mlb pitchers, most strikeouts per game, 2008

Tim Lincecum had the most strikeouts per game pitched in 2008, with 7.79.

	NAME	SO/G	SO	G	SEASON	TM	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	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	7.79	265	34	2008	SFG	18	5	.783	33	2.62	2	1	0	227.0	182	66	72	11	84	6	0	1	928	17	10.51	3.33	3.15	0.44	28.6	9.1	1.17	.304	2.85	61	2.61	62	7.22	41.5
2	Rich Harden R. Harden	7.24	181	25	2008	TOT	10	2	.833	25	2.07	0	0	0	148.0	96	34	38	11	61	3	0	2	595	3	11.01	3.71	2.97	0.67	30.4	10.3	1.06	.251	2.31	48	2.94	68	5.84	22.6
3	CC Sabathia	7.17	251	35	2008	TOT	17	10	.630	35	2.70	10	5	0	253.0	223	76	85	19	59	7	0	1	1,023	2	8.93	2.10	4.25	0.68	24.5	5.8	1.11	.297	3.02	63	2.90	68	7.93	38.8
4	Ervin Santana E. Santana	6.69	214	32	2008	LAA	16	7	.696	32	3.49	2	1	0	219.0	198	85	89	23	47	8	0	2	897	5	8.79	1.93	4.55	0.95	23.9	5.2	1.12	.289	3.66	81	3.29	77	8.14	24.1
5	A.J. Burnett	6.6	231	35	2008	TOR	18	10	.643	34	4.07	1	0	0	221.1	211	100	109	19	86	9	1	2	957	11	9.39	3.50	2.69	0.77	24.1	9.0	1.34	.314	4.43	94	3.44	79	8.58	22.5
6	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	6.37	172	27	2008	BOS	12	10	.545	27	4.03	1	0	0	174.1	173	78	80	18	34	9	0	1	725	5	8.88	1.76	5.06	0.93	23.7	4.7	1.19	.315	4.13	89	3.23	77	8.93	18.8
7	Dan Haren D. Haren	6.24	206	33	2008	ARI	16	8	.667	33	3.33	1	1	0	216.0	204	80	86	19	40	6	0	4	881	11	8.58	1.67	5.15	0.79	23.4	4.5	1.13	.303	3.58	74	3.00	68	8.50	33.2
8	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	6.24	206	33	2008	CIN	17	6	.739	32	3.21	0	0	0	196.0	167	70	82	14	93	14	1	5	838	10	9.46	4.27	2.22	0.64	24.6	11.1	1.33	.299	3.77	73	3.59	81	7.67	18.3
9	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	6.15	166	27	2008	TBR	12	8	.600	27	3.49	0	0	0	152.1	123	59	61	23	70	4	0	2	641	5	9.81	4.14	2.37	1.36	25.9	10.9	1.27	.265	3.60	83	4.36	102	7.27	-1.6
10	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	6.15	166	27	2008	SDP	10	11	.476	27	2.85	1	0	0	173.2	146	55	57	17	59	5	0	1	709	6	8.60	3.06	2.81	0.88	23.4	8.3	1.18	.279	2.95	72	3.59	86	7.57	11.6
11	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	6.06	200	33	2008	CWS	12	16	.429	33	4.67	1	0	0	208.1	214	108	113	25	61	6	0	2	890	2	8.64	2.64	3.28	1.08	22.5	6.9	1.32	.316	4.88	103	3.73	82	9.24	18.1
12	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	6.06	206	34	2008	TOR	20	11	.645	33	2.78	9	2	0	246.0	220	76	88	18	39	12	0	3	987	4	7.54	1.43	5.28	0.66	20.9	4.0	1.05	.284	3.22	64	3.02	69	8.05	36.3
13	Johan Santana J. Santana	6.06	206	34	2008	NYM	16	7	.696	34	2.53	3	2	0	234.1	206	66	74	23	63	4	0	5	964	9	7.91	2.42	3.27	0.88	21.4	6.5	1.15	.274	2.84	61	3.50	82	7.91	20.2
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	6	36	6	2008	ATL	3	2	.600	5	2.57	0	0	0	28.0	25	8	8	2	8	0	0	1	117	2	11.57	2.57	4.50	0.64	30.8	6.8	1.18	.324	2.57	61	2.34	55	8.04	6.1
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	5.94	196	33	2008	PHI	14	10	.583	33	3.09	2	2	0	227.1	193	78	89	28	53	1	0	7	914	0	7.76	2.10	3.70	1.11	21.4	5.8	1.08	.259	3.52	71	3.71	85	7.64	16.2
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	5.77	173	30	2008	ARI	11	10	.524	30	3.91	2	0	0	184.0	184	80	92	24	44	6	0	6	778	2	8.46	2.15	3.93	1.17	22.2	5.7	1.24	.301	4.50	87	3.75	85	9.00	13.1
17	Chad Billingsley C. Billingsley	5.74	201	35	2008	LAD	16	10	.615	32	3.14	1	1	0	200.2	188	70	76	14	80	8	1	6	859	10	9.01	3.59	2.51	0.63	23.4	9.3	1.34	.313	3.41	75	3.34	78	8.43	20.8
18	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	5.72	183	32	2008	KCR	13	10	.565	32	3.47	1	0	0	202.1	202	78	87	21	56	4	0	1	851	8	8.14	2.49	3.27	0.93	21.5	6.6	1.28	.308	3.87	78	3.55	83	8.99	16.3
19	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	5.67	187	33	2008	CHC	17	6	.739	33	2.96	1	0	0	206.2	174	68	75	14	76	7	0	1	856	5	8.14	3.31	2.46	0.61	21.8	8.9	1.21	.280	3.27	66	3.40	77	7.58	22.7
20	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	5.65	175	31	2008	SEA	9	11	.450	31	3.45	2	0	0	200.2	198	77	85	17	80	8	0	7	857	8	7.85	3.59	2.19	0.76	20.4	9.3	1.39	.314	3.81	83	3.80	90	8.88	9.7
21	Josh Johnson J. Johnson	5.5	77	14	2008	FLA	7	1	.875	14	3.61	1	0	0	87.1	91	35	36	7	27	1	0	1	365	4	7.94	2.78	2.85	0.72	21.1	7.4	1.35	.332	3.71	83	3.36	79	9.38	8.8
22	Cliff Lee C. Lee	5.48	170	31	2008	CLE	22	3	.880	31	2.54	4	2	0	223.1	214	63	68	12	34	5	0	1	891	4	6.85	1.37	5.00	0.48	19.1	3.8	1.11	.301	2.74	59	2.82	67	8.62	35.4
23	Matt Cain M. Cain	5.47	186	34	2008	SFG	8	14	.364	34	3.76	1	1	0	217.2	206	91	95	19	91	7	0	9	933	7	7.69	3.76	2.04	0.79	19.9	9.8	1.36	.297	3.93	88	3.90	92	8.52	7.9
24	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	5.47	186	34	2008	FLA	15	8	.652	32	3.52	1	1	0	212.1	192	83	88	28	42	6	0	6	868	1	7.88	1.78	4.43	1.19	21.4	4.8	1.10	.271	3.73	81	3.76	88	8.14	12
25	Brett Myers B. Myers	5.43	163	30	2008	PHI	10	13	.435	30	4.55	2	1	0	190.0	197	96	103	29	65	6	0	6	817	2	7.72	3.08	2.51	1.37	20.0	8.0	1.38	.303	4.88	105	4.51	104	9.33	-3.2