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| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Javier Vazquez (14, 34) | 2536 | R |
| 2. | Tim Wakefield (19, 44) | 2156 | R |
| 3. | CC Sabathia (11, 30) | 2017 | L |
| 4. | Kevin Millwood (15, 36) | 1976 | R |
| 5. | Roy Halladay (14, 34) | 1934 | R |
| 6. | Livan Hernandez (16, 36) | 1928 | R |
| 7. | Johan Santana (11, 32) | 1877 | L |
| 8. | A.J. Burnett (13, 34) | 1791 | R |
| 9. | Ryan Dempster (14, 34) | 1765 | R |
| 10. | Roy Oswalt (11, 33) | 1759 | R |
| 11. | Bartolo Colon (14, 38) | 1742 | R |
| 12. | Tim Hudson (13, 35) | 1699 | R |
| 13. | Chris Carpenter (14, 36) | 1685 | R |
| 14. | Barry Zito (12, 33) | 1683 | L |
| 15. | Randy Wolf (13, 34) | 1663 | L |
| 16. | Derek Lowe (15, 38) | 1659 | R |
| 17. | Ted Lilly (13, 35) | 1632 | L |
| 18. | Josh Beckett (11, 31) | 1621 | R |
| 19. | Kerry Wood (13, 34) | 1576 | R |
| 20. | Jake Peavy (10, 30) | 1554 | R |
| 21. | Carlos Zambrano (11, 30) | 1542 | R |
| 22. | Freddy Garcia (13, 34) | 1486 | R |
| 23. | John Lackey (10, 32) | 1465 | R |
| 24. | Dan Haren (9, 30) | 1443 | R |
| 25. | Mark Buehrle (12, 32) | 1396 | L |
| 26. | Jeff Suppan (16, 36) | 1383 | R |
| 27. | Aaron Harang (10, 33) | 1329 | R |
| 28. | Brett Myers (10, 30) | 1326 | R |
| 29. | Cliff Lee (10, 32) | 1323 | L |
| 30. | Doug Davis (13, 35) | 1279 | L |
| 31. | Felix Hernandez (7, 25) | 1264 | R |
| 32. | Brad Penny (12, 33) | 1250 | R |
| 33. | Bronson Arroyo (12, 34) | 1226 | R |
| 34. | Justin Verlander (7, 28) | 1215 | R |
| 35. | Miguel Batista (17, 40) | 1214 | R |
| 36. | Brett Tomko (14, 38) | 1209 | R |
| 37. | Darren Oliver (18, 40) | 1167 | L |
| 38. | Arthur Rhodes (20, 41) | 1152 | L |
| 39. | Zack Greinke (8, 27) | 1132 | R |
| 40. | Tim Lincecum (5, 27) | 1127 | R |
| 41. | Oliver Perez (9, 29) | 1126 | L |
| 42. | Jon Garland (12, 31) | 1124 | R |
| 43. | Mariano Rivera (17, 41) | 1111 | R |
| 44. | Kyle Lohse (11, 32) | 1095 | R |
| 45. | Cole Hamels (6, 27) | 1091 | L |
| 46. | Matt Cain (7, 26) | 1085 | R |
| 47. | Octavio Dotel (13, 37) | 1077 | R |
| 48. | Vicente Padilla (13, 33) | 1070 | R |
| 49. | Brandon Webb (7, 32) | 1065 | R |
| 50. | Carl Pavano (13, 35) | 1058 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| Joel Pineiro (12, 32) | 1058 | R | |
| 52. | Ervin Santana (7, 28) | 1034 | R |
| 53. | James Shields (6, 29) | 1027 | R |
| 54. | Jamey Wright (16, 36) | 1016 | R |
| 55. | Wandy Rodriguez (7, 32) | 1004 | L |
| 56. | Scott Kazmir (8, 27) | 993 | L |
| 57. | Jered Weaver (6, 28) | 977 | R |
| 58. | Jason Marquis (12, 32) | 974 | R |
| 59. | Rich Harden (9, 29) | 949 | R |
| 60. | Erik Bedard (8, 32) | 926 | L |
| 61. | Chad Billingsley (6, 26) | 903 | R |
| 62. | Dontrelle Willis (9, 29) | 896 | L |
| 63. | Jon Lester (6, 27) | 894 | L |
| 64. | Kyle Farnsworth (13, 35) | 892 | R |
| 65. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 38) | 887 | R |
| 66. | Bruce Chen (13, 34) | 882 | L |
| 67. | Jose Contreras (9, 39) | 869 | R |
| 68. | Rodrigo Lopez (10, 35) | 863 | R |
| 69. | LaTroy Hawkins (17, 38) | 839 | R |
| 70. | Ubaldo Jimenez (6, 27) | 835 | R |
| 71. | Jake Westbrook (11, 33) | 815 | R |
| 72. | Joe Blanton (8, 30) | 812 | R |
| 73. | Chris Capuano (7, 32) | 807 | L |
| 74. | Francisco Rodriguez (10, 29) | 806 | R |
| 75. | Edwin Jackson (9, 27) | 801 | R |
| 76. | Jason Isringhausen (15, 38) | 799 | R |
| 77. | Brad Lidge (10, 34) | 789 | R |
| 78. | Ricky Nolasco (6, 28) | 786 | R |
| 79. | Nate Robertson (9, 33) | 775 | L |
| 80. | Scott Baker (7, 29) | 770 | R |
| 81. | Matt Garza (6, 27) | 769 | R |
| 82. | Dave Bush (8, 31) | 767 | R |
| 83. | Francisco Cordero (13, 36) | 765 | R |
| 84. | Joe Nathan (11, 36) | 761 | R |
| 85. | Mark Prior (5, 30) | 757 | R |
| 86. | Clayton Kershaw (4, 23) | 745 | L |
| 87. | Jonathan Sanchez (6, 28) | 736 | L |
| 88. | Gavin Floyd (8, 28) | 734 | R |
| 89. | Yovani Gallardo (5, 25) | 732 | R |
| 90. | John Danks (5, 26) | 714 | L |
| 91. | Paul Maholm (7, 29) | 705 | L |
| 92. | Jeff Francis (7, 30) | 694 | L |
| 93. | Elmer Dessens (14, 40) | 693 | R |
| 94. | Jorge De La Rosa (8, 30) | 682 | L |
| 95. | Francisco Liriano (6, 27) | 679 | L |
| 96. | Joaquin Benoit (10, 33) | 676 | R |
| 97. | Chris Young (8, 32) | 675 | R |
| 98. | Guillermo Mota (13, 37) | 672 | R |
| 99. | Ryan Franklin (12, 38) | 668 | R |
| 100. | Josh Johnson (7, 27) | 667 | R |
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