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

Kevin Appier has fanned the most career hitters for the Royals, with 1,458 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	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,458	287	115	92	.556	275	3.49	32	10	0	1843.2	1,671	714	771	138	634	39	2	30	7,688	72	7.12	3.09	2.30	0.67	19.0	8.2	1.25	.283	3.76	77	3.48	80	8.16	184.1
2	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	1,366	382	132	135	.494	327	3.91	42	16	2	2218.2	2,226	965	1,050	153	783	58	14	39	9,457	107	5.54	3.18	1.74	0.62	14.4	8.3	1.36	.292	4.26	92	3.66	88	9.03	116
3	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	1,323	312	144	106	.576	302	3.70	103	23	1	2187.0	2,137	898	1,008	202	622	52	3	39	9,149	73	5.44	2.56	2.13	0.83	14.5	6.8	1.26	.278	4.15	93	3.59	93	8.79	62.5
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,101	266	66	91	.420	222	3.93	12	3	1	1387.1	1,436	606	656	151	330	46	8	12	5,826	34	7.14	2.14	3.34	0.98	18.9	5.7	1.27	.306	4.26	89	3.75	88	9.32	83
5	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	1,093	252	110	78	.585	226	3.21	64	14	1	1660.1	1,551	593	650	126	331	27	13	25	6,725	41	5.92	1.79	3.30	0.68	16.3	4.9	1.13	.277	3.52	78	3.09	78	8.41	158.1
6	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	1,057	429	166	143	.537	392	3.81	88	17	1	2554.2	2,644	1,082	1,243	192	780	34	13	41	10,829	41	3.72	2.75	1.36	0.68	9.8	7.2	1.34	.280	4.38	99	3.72	99	9.31	11
7	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	1,048	234	68	68	.500	204	3.95	1	0	1	1172.1	1,111	514	545	144	432	45	7	6	4,974	52	8.05	3.32	2.43	1.11	21.1	8.7	1.32	.293	4.18	92	4.17	101	8.53	-5.8
8	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	999	274	79	71	.527	144	4.02	12	2	3	1149.2	1,040	514	572	91	587	20	58	27	4,971	71	7.82	4.60	1.70	0.71	20.1	11.8	1.42	.290	4.48	94	3.79	92	8.14	41.3
9	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	720	686	44	50	.468	0	3.20	0	0	304	849.1	760	302	332	79	287	26	543	39	3,548	32	7.63	3.04	2.51	0.84	20.3	8.1	1.23	.280	3.52	72	3.56	83	8.05	63.7
10	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
11	Steve Busby S. Busby	659	167	70	54	.565	150	3.72	53	7	0	1060.2	1,003	438	483	73	433	25	8	22	4,505	28	5.59	3.67	1.52	0.62	14.6	9.6	1.35	.281	4.10	97	3.53	94	8.51	22
12	Brady Singer B. Singer	645	127	36	44	.450	124	4.28	1	0	0	685.1	695	326	347	82	214	42	2	1	2,934	16	8.47	2.81	3.01	1.08	22.0	7.3	1.33	.314	4.56	99	3.97	96	9.13	13.8
13	Larry Gura L. Gura	633	310	111	78	.587	219	3.72	61	14	12	1701.1	1,628	704	792	166	503	40	37	31	7,108	24	3.35	2.66	1.26	0.88	8.9	7.1	1.25	.254	4.19	93	4.18	107	8.61	-54.5
14	Charlie Leibrandt C. Leibrandt	618	194	76	61	.555	187	3.60	34	10	0	1257.0	1,294	503	563	102	359	16	3	14	5,308	39	4.42	2.57	1.72	0.73	11.6	6.8	1.32	.283	4.03	87	3.73	94	9.26	36.4
15	Dick Drago D. Drago	577	182	61	70	.466	160	3.52	53	10	1	1134.0	1,162	444	493	91	310	31	14	26	4,738	16	4.58	2.46	1.86	0.72	12.2	6.5	1.30	.287	3.91	99	3.43	94	9.22	29
16	Greg Holland G. Holland	514	394	24	17	.585	0	2.72	0	0	159	403.2	303	122	134	26	158	5	255	15	1,652	37	11.46	3.52	3.25	0.58	31.1	9.6	1.14	.292	2.99	65	2.60	64	6.76	64.4
17	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	508	163	22	37	.373	86	4.48	0	0	30	546.2	525	272	287	100	189	21	52	7	2,326	15	8.36	3.11	2.69	1.65	21.8	8.1	1.31	.282	4.73	102	4.83	114	8.64	-36.9
18	Bud Black B. Black	508	216	56	57	.496	128	3.73	16	3	10	977.2	942	405	457	100	289	29	37	22	4,109	27	4.68	2.66	1.76	0.92	12.4	7.0	1.26	.265	4.21	90	4.01	100	8.67	-0.1
19	Brad Keller B. Keller	506	150	38	53	.418	114	4.27	2	1	1	679.0	679	322	347	62	303	25	8	5	2,948	41	6.71	4.02	1.67	0.82	17.2	10.3	1.45	.301	4.60	97	4.31	102	9.00	-7.2
20	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	495	126	22	38	.367	89	4.14	0	0	1	522.0	508	240	263	61	216	18	11	5	2,237	11	8.53	3.72	2.29	1.05	22.1	9.7	1.39	.309	4.53	97	4.11	99	8.76	1.6
21	Bruce Chen B. Chen	494	156	47	43	.522	113	4.53	2	1	1	718.2	753	362	381	100	231	26	17	17	3,089	14	6.19	2.89	2.14	1.25	16.0	7.5	1.37	.292	4.77	109	4.57	113	9.43	-42.5
22	Jose Rosado J. Rosado	484	125	37	45	.451	112	4.27	11	2	1	720.1	715	342	383	86	237	22	1	7	3,083	24	6.05	2.96	2.04	1.07	15.7	7.7	1.32	.279	4.79	88	4.41	93	8.93	29.3
23	Gil Meche G. Meche	475	111	29	39	.426	100	4.27	3	1	0	617.0	631	293	319	67	231	8	1	7	2,654	16	6.93	3.37	2.06	0.98	17.9	8.7	1.40	.301	4.65	96	4.18	97	9.20	9.2
24	Joakim Soria J. Soria	473	427	22	26	.458	0	2.82	0	0	162	438.0	361	137	144	35	134	16	267	8	1,803	16	9.72	2.75	3.53	0.72	26.2	7.4	1.13	.285	2.96	65	3.03	72	7.42	59
25	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	472	138	39	51	.433	133	4.73	11	3	0	864.2	927	454	489	123	289	29	2	13	3,739	28	4.91	3.01	1.63	1.28	12.6	7.7	1.41	.285	5.09	96	4.92	104	9.65	-17.3

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Twins	49	51	.490	4.0
Tigers	46	53	.465	6.5
Royals	40	60	.400	13.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 7/20	SFG	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Tue 7/21	SFG	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 7/22	SFG	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Thu 7/23	KCR	@	DET	6:40 PM
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Braves	57	41	.582
Phillies	55	45	.550	3.0
Marlins	52	48	.520	6.0
Nationals	50	50	.500	8.0
Mets	42	58	.420	16.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	62	37	.626
Cubs	56	43	.566	6.0
Cardinals	51	47	.520	10.5
Pirates	52	48	.520	10.5
Reds	45	53	.459	16.5
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Orioles	49	51	.490	8.0
Blue Jays	46	53	.465	10.5
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Twins	49	51	.490	4.0
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Royals	40	60	.400	13.0
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Astros	47	54	.465	4.0
Athletics	42	57	.424	8.0
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Wed 7/1	DET	@	NYY	6-2
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Wed 7/1	NYM	@	TOR	3-9
Wed 7/1	TBR	@	KCR	4-0
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Mon 7/20	MIN	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Mon 7/20	PIT	@	NYY	7:05 PM
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Kevin Appier has fanned the most career hitters for the Royals, with 1,458 strikeouts.

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