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Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
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Statistic Description: Strikeouts
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andy Pettitte (18, 41) | 2372 | L |
| 2. | CC Sabathia (13, 32) | 2303 | L |
| 3. | Roy Halladay (16, 36) | 2101 | R |
| 4. | A.J. Burnett (15, 36) | 2070 | R |
| 5. | Ryan Dempster (16, 36) | 2005 | R |
| 6. | Johan Santana (12, 34) | 1988 | L |
| 7. | Bartolo Colon (16, 40) | 1885 | R |
| 8. | Tim Hudson (15, 37) | 1868 | R |
| 9. | Barry Zito (14, 35) | 1848 | L |
| 10. | Roy Oswalt (12, 35) | 1818 | R |
| 11. | Jake Peavy (12, 32) | 1814 | R |
| 12. | Josh Beckett (13, 33) | 1794 | R |
| 13. | Derek Lowe (17, 40) | 1722 | R |
| 14. | Chris Carpenter (15, 38) | 1697 | R |
| 15. | Ted Lilly (15, 37) | 1681 | L |
| 16. | Dan Haren (11, 32) | 1647 | R |
| 17. | Carlos Zambrano (12, 32) | 1637 | R |
| 18. | Cliff Lee (12, 34) | 1628 | L |
| 19. | Freddy Garcia (15, 36) | 1598 | R |
| 20. | Felix Hernandez (9, 27) | 1597 | R |
| 21. | Mark Buehrle (14, 34) | 1579 | L |
| 22. | Justin Verlander (9, 30) | 1560 | R |
| 23. | John Lackey (11, 34) | 1521 | R |
| 24. | Aaron Harang (12, 35) | 1516 | R |
| 25. | Bronson Arroyo (14, 36) | 1408 | R |
| 26. | Tim Lincecum (7, 29) | 1398 | R |
| 27. | Cole Hamels (8, 29) | 1396 | L |
| 28. | Esteban Loaiza (14, 41) | 1382 | R |
| 29. | Brett Myers (12, 32) | 1379 | R |
| 30. | Zack Greinke (10, 29) | 1367 | R |
| 31. | Matt Cain (9, 28) | 1366 | R |
| 32. | James Shields (8, 31) | 1345 | R |
| 33. | Kelvim Escobar (12, 37) | 1310 | R |
| 34. | Kyle Lohse (13, 34) | 1287 | R |
| 35. | Miguel Batista (18, 42) | 1250 | R |
| 36. | Ervin Santana (9, 30) | 1244 | R |
| 37. | Darren Oliver (20, 42) | 1231 | L |
| 38. | Wandy Rodriguez (9, 34) | 1189 | L |
| 39. | Oliver Perez (11, 31) | 1185 | L |
| 40. | Ismael Valdez (12, 39) | 1173 | R |
| 41. | Jon Garland (13, 33) | 1156 | R |
| 42. | Jered Weaver (8, 30) | 1146 | R |
| 43. | Octavio Dotel (15, 39) | 1143 | R |
| Mariano Rivera (19, 43) | 1143 | R | |
| 45. | Jon Lester (8, 29) | 1140 | L |
| 46. | Jason Marquis (14, 34) | 1118 | R |
| 47. | Jamey Wright (18, 38) | 1100 | R |
| 48. | Erik Bedard (10, 34) | 1096 | L |
| 49. | Clayton Kershaw (6, 25) | 1078 | L |
| 50. | Ubaldo Jimenez (8, 29) | 1049 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 51. | Scott Kazmir (9, 29) | 1048 | L |
| 52. | Joe Blanton (10, 32) | 1047 | R |
| 53. | Edwin Jackson (11, 29) | 1040 | R |
| 54. | Bruce Chen (15, 36) | 1039 | L |
| 55. | Chad Billingsley (8, 28) | 1037 | R |
| 56. | Adam Wainwright (8, 31) | 1008 | R |
| 57. | Yovani Gallardo (7, 27) | 1005 | R |
| 58. | Chris Capuano (9, 34) | 993 | L |
| 59. | Ricky Nolasco (8, 30) | 987 | R |
| 60. | Kip Wells (12, 36) | 963 | R |
| 61. | Max Scherzer (6, 28) | 945 | R |
| 62. | Jake Westbrook (13, 35) | 940 | R |
| 63. | Jeremy Bonderman (9, 30) | 937 | R |
| 64. | Kyle Farnsworth (15, 37) | 928 | R |
| 65. | Paul Maholm (9, 31) | 914 | L |
| 66. | Gavin Floyd (10, 30) | 903 | R |
| 67. | Francisco Liriano (8, 29) | 901 | L |
| 68. | Ramon Ortiz (12, 40) | 895 | R |
| 69. | Matt Garza (8, 29) | 894 | R |
| 70. | C.J. Wilson (9, 32) | 892 | L |
| 71. | Jose Contreras (11, 41) | 889 | R |
| Francisco Rodriguez (12, 31) | 889 | R | |
| 73. | LaTroy Hawkins (19, 40) | 884 | R |
| 74. | Josh Johnson (9, 29) | 871 | R |
| 75. | Joe Nathan (13, 38) | 867 | R |
| 76. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 37) | 865 | R |
| 77. | Anibal Sanchez (8, 29) | 834 | R |
| 78. | Jeff Francis (9, 32) | 813 | L |
| 79. | R.A. Dickey (11, 38) | 806 | R |
| 80. | Gio Gonzalez (6, 27) | 800 | L |
| 81. | Jonathan Sanchez (8, 30) | 796 | L |
| 82. | Joaquin Benoit (12, 35) | 795 | R |
| 83. | Shaun Marcum (8, 31) | 793 | R |
| 84. | Nate Robertson (9, 35) | 775 | L |
| 85. | David Price (6, 27) | 774 | L |
| 86. | Jeremy Guthrie (10, 34) | 771 | R |
| 87. | Scott Baker (7, 31) | 770 | R |
| 88. | Dave Bush (9, 33) | 768 | R |
| 89. | John Danks (7, 28) | 767 | L |
| 90. | Mark Prior (5, 32) | 757 | R |
| 91. | Chris Young (9, 34) | 755 | R |
| 92. | Kevin Correia (11, 32) | 754 | R |
| 93. | Hiroki Kuroda (6, 38) | 750 | R |
| 94. | Justin Masterson (6, 28) | 746 | R |
| 95. | Jorge De La Rosa (10, 32) | 745 | L |
| 96. | Johnny Cueto (6, 27) | 739 | R |
| 97. | Brandon Morrow (7, 28) | 735 | R |
| 98. | Edinson Volquez (9, 29) | 717 | R |
| 99. | Joe Saunders (9, 32) | 707 | L |
| 100. | Carlos Marmol (8, 30) | 702 | R |
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