which pitcher has the most strikeouts all-time for the a's

Eddie Plank has fanned the most career batters for the Philadelphia Athletics, with 1,985 strikeouts.

	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	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1,985	524	284	162	.637	458	2.39	362	59	16	3860.2	3,438	1,025	1,374	37	913	179	54		15,339	81	4.63	2.13	2.17	0.09	12.9	6.0	1.13	.278	3.20	83	2.45	86	8.01	165.5
2	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	1,576	251	131	82	.615	212	1.97	168	37	0	1869.1	1,491	409	598	23	495	67	29		7,332	51	7.59	2.38	3.18	0.11	21.5	6.8	1.06	.284	2.88	69	1.86	67	7.18	196.9
3	Chief Bender C. Bender	1,536	385	193	102	.654	288	2.32	228	36	28	2602.0	2,225	670	908	30	614	78	87		10,207	68	5.31	2.12	2.50	0.10	15.0	6.0	1.09	.276	3.14	84	2.23	82	7.70	138
4	Lefty Grove L. Grove	1,523	402	195	79	.712	267	2.88	179	20	50	2401.0	2,262	768	929	84	740	28	106		10,049	36	5.71	2.77	2.06	0.31	15.2	7.4	1.25	.284	3.48	66	3.21	75	8.48	288.3
5	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,520	363	161	113	.588	340	3.13	116	31	1	2456.1	2,079	853	947	261	687	36	5	45	9,983	30	5.57	2.52	2.21	0.96	15.2	6.9	1.13	.243	3.47	94	3.54	102	7.62	-27.1
6	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,315	273	124	86	.590	262	2.95	105	28	2	1945.2	1,650	638	731	139	617	18	2	28	7,935	57	6.08	2.85	2.13	0.64	16.6	7.8	1.17	.258	3.38	85	3.12	86	7.63	106.6
7	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,152	257	119	78	.604	245	3.73	49	9	0	1717.1	1,608	712	784	152	655	42	2	11	7,305	79	6.04	3.43	1.76	0.80	15.8	9.0	1.32	.275	4.11	96	3.84	97	8.43	17.3
8	Barry Zito B. Zito	1,098	225	102	63	.618	224	3.58	9	4	0	1437.1	1,240	572	628	152	566	65	1	14	6,035	26	6.88	3.54	1.94	0.95	18.2	9.4	1.26	.262	3.93	81	4.20	94	7.76	40.5
9	Rube Walberg R. Walberg	907	412	134	114	.540	266	4.11	125	15	29	2186.2	2,280	999	1,163	134	853	20	98		9,509	32	3.73	3.51	1.06	0.55	9.5	9.0	1.43	.283	4.79	95	4.22	99	9.38	16.8
10	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	899	183	92	39	.702	183	3.30	16	8	0	1240.2	1,134	455	509	94	382	47	0	33	5,150	39	6.52	2.77	2.35	0.68	17.5	7.4	1.22	.279	3.69	73	3.62	80	8.23	127
11	Jack Coombs J. Coombs	870	238	115	67	.632	191	2.60	135	28	8	1629.2	1,387	470	622	17	606	60	38		6,571	45	4.80	3.35	1.44	0.09	13.2	9.2	1.22	.273	3.44	92	2.75	102	7.66	-14.9
12	Blue Moon Odom B. Moon Odom	799	269	80	76	.513	214	3.53	39	14	1	1414.2	1,249	555	638	95	732	35	17	40	6,090	87	5.08	4.66	1.09	0.60	13.1	12.0	1.40	.261	4.06	106	3.86	113	7.95	-75.2
13	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	784	502	67	61	.523	37	2.91	4	2	136	1016.0	860	328	375	75	293	34	338	47	4,116	21	6.94	2.60	2.68	0.66	19.0	7.1	1.13	.268	3.32	86	2.92	82	7.62	71.3
14	Diego Segui D. Segui	772	323	59	71	.454	142	3.65	24	6	15	1147.2	1,037	466	535	116	481	14	73	37	4,878	36	6.05	3.77	1.60	0.91	15.8	9.9	1.32	.264	4.20	102	3.80	103	8.13	-13.6
15	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	757	219	98	58	.628	175	4.18	88	13	10	1353.2	1,345	629	723	87	591	15	31		5,942	42	5.03	3.93	1.28	0.58	12.7	9.9	1.43	.280	4.81	94	4.20	96	8.94	28.7
16	Alex Kellner A. Kellner	755	291	92	108	.460	239	4.54	95	9	6	1730.1	1,820	872	974	167	717	33	32	8	7,538	52	3.93	3.73	1.05	0.87	10.0	9.5	1.47	.282	5.07	110	4.16	101	9.47	-8.7
17	Chuck Dobson C. Dobson	728	188	72	64	.529	183	3.66	47	11	0	1200.1	1,105	488	536	117	450	16	4	31	5,046	49	5.46	3.37	1.62	0.88	14.4	8.9	1.30	.265	4.02	110	3.73	108	8.29	-38.8
18	Bob Welch B. Welch	677	214	96	60	.615	195	3.94	14	5	0	1271.1	1,263	556	608	134	469	42	4	18	5,431	18	4.79	3.32	1.44	0.95	12.5	8.6	1.36	.275	4.30	102	4.34	111	8.94	-64.2
19	Mark Mulder M. Mulder	668	150	81	42	.659	150	3.92	22	8	0	1003.0	990	437	471	99	298	34	0	13	4,193	34	5.99	2.67	2.24	0.89	15.9	7.1	1.28	.288	4.23	87	3.98	88	8.88	58.1
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	658	525	41	31	.569	2	2.74	0	0	320	637.0	515	194	210	56	92	11	456	21	2,496	2	9.30	1.30	7.15	0.79	26.4	3.7	0.95	.273	2.97	67	2.43	59	7.28	118.8
21	Rick Langford R. Langford	654	248	73	105	.410	195	3.97	85	10	0	1468.0	1,543	648	728	158	402	18	19	29	6,224	38	4.01	2.46	1.63	0.97	10.5	6.5	1.32	.277	4.46	104	4.06	102	9.46	-14.7
22	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	641	129	50	41	.549	128	3.86	3	3	0	727.0	695	312	335	94	180	34	0	3	3,025	27	7.94	2.23	3.56	1.16	21.2	6.0	1.20	.289	4.15	93	3.96	94	8.60	19.1
23	Mike Norris M. Norris	636	201	58	59	.496	157	3.89	52	7	0	1124.1	972	486	542	108	499	45	16	16	4,797	53	5.09	3.99	1.27	0.86	13.3	10.4	1.31	.246	4.34	104	4.26	109	7.78	-42.9
24	Rich Harden R. Harden	614	112	40	23	.635	104	3.65	2	1	0	624.1	529	253	268	58	263	10	2	9	2,606	21	8.85	3.79	2.33	0.84	23.6	10.1	1.27	.284	3.86	84	3.61	83	7.63	52.2
25	Sonny Gray S. Gray	607	114	44	36	.550	112	3.42	5	4	0	705.0	621	268	305	62	225	12	0	2	2,908	52	7.75	2.87	2.70	0.79	20.9	7.7	1.20	.279	3.89	87	3.55	90	7.93	31.3

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Athletics	17	14	.548
Rangers	16	16	.500	1.5
Mariners	16	16	.500	1.5
Angels	12	20	.375	5.5
Astros	12	21	.364	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/2	CLE	@	ATH	4:05 PM
Sun 5/3	CLE	@	ATH	4:05 PM
Tue 5/5	ATH	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Wed 5/6	ATH	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Thu 5/7	ATH	@	PHI	6:40 PM

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Braves	22	10	.688
Marlins	15	17	.469	7.0
Nationals	15	18	.455	7.5
Phillies	13	19	.406	9.0
Mets	10	21	.323	11.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Reds	20	11	.645
Cubs	20	12	.625	0.5
Cardinals	18	13	.581	2.0
Brewers	17	14	.548	3.0
Pirates	16	16	.500	4.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	20	11	.645
Padres	19	11	.633	0.5
Diamondbacks	16	15	.516	4.0
Rockies	14	18	.438	6.5
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Yankees	21	11	.656
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Blue Jays	14	17	.452	6.5
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White Sox	14	17	.452	1.5
Twins	14	18	.438	2.0
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AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	17	14	.548
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Angels	12	20	.375	5.5
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Thu 4/16	SFG	@	CIN	3-0
Thu 4/16	LAA	@	NYY	11-4
Thu 4/16	TOR	@	MIL	1-2
Thu 4/16	TBR	@	CWS	5-3

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Sat 5/2	BAL	@	NYY	1:35 PM
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Sat 5/2	AZ	@	CHC	2:20 PM
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