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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. | Andy Pettitte (18, 41) | 13498 | L |
| 2. | Mark Buehrle (14, 34) | 11412 | L |
| 3. | Tim Hudson (15, 37) | 11393 | R |
| 4. | Derek Lowe (17, 40) | 11358 | R |
| 5. | Roy Halladay (16, 36) | 11160 | R |
| 6. | CC Sabathia (13, 32) | 10902 | L |
| 7. | Barry Zito (14, 35) | 10577 | L |
| 8. | Bartolo Colon (16, 40) | 10373 | R |
| 9. | Ryan Dempster (16, 36) | 9882 | R |
| 10. | A.J. Burnett (15, 36) | 9486 | R |
| 11. | Freddy Garcia (15, 36) | 9351 | R |
| 12. | Chris Carpenter (15, 38) | 9305 | R |
| 13. | Jon Garland (13, 33) | 9122 | R |
| 14. | Esteban Loaiza (14, 41) | 9106 | R |
| 15. | Bronson Arroyo (14, 36) | 9079 | R |
| 16. | Kyle Lohse (13, 34) | 8731 | R |
| 17. | Miguel Batista (18, 42) | 8643 | R |
| 18. | Jamey Wright (18, 38) | 8519 | R |
| 19. | Ted Lilly (15, 37) | 8324 | L |
| 20. | Johan Santana (12, 34) | 8262 | L |
| 21. | Darren Oliver (20, 42) | 8219 | L |
| 22. | John Lackey (11, 34) | 8184 | R |
| 23. | Jason Marquis (14, 34) | 8121 | R |
| 24. | Josh Beckett (13, 33) | 8104 | R |
| 25. | Dan Haren (11, 32) | 7986 | R |
| 26. | Cliff Lee (12, 34) | 7975 | L |
| 27. | Aaron Harang (12, 35) | 7856 | R |
| 28. | Ismael Valdez (12, 39) | 7760 | R |
| 29. | Jake Peavy (12, 32) | 7632 | R |
| 30. | Brett Myers (12, 32) | 7307 | R |
| 31. | Jake Westbrook (13, 35) | 7160 | R |
| 32. | Felix Hernandez (9, 27) | 6961 | R |
| 33. | Justin Verlander (9, 30) | 6661 | R |
| 34. | Matt Cain (9, 28) | 6594 | R |
| 35. | Ervin Santana (9, 30) | 6504 | R |
| 36. | Kelvim Escobar (12, 37) | 6483 | R |
| 37. | Joe Blanton (10, 32) | 6363 | R |
| 38. | James Shields (8, 31) | 6320 | R |
| 39. | Zack Greinke (10, 29) | 6318 | R |
| 40. | Ramon Ortiz (12, 40) | 6299 | R |
| 41. | Aaron Cook (11, 34) | 6121 | R |
| 42. | Wandy Rodriguez (9, 34) | 6098 | L |
| 43. | Paul Maholm (9, 31) | 5984 | L |
| 44. | Kip Wells (12, 36) | 5970 | R |
| 45. | Bruce Chen (15, 36) | 5929 | L |
| 46. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 37) | 5879 | R |
| 47. | Cole Hamels (8, 29) | 5867 | L |
| 48. | LaTroy Hawkins (19, 40) | 5733 | R |
| 49. | Edwin Jackson (11, 29) | 5731 | R |
| 50. | Jered Weaver (8, 30) | 5430 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 51. | Jeremy Guthrie (10, 34) | 5361 | R |
| 52. | Tim Lincecum (7, 29) | 5307 | R |
| 53. | Jeff Francis (9, 32) | 5305 | L |
| 54. | Joe Saunders (9, 32) | 5164 | L |
| 55. | Jon Lester (8, 29) | 5162 | L |
| 56. | Oliver Perez (11, 31) | 5134 | L |
| 57. | Mark Hendrickson (10, 39) | 5132 | L |
| 58. | Jeremy Bonderman (8, 30) | 5103 | R |
| 59. | Jose Contreras (11, 41) | 5077 | R |
| 60. | Chris Capuano (9, 34) | 5072 | L |
| 61. | Nate Robertson (9, 35) | 5064 | L |
| 62. | Chad Billingsley (8, 28) | 5037 | R |
| 63. | Ricky Nolasco (8, 30) | 5006 | R |
| 64. | Gavin Floyd (10, 30) | 4936 | R |
| 65. | Mariano Rivera (19, 43) | 4917 | R |
| 66. | Dave Bush (9, 33) | 4899 | R |
| 67. | Ubaldo Jimenez (8, 29) | 4878 | R |
| 68. | Kevin Correia (11, 32) | 4871 | R |
| 69. | R.A. Dickey (11, 38) | 4769 | R |
| 70. | Erik Bedard (10, 34) | 4764 | L |
| 71. | Adam Wainwright (8, 31) | 4733 | R |
| 72. | Zach Duke (9, 30) | 4691 | L |
| 73. | Scott Kazmir (9, 29) | 4580 | L |
| 74. | Matt Garza (8, 29) | 4369 | R |
| 75. | Roberto Hernandez (8, 32) | 4337 | R |
| 76. | C.J. Wilson (9, 32) | 4144 | L |
| 77. | Yovani Gallardo (7, 27) | 4138 | R |
| 78. | Mike Pelfrey (8, 29) | 4121 | R |
| 79. | John Danks (6, 28) | 4109 | L |
| 80. | Clayton Kershaw (6, 25) | 4106 | L |
| 81. | Kyle Farnsworth (15, 37) | 4045 | R |
| 82. | Hiroki Kuroda (6, 38) | 4043 | R |
| 83. | Octavio Dotel (15, 39) | 4024 | R |
| 84. | Scott Baker (7, 31) | 4004 | R |
| 85. | Jason Hammel (8, 30) | 3967 | R |
| 86. | Anibal Sanchez (8, 29) | 3965 | R |
| 87. | Shaun Marcum (8, 31) | 3953 | R |
| 88. | Johnny Cueto (6, 27) | 3899 | R |
| 89. | Josh Johnson (9, 29) | 3890 | R |
| 90. | Justin Masterson (6, 28) | 3835 | R |
| 91. | Jason Vargas (8, 30) | 3781 | L |
| 92. | Chris Young (9, 34) | 3738 | R |
| 93. | Chad Durbin (14, 35) | 3708 | R |
| 94. | Jorge De La Rosa (10, 32) | 3687 | L |
| 95. | Francisco Liriano (8, 29) | 3670 | L |
| 96. | Tim Redding (8, 35) | 3644 | R |
| 97. | Max Scherzer (6, 28) | 3634 | R |
| 98. | Jeremy Affeldt (12, 34) | 3561 | L |
| 99. | Trevor Cahill (5, 25) | 3559 | R |
| 100. | Kyle Kendrick (7, 28) | 3508 | R |
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