pitcher with fewest innings pitched to reach 2000 strike outs all-time

Yu Darvish has pitched the fewest career innings when striking out 2,000+ batters, with 1773 innings.

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pitcher with fewest innings pitched to reach 2000 or more strike outs all-time

	NAME	IP	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1773.0	2,071	296	114	93	.551	296	3.65	2	1	0	1,454	719	754	229	561	83	0	8	7,285	83	10.51	2.85	3.69	1.16	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.57	85	7.38	122.2
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1954.0	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	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	213.5
3	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2006.1	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	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
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2078.1	2,570	392	144	88	.621	312	3.01	16	3	12	1,688	696	749	213	485	130	25	15	8,367	48	11.13	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	71	2.88	69	7.31	301.4
5	David Price D. Price	2143.2	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	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
6	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2209.1	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	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
7	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2266.1	2,195	415	147	134	.523	408	4.13	3	2	0	2,141	1,040	1,139	226	858	200	1	27	9,749	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.305	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.50	36.6
8	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2324.1	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
9	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2377.0	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
10	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2387.0	2,075	579	132	133	.498	351	4.35	11	3	87	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
11	Dan Haren D. Haren	2419.2	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	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
12	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2492.1	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
13	Andy Benes A. Benes	2505.1	2,000	403	155	139	.527	387	3.97	21	9	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
14	James Shields J. Shields	2616.0	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2668.1	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2698.0	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
17	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	2720.1	2,083	451	169	152	.526	443	4.11	22	6	0	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
18	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2729.2	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
19	A.J. Burnett	2731.1	2,513	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	24	10	0	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	97	3.86	92	8.30	97.3
20	Jon Lester J. Lester	2740.0	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
21	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2749.1	2,117	416	203	105	.659	390	3.38	67	20	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
22	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2800.2	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	90	3.32	83	8.24	182.1
23	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2827.1	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
24	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2840.0	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	96	3.90	88	8.82	164.4
25	John Lackey J. Lackey	2840.1	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	18	8	0	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6