| 2,500 Strikeouts |
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| Andy Pettitte | 2,359 | 141 to milestone | | 2,000 Strikeouts |
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| Johan Santana | 1,988 | 12 to milestone | | Ryan Dempster | 1,981 | 19 to milestone | | Bartolo Colon | 1,863 | 137 to milestone | | Tim Hudson | 1,845 | 155 to milestone | | 1,500 Strikeouts |
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| John Lackey | 1,497 | 3 to milestone | | Aaron Harang | 1,487 | 13 to milestone | | Bronson Arroyo | 1,391 | 109 to milestone | | Esteban Loaiza | 1,382 | 118 to milestone | | Brett Myers | 1,379 | 121 to milestone | | Tim Lincecum | 1,373 | 127 to milestone | | Cole Hamels | 1,364 | 136 to milestone | | Zack Greinke | 1,347 | 153 to milestone | | 1,000 Strikeouts |
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| Chris Capuano | 987 | 13 to milestone | | Yovani Gallardo | 979 | 21 to milestone | | Adam Wainwright | 977 | 23 to milestone | | Kip Wells | 963 | 37 to milestone | | Ricky Nolasco | 961 | 39 to milestone | | Jake Westbrook | 940 | 60 to milestone | | Jeremy Bonderman | 929 | 71 to milestone | | Kyle Farnsworth | 922 | 78 to milestone | | Max Scherzer | 904 | 96 to milestone | | Gavin Floyd | 903 | 97 to milestone | | Paul Maholm | 893 | 107 to milestone | | Ramon Ortiz | 892 | 108 to milestone | | Jose Contreras | 888 | 112 to milestone | | Francisco Rodriguez | 881 | 119 to milestone | | LaTroy Hawkins | 881 | 119 to milestone | | Francisco Liriano | 871 | 129 to milestone | | Matt Garza | 870 | 130 to milestone | | C.J. Wilson | 870 | 130 to milestone | | Rodrigo Lopez | 865 | 135 to milestone | | Joe Nathan | 856 | 144 to milestone | | Josh Johnson | 851 | 149 to milestone |
| | MLB Career Leaders for Strikeouts |
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| 1 | Nolan Ryan* | 5,714 | | | 2 | Randy Johnson | 4,875 | | | 3 | Roger Clemens | 4,672 | | | 4 | Steve Carlton* | 4,136 | | | 5 | Bert Blyleven* | 3,701 | | | 6 | Tom Seaver* | 3,640 | | | 7 | Don Sutton* | 3,574 | | | 8 | Gaylord Perry* | 3,534 | | | 9 | Walter Johnson* | 3,509 | | | 10 | Greg Maddux | 3,371 | | | 11 | Phil Niekro* | 3,342 | | | 12 | Fergie Jenkins* | 3,192 | | | 13 | Pedro Martinez | 3,154 | | | 14 | Bob Gibson* | 3,117 | | | 15 | Curt Schilling | 3,116 | | | 16 | John Smoltz | 3,084 | | | 17 | Jim Bunning* | 2,855 | | | 18 | Mickey Lolich | 2,832 | | | 19 | Mike Mussina | 2,813 | | | 20 | Cy Young* | 2,803 | | | 21 | Frank Tanana | 2,773 | | | 22 | David Cone | 2,668 | | | 23 | Chuck Finley | 2,610 | | | 24 | Tom Glavine | 2,607 | | | 25 | Warren Spahn* | 2,583 | | | 26 | Bob Feller* | 2,581 | | | 27 | Tim Keefe* | 2,564 | | | 28 | Jerry Koosman | 2,556 | | | 29 | Javier Vazquez | 2,536 | | | 30 | Christy Mathewson* | 2,507 | | | 31 | Don Drysdale* | 2,486 | | | 32 | Jack Morris | 2,478 | | | 33 | Mark Langston | 2,464 | | | 34 | Jim Kaat | 2,461 | | | 35 | Sam McDowell | 2,453 | | | 36 | Jamie Moyer | 2,441 | | | 37 | Luis Tiant | 2,416 | | | 38 | Dennis Eckersley* | 2,401 | | | 39 | Kevin Brown | 2,397 | | | 40 | Sandy Koufax* | 2,396 | | | 41 | Charlie Hough | 2,362 | | | 42 | Andy Pettitte | 2,359 | (needs 3 to move into 41st place) | | 43 | Robin Roberts* | 2,357 | | | 44 | Early Wynn* | 2,334 | | | 45 | Rube Waddell* | 2,316 | | | 46 | Juan Marichal* | 2,303 | | | 47 | Dwight Gooden | 2,293 | | | 48 | CC Sabathia | 2,270 | (needs 23 to move into 47th place) | | 49 | Lefty Grove* | 2,266 | | | 50 | Eddie Plank* | 2,246 | | | 51 | Tommy John | 2,245 | | | 52 | Jim Palmer* | 2,212 | | | 53 | David Wells | 2,201 | | | 54 | Pete Alexander* | 2,198 | | | 55 | Vida Blue | 2,175 | | | 56 | Camilo Pascual | 2,167 | | | 57 | Tim Wakefield | 2,156 | | | 58 | Dennis Martinez | 2,149 | | | 59 | Roy Halladay | 2,101 | (needs 48 to move into 58th place) | | 60 | Kevin Millwood | 2,083 | | | 61 | Bobo Newsom | 2,082 | | | 62 | Fernando Valenzuela | 2,074 | | | 63 | A.J. Burnett | 2,050 | (needs 24 to move into 62nd place) | | 64 | Dazzy Vance* | 2,045 | | | 65 | Rick Reuschel | 2,015 | | | 66 | Orel Hershiser | 2,014 | | | 67 | Catfish Hunter* | 2,012 | | | 68 | Andy Benes | 2,000 | | | 69 | Billy Pierce | 1,999 | | | 70 | Kevin Appier | 1,994 | | | 71 | Johan Santana | 1,988 | (needs 6 to move into 70th place) | | 72 | Red Ruffing* | 1,987 | | | 73 | Ryan Dempster | 1,981 | (needs 6 to move into 72nd place) | | 74 | John Clarkson* | 1,978 | | | 75 | Livan Hernandez | 1,976 | | | 76 | Al Leiter | 1,974 | | | 77 | Bob Welch | 1,969 | | | 78 | Kenny Rogers | 1,968 | | | 79 | Whitey Ford* | 1,956 | | | 80 | Bobby Witt | 1,955 | | | 81 | Amos Rusie* | 1,950 | | | 82 | Danny Darwin | 1,942 | | | 83 | Tom Gordon | 1,928 | | | 84 | Hideo Nomo | 1,918 | | | 85 | Jerry Reuss | 1,907 | | | 86 | Kid Nichols* | 1,881 | | | 87 | Bartolo Colon | 1,863 | (needs 18 to move into 86th place) | | 88 | Mickey Welch* | 1,850 | | | 89 | Tim Hudson | 1,845 | (needs 5 to move into 88th place) | | 90 | Frank Viola | 1,844 | | | 91 | Old Hoss Radbourn* | 1,830 | | | 92 | Barry Zito | 1,828 | (needs 2 to move into 91st place) | | 93 | Roy Oswalt | 1,818 | | | 94 | Pud Galvin* | 1,807 | | | 95 | Jake Peavy | 1,806 | (needs 1 to move into 94th place) | | 96 | Tony Mullane | 1,803 | | | 97 | Hal Newhouser* | 1,796 | | | 98 | Josh Beckett | 1,794 | (needs 2 to move into 97th place) | | 99 | Ron Guidry | 1,778 | | | 100 | Randy Wolf | 1,767 | | | 101 | John Burkett | 1,766 | | | 102 | Rudy May | 1,760 | | | 103 | Jason Schmidt | 1,758 | | | 104 | Joe Niekro | 1,747 | | | 105 | Sid Fernandez | 1,743 | | | 106 | Dave Stewart | 1,741 | | | 107 | Ed Walsh* | 1,736 | | | 108 | Tom Candiotti | 1,735 | | | 109 | Bob Friend | 1,734 | | | 110 | Milt Pappas | 1,728 | | | | Joe Coleman | 1,728 | | | 112 | Kevin Gross | 1,727 | | | 113 | Floyd Bannister | 1,723 | | | 114 | Derek Lowe | 1,722 | (needs 1 to move into 113th place) | | 115 | Bret Saberhagen | 1,715 | | | | Chan Ho Park | 1,715 | | | 117 | Chief Bender* | 1,711 | | | 118 | Larry Jackson | 1,709 | | | 119 | Jim McCormick | 1,704 | | | 120 | Bob Veale | 1,703 | | | 121 | Red Ames | 1,702 | | | 122 | Charlie Buffinton | 1,700 | | | 123 | Curt Simmons | 1,697 | | | | Chris Carpenter | 1,697 | (needs 3 to move into 122nd place) | | 125 | Bruce Hurst | 1,689 | | | 126 | Rick Sutcliffe | 1,679 | | | 127 | Carl Hubbell* | 1,677 | | | 128 | Tommy Bridges | 1,674 | | | 129 | John Candelaria | 1,673 | | | 130 | Ted Lilly | 1,672 | (needs 1 to move into 129th place) | | 131 | Dave Stieb | 1,669 | | | 132 | Darryl Kile | 1,668 | | | 133 | Gus Weyhing | 1,667 | | | | Mike Moore | 1,667 | | | 135 | Pedro Astacio | 1,664 | | | 136 | Vic Willis* | 1,651 | | | 137 | Rick Wise | 1,647 | | | 138 | Jeff Fassero | 1,643 | | | 139 | Al Downing | 1,639 | | | 140 | Carlos Zambrano | 1,637 | | | 141 | Mike Cuellar | 1,632 | | | 142 | Chris Short | 1,629 | | | 143 | Andy Messersmith | 1,625 | | | 144 | Dan Haren | 1,621 | (needs 4 to move into 143rd place) | | | Jack Powell | 1,621 | | | | Steve Rogers | 1,621 | | | 147 | Ray Sadecki | 1,614 | | | 148 | Claude Osteen | 1,612 | | | 149 | Scott Sanderson | 1,611 | | | 150 | Hoyt Wilhelm* | 1,610 | | | 151 | Jose Rijo | 1,606 | | | 152 | Jim Maloney | 1,605 | | | 153 | Ken Holtzman | 1,601 | | | 154 | Jose DeLeon | 1,594 | | | | Doug Drabek | 1,594 | | | 156 | Rube Marquard* | 1,593 | | | 157 | Steve Trachsel | 1,591 | | | 158 | Ron Darling | 1,590 | | | 159 | Woodie Fryman | 1,587 | | | | Todd Stottlemyre | 1,587 | | | 161 | Cliff Lee | 1,585 | (needs 2 to move into 159th place) | | 162 | Freddy Garcia | 1,583 | (needs 2 to move into 161st place) | | 163 | Kerry Wood | 1,582 | | | 164 | Jim Perry | 1,576 | | | 165 | Harvey Haddix | 1,575 | | | 166 | Jim Whitney | 1,571 | | | 167 | Mark Buehrle | 1,561 | (needs 10 to move into 166th place) | | 168 | Felix Hernandez | 1,559 | (needs 2 to move into 167th place) | | 169 | Jon Lieber | 1,553 | | | | Adonis Terry | 1,553 | | | 171 | Bill Donovan | 1,552 | | | 172 | Greg Swindell | 1,542 | | | 173 | Jimmy Key | 1,538 | | | 174 | Virgil Trucks | 1,534 | | | | Dean Chance | 1,534 | | | 176 | Doyle Alexander | 1,528 | | | | Bobby Mathews | 1,528 | | | 178 | Justin Verlander | 1,523 | (needs 5 to move into 176th place) | | 179 | Juan Pizarro | 1,522 | | | 180 | Tim Belcher | 1,519 | | | 181 | Jon Matlack | 1,516 | | | 182 | Bill Singer | 1,515 | | | | Toad Ramsey | 1,515 | | | 184 | Dave McNally | 1,512 | | | | Burleigh Grimes* | 1,512 | | | | Sonny Siebert | 1,512 | | | 187 | Paul Derringer | 1,507 | | | 188 | Rich Gossage* | 1,502 | | | 189 | John Lackey | 1,497 | (needs 5 to move into 188th place) | | 190 | Larry Dierker | 1,493 | | | | J.R. Richard | 1,493 | | | 192 | Mike Flanagan | 1,491 | | | | Burt Hooton | 1,491 | | | 194 | Aaron Harang | 1,487 | (needs 4 to move into 192nd place) | | 195 | George Mullin | 1,482 | | | | Kevin Tapani | 1,482 | | | 197 | Ron Reed | 1,481 | | | 198 | Woody Williams | 1,480 | | | 199 | Mike Krukow | 1,478 | | | 200 | Jim Lonborg | 1,475 | | | 201 | Bob Knepper | 1,473 | | | 202 | Red Faber* | 1,471 | | | 203 | Mike Scott | 1,469 | | | 204 | Lefty Gomez* | 1,468 | | | 205 | Brad Radke | 1,467 | | | 206 | Charlie Root | 1,459 | | | 207 | Steve Renko | 1,455 | | | 208 | Earl Wilson | 1,452 | | | 209 | Mario Soto | 1,449 | | | 210 | Johnny Podres | 1,435 | | | 211 | Ramon Martinez | 1,427 | | | 212 | Allie Reynolds | 1,423 | | | 213 | Jim Clancy | 1,422 | | | 214 | Gary Peters | 1,420 | | | 215 | Rick Rhoden | 1,419 | | | 216 | Hippo Vaughn | 1,416 | | | 217 | Denny Neagle | 1,415 | | | 218 | Wilbur Wood | 1,411 | | | | Ray Culp | 1,411 | | | 220 | Aaron Sele | 1,407 | | | 221 | Mike Torrez | 1,404 | | | 222 | Earl Moore | 1,403 | | | | Shane Reynolds | 1,403 | | | | Mike Morgan | 1,403 | | | 225 | Dave Burba | 1,398 | | | 226 | Bronson Arroyo | 1,391 | (needs 7 to move into 225th place) | | 227 | Jeff Suppan | 1,390 | | | 228 | Mike Hampton | 1,387 | | | 229 | Doc White | 1,384 | | | 230 | Esteban Loaiza | 1,382 | (needs 2 to move into 229th place) | | 231 | Brett Myers | 1,379 | (needs 3 to move into 230th place) | | 232 | Gary Bell | 1,378 | | | 233 | Sam Jones | 1,376 | | | 234 | Mordecai Brown* | 1,375 | | | 235 | Eddie Cicotte | 1,374 | | | 236 | Mike Witt | 1,373 | | | | Tim Lincecum | 1,373 | (needs 1 to move into 235th place) | | 238 | Joe Nuxhall | 1,372 | | | 239 | Mark Gubicza | 1,371 | | | 240 | Pete Harnisch | 1,368 | | | | Tom Hughes | 1,368 | | | 242 | Cole Hamels | 1,364 | (needs 4 to move into 240th place) | | 243 | Lindy McDaniel | 1,361 | | | 244 | Bob Shawkey | 1,360 | | | 245 | Stan Bahnsen | 1,359 | | | 246 | Earl Whitehill | 1,350 | | | | Eppa Rixey* | 1,350 | | | 248 | Mark Baldwin | 1,349 | | | 249 | Zack Greinke | 1,347 | (needs 2 to move into 248th place) | | 250 | Matt Cain | 1,334 | (needs 13 to move into 249th place) |
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