which pitcher has the most strikeouts all-time for the pirates

Bob Friend has fanned the most career hitters for the Pirates, with 1,682 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	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,682	568	191	218	.467	477	3.55	161	35	9	3480.1	3,610	1,372	1,575	273	869	45	46	108	14,644	50	4.35	2.25	1.94	0.71	11.5	5.9	1.29	.283	4.07	92	3.33	88	9.34	175
2	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,652	341	116	91	.560	255	3.06	78	20	6	1868.2	1,630	636	731	87	839	29	31	59	7,924	90	7.96	4.04	1.97	0.42	20.8	10.6	1.32	.290	3.52	87	2.76	83	7.85	122.5
3	Wilbur Cooper W. Cooper	1,191	469	202	159	.560	369	2.74	263	33	14	3199.0	3,074	974	1,241	79	762	93	78		13,123	43	3.35	2.14	1.56	0.22	9.1	5.8	1.20	.272	3.49	84	3.03	93	8.65	90.3
4	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,159	345	124	87	.588	271	3.17	45	9	16	1873.0	1,763	660	731	172	436	26	42	45	7,651	13	5.57	2.10	2.66	0.83	15.1	5.7	1.17	.272	3.51	86	3.39	92	8.47	61.3
5	Vern Law V. Law	1,092	483	162	147	.524	364	3.77	119	28	13	2672.0	2,833	1,118	1,274	268	597	40	78	74	11,231	39	3.68	2.01	1.83	0.90	9.7	5.3	1.28	.278	4.29	99	3.70	98	9.54	16.8
6	Babe Adams B. Adams	1,036	481	194	139	.583	353	2.74	205	44	16	2991.1	2,832	911	1,125	67	428	47	90		11,926	26	3.12	1.29	2.42	0.20	8.7	3.6	1.09	.267	3.38	85	2.72	83	8.52	179.2
7	Mitch Keller M. Keller	914	184	48	72	.400	182	4.58	2	1	0	981.1	1,016	499	536	116	334	65	0	2	4,261	23	8.38	3.06	2.74	1.06	21.5	7.8	1.38	.318	4.92	107	4.05	97	9.32	14.6
8	Steve Blass S. Blass	896	282	103	76	.575	231	3.63	57	16	2	1597.1	1,558	644	739	128	597	38	14	49	6,780	56	5.05	3.36	1.50	0.72	13.2	8.8	1.35	.279	4.16	104	3.61	108	8.78	-54.5
9	Ed Morris E. Morris	890	241	129	102	.558	240	2.81	235	25	1	2104.0	1,955	656	1,037	34	412	22	1		8,719	87	3.81	1.76	2.16	0.15	10.2	4.7	1.13	.262	4.44	88	2.95	94	8.36	9.7
10	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	869	231	96	80	.545	208	3.16	51	12	0	1430.1	1,356	502	598	78	438	36	6	52	5,996	28	5.47	2.76	1.98	0.49	14.5	7.3	1.25	.279	3.76	90	3.00	88	8.53	68.6
11	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	861	330	168	92	.646	251	2.50	209	25	11	2286.0	2,187	636	893	31	299	52	68		9,065	42	3.39	1.18	2.88	0.12	9.5	3.3	1.09	.276	3.52	85	2.46	81	8.61	149.2
12	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	852	215	79	73	.520	213	3.51	39	9	1	1448.0	1,461	565	620	90	440	18	1	40	6,060	51	5.30	2.73	1.94	0.56	14.1	7.3	1.31	.294	3.85	96	3.30	90	9.08	57.7
13	Sam Leever S. Leever	847	388	194	100	.660	299	2.47	241	39	13	2660.2	2,449	731	1,023	29	587	88	75		10,662	46	2.87	1.99	1.44	0.10	7.9	5.5	1.14	.266	3.46	81	2.84	92	8.28	74.2
14	Roy Face R. Face	842	802	100	93	.518	27	3.46	6	0	186	1314.2	1,283	505	562	130	346	14	547	102	5,433	32	5.76	2.37	2.43	0.89	15.5	6.4	1.24	.281	3.85	91	3.33	90	8.78	58.3
15	Bob Moose B. Moose	827	289	76	71	.517	160	3.50	35	13	19	1303.1	1,308	507	566	75	387	30	59	59	5,501	25	5.71	2.67	2.14	0.52	15.0	7.0	1.30	.295	3.91	101	2.94	87	9.03	62.1
16	Don Robinson D. Robinson	825	343	65	69	.485	126	3.85	22	3	43	1203.0	1,155	515	567	104	441	19	140	53	5,106	61	6.17	3.30	1.87	0.78	16.2	8.6	1.33	.283	4.24	104	3.60	98	8.64	12.7
17	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	820	199	92	62	.597	196	3.02	36	16	0	1362.2	1,227	457	506	112	337	21	1	25	5,511	34	5.42	2.23	2.43	0.74	14.9	6.1	1.15	.264	3.34	84	3.45	94	8.10	34.4
18	Howie Camnitz H. Camnitz	806	277	116	84	.580	196	2.63	116	19	13	1754.1	1,528	513	689	31	532	55	69		7,036	33	4.13	2.73	1.52	0.16	11.5	7.6	1.17	.267	3.53	90	2.76	93	7.84	37.3
19	Bruce Kison B. Kison	735	255	81	63	.563	180	3.49	27	5	6	1266.1	1,162	491	577	90	469	49	23	41	5,361	47	5.22	3.33	1.57	0.64	13.7	8.7	1.29	.267	4.10	97	3.58	100	8.26	1.4
20	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	734	127	59	42	.584	127	3.50	1	0	0	782.1	749	304	327	67	203	32	0	6	3,227	32	8.44	2.34	3.62	0.77	22.7	6.3	1.22	.311	3.76	90	3.26	83	8.62	57.4
21	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	722	176	46	39	.541	107	3.65	2	0	0	693.2	594	281	305	64	318	19	8	6	2,954	38	9.37	4.13	2.27	0.83	24.4	10.8	1.31	.289	3.96	96	3.69	96	7.71	9.9
22	Paul Maholm P. Maholm	705	185	53	73	.421	185	4.36	5	3	0	1143.2	1,247	554	600	104	382	53	0	23	4,937	26	5.55	3.01	1.85	0.82	14.3	7.7	1.42	.310	4.72	106	4.20	101	9.81	-4
23	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	672	213	82	65	.558	187	3.29	47	8	6	1317.2	1,227	481	561	99	479	14	10	47	5,542	40	4.59	3.27	1.40	0.68	12.1	8.6	1.29	.264	3.83	90	3.70	101	8.38	-5.2
24	Bob Walk B. Walk	650	278	82	61	.573	196	3.83	11	5	5	1303.0	1,281	555	618	110	451	32	22	32	5,528	66	4.49	3.12	1.44	0.76	11.8	8.2	1.33	.273	4.27	104	4.02	108	8.85	-42.6
25	Rip Sewell R. Sewell	634	385	143	97	.596	243	3.43	137	20	15	2108.2	2,082	804	968	114	740	23	86		9,041	30	2.71	3.16	0.86	0.49	7.0	8.2	1.34	.261	4.13	92	3.77	99	8.89	6.8

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