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Active Leaders & Records for Batters Faced
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Statistic Description: Batters Faced
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jamie Moyer (25, 49) | 17356 | L |
| 2. | Livan Hernandez (17, 37) | 13816 | R |
| 3. | Andy Pettitte (17, 40) | 13290 | L |
| 4. | Kevin Millwood (16, 37) | 11616 | R |
| 5. | Derek Lowe (16, 39) | 11301 | R |
| 6. | Tim Hudson (14, 36) | 11157 | R |
| 7. | Mark Buehrle (13, 33) | 11145 | L |
| 8. | Jeff Suppan (17, 37) | 11139 | R |
| 9. | Roy Halladay (15, 35) | 11005 | R |
| 10. | CC Sabathia (12, 31) | 10622 | L |
| 11. | Barry Zito (13, 34) | 10356 | L |
| 12. | Bartolo Colon (15, 39) | 10158 | R |
| 13. | Randy Wolf (14, 35) | 9703 | L |
| 14. | Ryan Dempster (15, 35) | 9658 | R |
| 15. | Chris Carpenter (15, 37) | 9305 | R |
| 16. | Freddy Garcia (14, 35) | 9264 | R |
| 17. | A.J. Burnett (14, 35) | 9230 | R |
| 18. | Roy Oswalt (12, 34) | 9150 | R |
| 19. | Bronson Arroyo (13, 35) | 8836 | R |
| 20. | Miguel Batista (18, 41) | 8643 | R |
| 21. | Kyle Lohse (12, 33) | 8503 | R |
| 22. | Jamey Wright (17, 37) | 8442 | R |
| 23. | Carlos Zambrano (12, 31) | 8389 | R |
| 24. | Ted Lilly (14, 36) | 8281 | L |
| 25. | Johan Santana (12, 33) | 8262 | L |
| 26. | Darren Oliver (19, 41) | 8142 | L |
| 27. | Brad Penny (13, 34) | 8098 | R |
| 28. | John Lackey (10, 33) | 8044 | R |
| 29. | Josh Beckett (12, 32) | 7909 | R |
| 30. | Jason Marquis (13, 33) | 7889 | R |
| 31. | Brett Tomko (14, 39) | 7824 | R |
| 32. | Dan Haren (10, 31) | 7761 | R |
| 33. | Aaron Harang (11, 34) | 7725 | R |
| 34. | Cliff Lee (11, 33) | 7689 | L |
| 35. | Carl Pavano (14, 36) | 7643 | R |
| 36. | Doug Davis (13, 36) | 7597 | L |
| 37. | Joel Pineiro (12, 33) | 7450 | R |
| 38. | Jake Peavy (11, 31) | 7428 | R |
| 39. | Brett Myers (11, 31) | 7210 | R |
| 40. | Jake Westbrook (12, 34) | 6994 | R |
| 41. | Vicente Padilla (14, 34) | 6808 | R |
| 42. | Felix Hernandez (8, 26) | 6690 | R |
| 43. | Ben Sheets (10, 33) | 6640 | R |
| 44. | Justin Verlander (8, 29) | 6408 | R |
| 45. | Matt Cain (8, 27) | 6329 | R |
| 46. | Ervin Santana (8, 29) | 6282 | R |
| 47. | Zack Greinke (9, 28) | 6231 | R |
| 48. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 39) | 6220 | R |
| 49. | Aaron Cook (11, 33) | 6121 | R |
| 50. | Joe Blanton (9, 31) | 6114 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 51. | James Shields (7, 30) | 6039 | R |
| 52. | Kip Wells (12, 35) | 5970 | R |
| 53. | Wandy Rodriguez (8, 33) | 5894 | L |
| 54. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 36) | 5879 | R |
| 55. | Bruce Chen (14, 35) | 5863 | L |
| Kerry Wood (14, 35) | 5863 | R | |
| 57. | Paul Maholm (8, 30) | 5723 | L |
| 58. | LaTroy Hawkins (18, 39) | 5647 | R |
| 59. | Cole Hamels (7, 28) | 5602 | L |
| 60. | Edwin Jackson (10, 28) | 5502 | R |
| 61. | Jered Weaver (7, 29) | 5382 | R |
| 62. | Dontrelle Willis (9, 30) | 5325 | L |
| 63. | Jeff Francis (8, 31) | 5139 | L |
| 64. | Jeremy Guthrie (9, 33) | 5113 | R |
| 65. | Tim Lincecum (6, 28) | 5073 | R |
| 66. | Oliver Perez (10, 30) | 5064 | L |
| Nate Robertson (9, 34) | 5064 | L | |
| 68. | Jose Contreras (10, 40) | 5059 | R |
| 69. | Chad Billingsley (7, 27) | 4988 | R |
| 70. | Chris Capuano (8, 33) | 4975 | L |
| 71. | Joe Saunders (8, 31) | 4927 | L |
| 72. | Jon Lester (7, 28) | 4895 | L |
| 73. | Dave Bush (8, 32) | 4884 | R |
| 74. | Mariano Rivera (18, 42) | 4847 | R |
| 75. | Gavin Floyd (9, 29) | 4826 | R |
| 76. | Ricky Nolasco (7, 29) | 4753 | R |
| 77. | Ubaldo Jimenez (7, 28) | 4687 | R |
| 78. | Scott Elarton (10, 36) | 4681 | R |
| 79. | Kevin Correia (10, 31) | 4634 | R |
| 80. | Erik Bedard (9, 33) | 4613 | L |
| 81. | Zach Duke (8, 29) | 4602 | L |
| 82. | R.A. Dickey (10, 37) | 4507 | R |
| 83. | Adam Wainwright (7, 30) | 4455 | R |
| 84. | Matt Garza (7, 28) | 4350 | R |
| 85. | Jason Isringhausen (16, 39) | 4322 | R |
| 86. | Roberto Hernandez (7, 31) | 4139 | R |
| 87. | John Danks (6, 27) | 4109 | L |
| 88. | Daniel Cabrera (6, 31) | 4041 | R |
| 89. | Scott Baker (7, 30) | 4004 | R |
| 90. | Octavio Dotel (14, 38) | 3996 | R |
| 91. | Kyle Farnsworth (14, 36) | 3991 | R |
| 92. | Mike Pelfrey (7, 28) | 3931 | R |
| 93. | Yovani Gallardo (6, 26) | 3884 | R |
| 94. | C.J. Wilson (8, 31) | 3863 | L |
| 95. | Clayton Kershaw (5, 24) | 3832 | L |
| 96. | Shaun Marcum (7, 30) | 3829 | R |
| 97. | Johnny Cueto (5, 26) | 3808 | R |
| 98. | Hiroki Kuroda (5, 37) | 3800 | R |
| 99. | Josh Johnson (8, 28) | 3792 | R |
| 100. | Chris Young (9, 33) | 3738 | R |
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