32	4.91	0	0	0	198.0	195	108	114	33	60	11	0	3	849	12	6.82	2.73	2.50	1.50	17.7	7.1	1.29	.272	5.18	108	4.77	107	8.86	-6.6
21	Jeff Weaver J. Weaver	150	2000s	47	12	12	.500	32	5.35	0	0	2	237.1	292	141	151	28	62	14	6	5	1,066	4	5.69	2.35	2.42	1.06	14.1	5.8	1.49	.325	5.73	120	4.23	96	11.07	5.2
22	Brian Bruney B. Bruney	133	2000s	153	12	3	.800	1	3.25	0	0	1	144.0	112	52	54	14	91	6	29	5	630	9	8.31	5.69	1.46	0.88	21.1	14.4	1.41	.254	3.38	72	4.59	103	7.00	-2
23	Kevin Brown K. Brown	133	2000s	35	14	13	.519	35	4.95	0	0	0	205.1	239	113	122	19	54	10	0	1	897	12	5.83	2.37	2.46	0.83	14.8	6.0	1.43	.323	5.35	112	3.87	88	10.48	12.5
24	David Cone D. Cone	120	2000s	30	4	14	.222	29	6.91	0	0	0	155.0	192	119	124	25	82	9	0	3	733	11	6.97	4.76	1.46	1.45	16.4	11.2	1.77	.336	7.20	144	5.44	113	11.15	-10.5
25	Jaret Wright J. Wright	118	2000s	43	16	12	.571	40	4.99	0	0	0	204.0	238	113	127	18	89	13	0	1	927	10	5.21	3.93	1.33	0.79	12.7	9.6	1.60	.319	5.60	112	4.59	103	10.50	-3.1

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