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Statistic Description: Strikeouts
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andy Pettitte (18, 41) | 2354 | L |
| 2. | CC Sabathia (13, 32) | 2268 | L |
| 3. | Roy Halladay (16, 36) | 2101 | R |
| 4. | A.J. Burnett (15, 36) | 2043 | R |
| 5. | Johan Santana (12, 34) | 1988 | L |
| 6. | Ryan Dempster (16, 36) | 1979 | R |
| 7. | Bartolo Colon (16, 40) | 1860 | R |
| 8. | Tim Hudson (15, 37) | 1836 | R |
| 9. | Barry Zito (14, 35) | 1824 | L |
| 10. | Jake Peavy (12, 32) | 1799 | R |
| 11. | Josh Beckett (13, 33) | 1794 | R |
| 12. | Derek Lowe (17, 40) | 1722 | R |
| 13. | Chris Carpenter (15, 38) | 1697 | R |
| 14. | Ted Lilly (15, 37) | 1672 | L |
| 15. | Dan Haren (11, 32) | 1616 | R |
| 16. | Freddy Garcia (15, 36) | 1580 | R |
| 17. | Cliff Lee (12, 34) | 1573 | L |
| 18. | Mark Buehrle (14, 34) | 1551 | L |
| Felix Hernandez (9, 27) | 1551 | R | |
| 20. | Justin Verlander (9, 30) | 1511 | R |
| 21. | John Lackey (11, 34) | 1492 | R |
| 22. | Aaron Harang (12, 35) | 1483 | R |
| 23. | Bronson Arroyo (14, 36) | 1385 | R |
| 24. | Esteban Loaiza (14, 41) | 1382 | R |
| 25. | Brett Myers (12, 32) | 1379 | R |
| 26. | Tim Lincecum (7, 29) | 1369 | R |
| 27. | Cole Hamels (8, 29) | 1350 | L |
| 28. | Zack Greinke (10, 29) | 1342 | R |
| 29. | Matt Cain (9, 28) | 1321 | R |
| 30. | Kelvim Escobar (12, 37) | 1310 | R |
| 31. | James Shields (8, 31) | 1303 | R |
| 32. | Kyle Lohse (13, 34) | 1271 | R |
| 33. | Miguel Batista (18, 42) | 1250 | R |
| 34. | Darren Oliver (20, 42) | 1228 | L |
| 35. | Ervin Santana (9, 30) | 1206 | R |
| 36. | Wandy Rodriguez (9, 34) | 1170 | L |
| 37. | Oliver Perez (11, 31) | 1168 | L |
| 38. | Jon Garland (13, 33) | 1146 | R |
| 39. | Octavio Dotel (15, 39) | 1143 | R |
| 40. | Mariano Rivera (19, 43) | 1132 | R |
| 41. | Jered Weaver (8, 30) | 1125 | R |
| 42. | Jon Lester (8, 29) | 1105 | L |
| 43. | Jason Marquis (14, 34) | 1091 | R |
| 44. | Jamey Wright (18, 38) | 1083 | R |
| 45. | Erik Bedard (10, 34) | 1075 | L |
| 46. | Clayton Kershaw (6, 25) | 1041 | L |
| 47. | Chad Billingsley (8, 28) | 1037 | R |
| 48. | Bruce Chen (15, 36) | 1034 | L |
| 49. | Scott Kazmir (9, 29) | 1021 | L |
| 50. | Ubaldo Jimenez (8, 29) | 1013 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 51. | Edwin Jackson (11, 29) | 1011 | R |
| 52. | Joe Blanton (10, 32) | 1007 | R |
| 53. | Chris Capuano (9, 34) | 982 | L |
| 54. | Yovani Gallardo (7, 27) | 967 | R |
| 55. | Adam Wainwright (8, 31) | 963 | R |
| Kip Wells (12, 36) | 963 | R | |
| 57. | Ricky Nolasco (8, 30) | 950 | R |
| 58. | Jake Westbrook (13, 35) | 940 | R |
| 59. | Jeremy Bonderman (8, 30) | 929 | R |
| 60. | Kyle Farnsworth (15, 37) | 920 | R |
| 61. | Gavin Floyd (10, 30) | 903 | R |
| 62. | Ramon Ortiz (12, 40) | 890 | R |
| Max Scherzer (6, 28) | 890 | R | |
| 64. | Jose Contreras (11, 41) | 886 | R |
| Paul Maholm (9, 31) | 886 | L | |
| 66. | Francisco Rodriguez (11, 31) | 878 | R |
| 67. | LaTroy Hawkins (19, 40) | 877 | R |
| 68. | Matt Garza (7, 29) | 865 | R |
| Rodrigo Lopez (11, 37) | 865 | R | |
| 70. | C.J. Wilson (9, 32) | 857 | L |
| 71. | Francisco Liriano (8, 29) | 855 | L |
| 72. | Joe Nathan (13, 38) | 854 | R |
| 73. | Josh Johnson (9, 29) | 851 | R |
| 74. | Jeff Francis (9, 32) | 801 | L |
| 75. | Anibal Sanchez (8, 29) | 799 | R |
| 76. | Jonathan Sanchez (8, 30) | 796 | L |
| 77. | R.A. Dickey (11, 38) | 787 | R |
| 78. | Joaquin Benoit (12, 35) | 784 | R |
| 79. | Nate Robertson (9, 35) | 775 | L |
| 80. | David Price (6, 27) | 773 | L |
| 81. | Scott Baker (7, 31) | 770 | R |
| 82. | Dave Bush (9, 33) | 768 | R |
| 83. | Gio Gonzalez (6, 27) | 765 | L |
| 84. | Jeremy Guthrie (10, 34) | 757 | R |
| Mark Prior (5, 32) | 757 | R | |
| 86. | Shaun Marcum (8, 31) | 756 | R |
| 87. | Chris Young (9, 34) | 755 | R |
| 88. | John Danks (6, 28) | 744 | L |
| 89. | Kevin Correia (11, 32) | 734 | R |
| 90. | Brandon Morrow (7, 28) | 727 | R |
| 91. | Hiroki Kuroda (6, 38) | 724 | R |
| 92. | Johnny Cueto (6, 27) | 720 | R |
| 93. | Jorge De La Rosa (10, 32) | 716 | L |
| 94. | Justin Masterson (6, 28) | 704 | R |
| 95. | Carlos Marmol (8, 30) | 686 | R |
| 96. | Joe Saunders (9, 32) | 682 | L |
| 97. | Edinson Volquez (9, 29) | 677 | R |
| 98. | Rafael Betancourt (11, 38) | 670 | R |
| 99. | Mark Hendrickson (10, 39) | 666 | L |
| 100. | Jose Valverde (11, 35) | 657 | R |
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