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| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Livan Hernandez (16, 36) | 3441 | R |
| 2. | Tim Wakefield (19, 44) | 3152 | R |
| 3. | Jeff Suppan (16, 36) | 2809 | R |
| 4. | Javier Vazquez (14, 34) | 2784 | R |
| 5. | Mark Buehrle (12, 32) | 2610 | L |
| 6. | Kevin Millwood (15, 36) | 2602 | R |
| 7. | Derek Lowe (15, 38) | 2563 | R |
| 8. | Roy Halladay (14, 34) | 2436 | R |
| 9. | Tim Hudson (13, 35) | 2336 | R |
| 10. | Bartolo Colon (14, 38) | 2240 | R |
| 11. | Chris Carpenter (14, 36) | 2189 | R |
| 12. | CC Sabathia (11, 30) | 2177 | L |
| 13. | Jon Garland (12, 31) | 2175 | R |
| 14. | Roy Oswalt (11, 33) | 2071 | R |
| 15. | Freddy Garcia (13, 34) | 2048 | R |
| 16. | Randy Wolf (13, 34) | 2035 | L |
| 17. | Ryan Dempster (14, 34) | 2022 | R |
| 18. | Barry Zito (12, 33) | 2010 | L |
| 19. | Miguel Batista (17, 40) | 1963 | R |
| Jamey Wright (16, 36) | 1963 | R | |
| 21. | John Lackey (10, 32) | 1955 | R |
| 22. | Brad Penny (12, 33) | 1954 | R |
| 23. | Darren Oliver (18, 40) | 1947 | L |
| 24. | Kyle Lohse (11, 32) | 1945 | R |
| 25. | Bronson Arroyo (12, 34) | 1913 | R |
| 26. | Brett Tomko (14, 38) | 1898 | R |
| 27. | Carl Pavano (13, 35) | 1891 | R |
| 28. | Joel Pineiro (12, 32) | 1878 | R |
| 29. | Doug Davis (13, 35) | 1813 | L |
| 30. | A.J. Burnett (13, 34) | 1786 | R |
| 31. | Ted Lilly (13, 35) | 1764 | L |
| 32. | Jason Marquis (12, 32) | 1758 | R |
| 33. | Aaron Harang (10, 33) | 1721 | R |
| 34. | Dan Haren (9, 30) | 1631 | R |
| Brett Myers (10, 30) | 1631 | R | |
| 36. | Cliff Lee (10, 32) | 1616 | L |
| 37. | Johan Santana (11, 32) | 1609 | L |
| 38. | Carlos Zambrano (11, 30) | 1586 | R |
| 39. | Josh Beckett (11, 31) | 1577 | R |
| 40. | Jake Westbrook (11, 33) | 1562 | R |
| 41. | Vicente Padilla (13, 33) | 1553 | R |
| 42. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 38) | 1532 | R |
| 43. | Aaron Cook (10, 32) | 1519 | R |
| 44. | Rodrigo Lopez (10, 35) | 1498 | R |
| 45. | Carlos Silva (9, 32) | 1496 | R |
| 46. | LaTroy Hawkins (17, 38) | 1395 | R |
| 47. | Jake Peavy (10, 30) | 1384 | R |
| 48. | Mark Hendrickson (10, 37) | 1361 | L |
| 49. | Joe Blanton (8, 30) | 1332 | R |
| 50. | Elmer Dessens (14, 40) | 1300 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Throws |
| 51. | Zack Greinke (8, 27) | 1282 | R |
| 52. | Nate Robertson (9, 33) | 1279 | L |
| Ervin Santana (7, 28) | 1279 | R | |
| 54. | Felix Hernandez (7, 25) | 1275 | R |
| 55. | Zach Duke (7, 28) | 1269 | L |
| 56. | Dontrelle Willis (9, 29) | 1251 | L |
| 57. | Paul Maholm (7, 29) | 1247 | L |
| 58. | James Shields (6, 29) | 1231 | R |
| 59. | Ryan Franklin (12, 38) | 1230 | R |
| 60. | Brandon Webb (7, 32) | 1200 | R |
| 61. | Jeff Francis (7, 30) | 1198 | L |
| 62. | Dave Bush (8, 31) | 1194 | R |
| 63. | Bruce Chen (13, 34) | 1170 | L |
| 64. | Wandy Rodriguez (7, 32) | 1161 | L |
| Justin Verlander (7, 28) | 1161 | R | |
| 66. | Jose Contreras (9, 39) | 1156 | R |
| 67. | Edwin Jackson (9, 27) | 1154 | R |
| 68. | Matt Cain (7, 26) | 1102 | R |
| 69. | Kerry Wood (13, 34) | 1075 | R |
| 70. | Joe Saunders (7, 30) | 1041 | L |
| 71. | Cole Hamels (6, 27) | 1033 | L |
| Arthur Rhodes (20, 41) | 1033 | L | |
| 73. | Brian Lawrence (6, 35) | 1023 | R |
| 74. | Oliver Perez (9, 29) | 1019 | L |
| 75. | Jeremy Guthrie (8, 32) | 1013 | R |
| 76. | Jered Weaver (6, 28) | 1010 | R |
| 77. | Chris Capuano (7, 32) | 992 | L |
| 78. | Scott Baker (7, 29) | 987 | R |
| 79. | Ricky Nolasco (6, 28) | 976 | R |
| 80. | Fausto Carmona (6, 27) | 972 | R |
| 81. | Scott Kazmir (8, 27) | 968 | L |
| 82. | Mike Pelfrey (6, 27) | 965 | R |
| 83. | Gavin Floyd (8, 28) | 957 | R |
| 84. | Chad Billingsley (6, 26) | 949 | R |
| 85. | Kevin Correia (9, 30) | 947 | R |
| 86. | Mariano Rivera (17, 41) | 934 | R |
| 87. | John Danks (5, 26) | 897 | L |
| 88. | Tim Redding (8, 33) | 889 | R |
| 89. | Josh Towers (8, 34) | 887 | R |
| 90. | R.A. Dickey (9, 36) | 886 | R |
| 91. | Matt Garza (6, 27) | 884 | R |
| 92. | Erik Bedard (8, 32) | 880 | L |
| 93. | Kyle Davies (7, 27) | 876 | R |
| 94. | Casey Fossum (9, 33) | 873 | L |
| Jon Lester (6, 27) | 873 | L | |
| Ian Snell (7, 29) | 873 | R | |
| 97. | Nick Blackburn (5, 29) | 860 | R |
| 98. | Jason Isringhausen (15, 38) | 857 | R |
| 99. | Kyle Farnsworth (13, 35) | 847 | R |
| 100. | Tim Lincecum (5, 27) | 842 | R |
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