most strikeouts by a #1 overall pick pitcher 1990 to 2025

Between 1990 and 2025, Gerrit Cole struck out the most hitters by a #1 overall pick, with 2,251 strikeouts.

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	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	7	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.1
2	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
3	Andy Benes A. Benes	1,934	393	149	136	.523	377	3.99	21	9	1	2438.2	2,326	1,080	1,178	282	878	54	6	52	10,365	63	7.14	3.24	2.20	1.04	18.7	8.5	1.31	.283	4.35	96	4.08	96	8.58	36.7
4	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,723	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
5	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	1,144	313	115	120	.489	311	4.46	28	9	0	1999.0	2,068	991	1,096	234	722	49	1	31	8,631	62	5.15	3.25	1.58	1.05	13.3	8.4	1.40	.283	4.93	101	4.55	103	9.31	-33.5
6	Ben McDonald B. McDonald	891	205	77	70	.524	198	3.88	24	6	0	1284.0	1,178	554	599	136	433	31	3	18	5,375	32	6.25	3.04	2.06	0.95	16.6	8.1	1.25	.268	4.20	88	4.06	93	8.26	49.9
7	Kris Benson K. Benson	806	206	70	75	.483	200	4.42	8	2	0	1243.2	1,292	611	681	152	441	45	2	37	5,380	33	5.83	3.19	1.83	1.10	15.0	8.2	1.39	.290	4.93	101	4.53	103	9.35	-14
8	Luke Hochevar L. Hochevar	702	279	46	65	.414	128	4.98	5	2	3	929.1	946	514	550	116	299	45	40	10	3,963	41	6.80	2.90	2.35	1.12	17.7	7.5	1.34	.296	5.33	117	4.30	104	9.16	-18.4
9	Paul Wilson P. Wilson	619	170	40	58	.408	153	4.86	3	0	0	941.2	1,029	509	560	126	336	59	6	28	4,160	25	5.92	3.21	1.84	1.20	14.9	8.1	1.45	.299	5.35	112	4.73	107	9.83	-30.8
10	Mike Moore M. Moore	558	188	76	69	.524	188	4.78	17	4	0	1133.0	1,167	602	651	131	538	24	0	29	4,984	76	4.43	4.27	1.04	1.04	11.2	10.8	1.50	.278	5.17	114	4.92	116	9.27	-88.1
11	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	386	55	21	13	.618	55	1.96	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	2.39	58	6.46	61
12	Casey Mize C. Mize	365	89	23	25	.479	87	4.19	1	0	0	440.0	446	205	220	64	121	21	0	1	1,869	13	7.47	2.47	3.02	1.31	19.5	6.5	1.29	.294	4.50	101	4.35	104	9.12	-7.8
13	Matt Bush M. Bush	227	217	12	11	.522	6	3.75	0	0	15	211.0	182	88	106	33	72	10	59	2	900	9	9.68	3.07	3.15	1.41	25.2	8.0	1.20	.267	4.52	85	4.19	97	7.76	3.5
14	Matt Anderson M. Anderson	224	257	15	7	.682	0	5.19	0	0	26	256.2	249	148	167	30	157	11	111	15	1,162	20	7.85	5.51	1.43	1.05	19.3	13.5	1.58	.296	5.86	113	4.82	105	8.73	-6.2
15	Bryan Bullington B. Bullington	54	26	1	9	.100	10	5.62	0	0	0	81.2	98	51	53	13	31	6	5	3	370	3	5.95	3.42	1.74	1.43	14.6	8.4	1.58	.320	5.84	132	5.22	123	10.80	-9.1
16	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	46	52	1	1	.500	0	5.37	0	0	0	62.0	64	37	39	8	31	3	10	7	277	4	6.68	4.50	1.48	1.16	16.6	11.2	1.53	.296	5.66	136	4.64	116	9.29	-4.5
17	Mark Appel M. Appel	5	6	0	0		0	1.74	0	0	0	10.1	9	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	40	0	4.35	2.61	1.67	0.00	12.5	7.5	1.16	.281	1.74	43	3.01	74	7.84	1.2

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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
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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
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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
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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