STRIKEOUTS BY PITCHERS ALL-TIME LEADERS

The Top 1,000 All-Time Strikeout Pitchers | Baseball Almanac

A tale once told by an umpire featured Walter Johnson on the mound pitching, with two strikes on a young batter, who unexpectedly turned and started walked towards the dugout. The umpire reminded him that he had a strike left to which the player replied, "You can call it, I didn't see the first two!"

The top 1,000 all-time strikeout career leaders in Major League Baseball history, as researched by Baseball Almanac. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the pitcher was active during the previous Major League season.

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"I can't think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you." - Ryan, Nolan. Hall of Fame Pitcher. The Best of Baseball Digest: The Greatest Players, The Greatest Games, the Greatest Writers from the Game's Most Exciting Years. Kuenster, John. Author. Ivan R. Dee Publishing. Page 206.

Strikeouts

All Time Leaders | 'Top 1,000'

Nolan Ryan 5,714 1
Randy Johnson 4,875 2
Roger Clemens 4,672 3
Steve Carlton 4,136 4
Bert Blyleven 3,701 5
Tom Seaver 3,640 6
Don Sutton 3,574 7
Gaylord Perry 3,534 8
Walter Johnson 3,508 9
Greg Maddux 3,371 10
Max Scherzer 3,367 11
Phil Niekro 3,342 12
Justin Verlander 3,342  
Fergie Jenkins 3,192 14
Pedro Martinez 3,154 15
Bob Gibson 3,117 16
Curt Schilling 3,116 17
CC Sabathia 3,093 18
John Smoltz 3,084 19
Zack Greinke 2,979 20
Clayton Kershaw 2,944 21
Jim Bunning 2,855 22
Mickey Lolich 2,832 23
Mike Mussina 2,813 24
Cy Young 2,803 25
Frank Tanana 2,773 26
David Cone 2,668 27
Chuck Finley 2,610 28
Tom Glavine 2,607 29
Warren Spahn 2,583 30
Bob Feller 2,581 31
Tim Keefe 2,564 32
Cole Hamels 2,560 33
Jerry Koosman 2,556 34
Javier Vazquez 2,536 35
Bartolo Colon 2,535 36
Felix Hernández 2,524 37
A.J. Burnett 2,513 38
Christy Mathewson 2,502 39
Jon Lester 2,488 40
Don Drysdale 2,486 41
Jack Morris 2,478 42
Mark Langston 2,464 43
Jim Kaat 2,461 44
Sam McDowell 2,453 45
Andy Pettitte 2,448 46
Jamie Moyer 2,441 47
Luis Tiant 2,416 48
Dennis Eckersley 2,401 49
Kevin Brown 2,397 50
Sandy Koufax 2,396 51
Charlie Hough 2,362 52
Robin Roberts 2,357 53
Early Wynn 2,334 54
Rube Waddell 2,316 55
Juan Marichal 2,303 56
John Lackey 2,294 57
Dwight Gooden 2,293 58
Lefty Grove 2,266 59
Eddie Plank 2,246 60
Tommy John 2,245 61
James Shields 2,234 62
Jim Palmer 2,212 63
Jake Peavy 2,207 64
Adam Wainwright 2,202 65
David Wells 2,201 66
Grover Alexander 2,198 67
Chris Sale 2,189 68
Vida Blue 2,175 69
Camilo Pascual 2,167 70
Tim Wakefield 2,156 71
Gerrit Cole 2,152 72
Dennis Martinez 2,149 73
Roy Halladay 2,117 74
Kevin Millwood 2,083 75
Bobo Newsom 2,082 76
Tim Hudson 2,080 77
David Price 2,076 78
Ryan Dempster 2,075 79
Fernando Valenzuela 2,074 80
Madison Bumgarner 2,070 81
Dazzy Vance 2,045 82
Rick Reuschel 2,015 83
Orel Hershiser 2,014 84
Dan Haren 2,013 85
Catfish Hunter 2,012 86
Andy Benes 2,000 87
Billy Pierce 1,999 88
Kevin Appier 1,994 89
Johan Santana 1,988 90
Red Ruffing 1,987 91
John Clarkson 1,978 92
Ervin Santana 1,978  
Livan Hernandez 1,976 94
Al Leiter 1,974 95
Bob Welch 1,969 96
Kenny Rogers 1,968 97
Whitey Ford 1,956 98
Bobby Witt 1,955 99
Danny Darwin 1,942 100
Amos Rusie 1,934 101
Yu Darvish 1,929 102
Tom Gordon 1,928 103
Hideo Nomo 1,918 104
Jerry Reuss 1,907 105
Lance Lynn 1,906 106
Josh Beckett 1,901 107
Barry Zito 1,885 108
Charlie Morton 1,880 109
Mark Buehrle 1,870 110
Kid Nichols 1,868 111
Gio Gonzalez 1,860 112
Roy Oswalt 1,852 113
Johnny Cueto 1,851 114
Mickey Welch 1,850 115
Frank Viola 1,844 116
Aaron Harang 1,842 117
Old Hoss Radbourn 1,830 118
Cliff Lee 1,824 119
Francisco Liriano 1,815 120
Randy Wolf 1,814 121
Tony Mullane 1,803 122
Pud Galvin 1,799 123
Hal Newhouser 1,796 124
Ron Guidry 1,778 125
Ian Kennedy 1,775 126
Aníbal Sánchez 1,774 127
John Burkett 1,766 128
Rudy May 1,760 129
Jason Schmidt 1,758 130
Joe Niekro 1,747 131
Sid Fernandez 1,743 132
Dave Stewart 1,741 133
Tim Lincecum 1,736 134
Ed Walsh 1,736  
Tom Candiotti 1,735 136
Bob Friend 1,734 137
Joe Coleman 1,728 138
Milt Pappas 1,728  
Kevin Gross 1,727 140
Corey Kluber 1,725 141
Floyd Bannister 1,723 142
Stephen Strasburg 1,723  
Derek Lowe 1,722 144
Ubaldo Jimenez 1,720 145
Chan Ho Park 1,715 146
Bret Saberhagen 1,715  
Chief Bender 1,711 148
Larry Jackson 1,709 149
Jim McCormick 1,704 150
Bob Veale 1,703 151
Red Ames 1,702 152
Charlie Buffinton 1,700 153
Curt Simmons 1,697 154
Matt Cain 1,690 155
Bruce Hurst 1,689 156
Ted Lilly 1,681 157
Rick Sutcliffe 1,679 158
Carl Hubbell 1,677 159
Tommy Bridges 1,674 160
John Candelaria 1,673 161
Dave Stieb 1,669 162
Darryl Kile 1,668 163
Mike Moore 1,667 164
Gus Weyhing 1,665 165
Pedro Astacio 1,664 166
J.A. Happ 1,661 167
Jacob deGrom 1,652 168
Vic Willis 1,651 169
Rick Wise 1,647 170
Jeff Fassero 1,643 171
Al Downing 1,639 172
Carlos Zambrano 1,637 173
Mike Cuellar 1,632 174
Chris Short 1,629 175
Andy Messersmith 1,625 176
Freddy Garcia 1,621 177
Jack Powell 1,621  
Steve Rogers 1,621  
Jered Weaver 1,621  
Scott Kazmir 1,618 181
Kyle Lohse 1,615 182
Ray Sadecki 1,614 183
Claude Osteen 1,612 184
Scott Sanderson 1,611 185
Hoyt Wilhelm 1,610 186
Jose Rijo 1,606 187
Jim Maloney 1,605 188
Kevin Gausman 1,603 189
Ken Holtzman 1,601 190
Jose DeLeon 1,594 191
Doug Drabek 1,594  
Rube Marquard 1,593 193
José Quintana 1,592 194
Steve Trachsel 1,591 195
Patrick Corbin 1,590 196
Ron Darling 1,590  
Woodie Fryman 1,587 198
Todd Stottlemyre 1,587  
Yovani Gallardo 1,584 200
Aaron Nola 1,582 201
Kerry Wood 1,582  
Jim Perry 1,576 203
Harvey Haddix 1,575 204
Carlos Carrasco 1,573 205
Bronson Arroyo 1,571 206
Jim Whitney 1,571  
Rick Porcello 1,561 208
Jon Lieber 1,553 209
Adonis Terry 1,553  
Bill Donovan 1,552 211
Oliver Pérez 1,546 212
Greg Swindell 1,542 213
Jimmy Key 1,538 214
Dean Chance 1,534 215
Virgil Trucks 1,534  
Doyle Alexander 1,528 217
Juan Pizarro 1,522 218
Sonny Gray 1,521 219
Tim Belcher 1,519 220
Chris Carpenter 1,518 221
Jon Matlack 1,516 222
Toad Ramsey 1,515 223
Bill Singer 1,515  
Burleigh Grimes 1,512 225
Dave McNally 1,512  
Sonny Siebert 1,512  
Ricky Nolasco 1,511 228
Edwin Jackson 1,508 229
Paul Derringer 1,507 230
Robbie Ray 1,505 231
Rich Gossage 1,502 232
Larry Dierker 1,493 233
J.R. Richard 1,493  
Mike Flanagan 1,491 235
Burt Hooton 1,491  
George Mullin 1,482 237
Kevin Tapani 1,482  
Ron Reed 1,481 239
Woody Williams 1,480 240
Mike Krukow 1,478 241
R.A. Dickey 1,477 242
Jim Lonborg 1,475 243
Bob Knepper 1,473 244
Red Faber 1,471 245
Mike Scott 1,469 246
Lefty Gomez 1,468 247
Brad Radke 1,467 248
Charlie Root 1,459 249
Steve Renko 1,455 250
Chris Archer 1,454 251
Earl Wilson 1,452 252
Jeff Samardzija 1,449 253
Mario Soto 1,449  
Johnny Podres 1,435 255
Jake Arrieta 1,433 256
Jason Hammel 1,428 257
Ramon Martinez 1,428  
Rich Hill 1,423 259
Allie Reynolds 1,423  
Jim Clancy 1,422 261
Gary Peters 1,420 262
Rick Rhoden 1,419 263
Trevor Bauer 1,416 264
Hippo Vaughn 1,416  
Denny Neagle 1,415 266
Ray Culp 1,411 267
Wilbur Wood 1,411  
Aaron Sele 1,407 269
Mike Torrez 1,404 270
Earl Moore 1,403 271
Mike Morgan 1,403  
Shane Reynolds 1,403  
Zack Wheeler 1,401 274
Dave Burba 1,398 275
Jeff Suppan 1,390 276
Mike Hampton 1,384 277
Doc White 1,384  
Esteban Loaiza 1,382 279
Matt Garza 1,380 280
Brett Myers 1,379 281
Gary Bell 1,378 282
Sam Jones 1,376 283
Mordecai Brown 1,375 284
Eddie Cicotte 1,374 285
Mike Witt 1,373 286
Joe Nuxhall 1,372 287
Mark Gubicza 1,371 288
Pete Harnisch 1,368 289
Tom Hughes 1,368  
Lindy McDaniel 1,361 291
Bob Shawkey 1,360 292
Stan Bahnsen 1,359 293
Kyle Gibson 1,359  
Wade Miley 1,359  
Eppa Rixey 1,350 296
Earl Whitehill 1,350  
Mark Baldwin 1,349 298
Wilson Alvarez 1,330 299
Mike Boddicker 1,330  
Jack Quinn 1,329 301
Terry Mulholland 1,325 302
Ben Sheets 1,325  
Dennis Leonard 1,323 304
Edinson Volquez 1,323  
Mike McCormick 1,321 306
Bullet Joe Bush 1,319 307
Bump Hadley 1,318 308
Jack McDowell 1,311 309
Kelvim Escobar 1,310 310
Steve Barber 1,309 311
Denny Lemaster 1,305 312
Pedro Ramos 1,305  
Stan Williams 1,305  
Fred Norman 1,303 315
Pat Dobson 1,301 316
Rollie Fingers 1,299 317
Diego Segui 1,298 318
Johnny Vander Meer 1,294 319
Pat Hentgen 1,290 320
Joe Blanton 1,284 321
John Smiley 1,284  
Don Wilson 1,283 323
Denny McLain 1,282 324
Murry Dickson 1,281 325
Wandy Rodriguez 1,281  
Doug Davis 1,279 327
Bill Gullickson 1,279  
Bob Lemon 1,277 329
Jorge De La Rosa 1,273 330
Mike Minor 1,273  
Brad Penny 1,273  
Jordan Zimmermann 1,271 333
Bob Buhl 1,268 334
Mudcat Grant 1,267 335
Ed Whitson 1,266 336
Jack Chesbro 1,265 337
Bob Turley 1,265  
Darren Oliver 1,259 339
C.J. Wilson 1,259  
Mel Stottlemyre 1,257 341
Julio Teheran 1,257  
Mark Gardner 1,256 343
Dizzy Trout 1,256  
Wilbur Cooper 1,252 345
Scott Erickson 1,252  
Alex Fernandez 1,252  
Don Robinson 1,251 348
Lee Smith 1,251  
Miguel Batista 1,250 350
Erik Bedard 1,246 351
Bob Rush 1,244 352
Juan Guzman 1,243 353
Dallas Keuchel 1,243  
Van Mungo 1,242 355
Charles Nagy 1,242  
Derek Holland 1,241 357
Bill Hutchison 1,234 358
Mike Leake 1,231 359
Herb Pennock 1,227 360
Danny Jackson 1,225 361
Sam Jones 1,223 362
Blake Snell 1,223  
Jack Stivetts 1,223  
Silver King 1,222 365
Matt Clement 1,217 366
Ed Morris 1,217  
Nap Rucker 1,217  
Matt Morris 1,214 369
Jeff Weaver 1,214  
Don Cardwell 1,211 371
Shawn Estes 1,210 372
Brett Tomko 1,209 373
Waite Hoyt 1,206 374
Hooks Dauss 1,201 375
Chris Capuano 1,199 376
Bobby Mathews 1,199  
Billy Wagner 1,196 378
Nathan Eovaldi 1,192 379
Craig Kimbrel 1,192  
Russ Ortiz 1,192  
Jim Slaton 1,191 382
José Berríos 1,190 383
Jamey Wright 1,189 384
Larry French 1,187 385
Jack Sanford 1,182 386
Ken Hill 1,181 387
Jesse Orosco 1,179 388
Marty Pattin 1,179  
Turk Farrell 1,177 390
Bobby Bolin 1,175 391
Erik Hanson 1,175  
Jason Marquis 1,174 393
Andy Ashby 1,173 394
Mariano Rivera 1,173  
Ismael Valdez 1,173  
Kyle Hendricks 1,172 397
Jake Odorizzi 1,172  
Matt Kilroy 1,170 399
Dutch Leonard 1,170  
Cy Falkenberg 1,164 401
Stu Miller 1,164  
Nelson Briles 1,163 403
Dizzy Dean 1,163  
Johnny Antonelli 1,162 405
Moe Drabowsky 1,162  
Mel Harder 1,160 407
Dutch Leonard 1,160  
Bob Groom 1,159 409
Kenley Jansen 1,159  
Johnny Klippstein 1,158 411
Homer Bailey 1,157 412
Luis Castillo 1,156 413
Jon Garland 1,156  
Bud Norris 1,153 415
Arthur Rhodes 1,152 416
Trevor Cahill 1,151 417
Jhoulys Chacín 1,151  
Aroldis Chapman 1,148 419
Jason Vargas 1,147 420
John Denny 1,146 421
Dick Ruthven 1,145 422
Michael Wacha 1,145  
Octavio Dotel 1,143 424
Jordan Lyles 1,142 425
Francisco Rodriguez 1,142  
Jack Billingham 1,141 427
Greg Harris 1,141  
Bruce Chen 1,140 429
Dick Ellsworth 1,140  
Billy Hoeft 1,140  
Lon Warneke 1,140  
Alex Wood 1,140  
Ed Reulbach 1,137 434
Milt Wilcox 1,137  
Dock Ellis 1,136 436
George Uhle 1,135 437
Mark Portugal 1,134 438
Ice Box Chamberlain 1,133 439
Bob Forsch 1,133  
Trevor Hoffman 1,133  
Billy O'Dell 1,133  
Dolf Luque 1,130 443
Don Newcombe 1,129 444
Bill Hands 1,128 445
Bob Ojeda 1,128  
Bill Dinneen 1,127 447
Eric Milton 1,127  
Jon Gray 1,125 449
Bill Monbouquette 1,122 450
Charlie Leibrandt 1,121 451
Vicente Padilla 1,121  
Tony Cloninger 1,120 453
Mike Garcia 1,117 454
Jaime Navarro 1,113 455
Dave Righetti 1,112 456
Guy Hecker 1,110 457
Tug McGraw 1,109 458
Eduardo Rodriguez 1,107 459
Bucky Walters 1,107  
Dave Goltz 1,105 461
Claude Passeau 1,104 462
Larry Corcoran 1,103 463
Dave Giusti 1,103  
Jarrod Washburn 1,103  
Frank Castillo 1,101 466
Frank Lary 1,099 467
Alex Cobb 1,098 468
John Danks 1,098  
Chick Fraser 1,098  
Marco Estrada 1,094 471
Claude Hendrix 1,092 472
Vern Law 1,092  
Melido Perez 1,092  
Carl Pavano 1,091 475
Marcus Stroman 1,091  
Glendon Rusch 1,088 477
Orlando Hernandez 1,086 478
Rube Walberg 1,085 479
Teddy Higuera 1,081 480
John Montefusco 1,081  
Eric Plunk 1,081  
Jim Bibby 1,079 483
Lucas Giolito 1,077 484
Lew Burdette 1,074 485
Bruce Kison 1,073 486
Ted Lyons 1,073  
Bobby Shantz 1,072 488
Johnny Allen 1,070 489
Charlie Getzien 1,070  
Joe McGinnity 1,068 491
Ray Burris 1,065 492
Joe Horlen 1,065  
Steve Stone 1,065  
Brandon Webb 1,065  
Lee Meadows 1,063 496
Dan Petry 1,063  
Drew Smyly 1,063  
Chris Young 1,062 499
Clay Kirby 1,061 500
Chris Bosio 1,059 501
Joaquin Benoit 1,058 502
Rick Helling 1,058  
Joel Pineiro 1,058  
Paul Splittorff 1,057 505
David Robertson 1,055 506
Tom Griffin 1,054 507
Chad Billingsley 1,052 508
Jack Coombs 1,052  
Frank Smith 1,051 510
Gil Meche 1,050 511
Storm Davis 1,048 512
Danny Duffy 1,048  
Ken Forsch 1,047 514
Jeremy Guthrie 1,046 515
Ken Johnson 1,042 516
Dan Plesac 1,041 517
Will White 1,041  
Phil Hughes 1,040 519
Bud Black 1,039 520
Gary Nolan 1,039  
Jim O'Toole 1,039  
Rick Honeycutt 1,038 523
Jose Mesa 1,038  
Babe Adams 1,036 525
John Hiller 1,036  
Joaquin Andujar 1,032 527
Sidney Ponson 1,031 528
Rick Aguilera 1,030 529
Howard Ehmke 1,030  
Bryn Smith 1,028 531
Clay Buchholz 1,024 532
Pat Malone 1,024  
Jack Fisher 1,017 534
Fritz Peterson 1,015 535
Bill Doak 1,014 536
Matt Moore 1,012 537
Mat Latos 1,011 538
Carlos Rodón 1,011  
Zane Smith 1,011  
Mark Davis 1,007 541
Ray Caldwell 1,006 542
Michael Jackson 1,006  
Justin Masterson 1,004 544
Kirk McCaskill 1,003 545
Don McMahon 1,003  
Lefty Tyler 1,003  
George Earnshaw 1,002 548
Martín Pérez 1,002  
Tom Browning 1,000 550
Ralph Terry 1,000  
Joey Jay 999 552
Bob Ewing 998 553
Bill Lee 998  
Sterling Hitchcock 997 555
Mike Fiers 995 556
Joe Dobson 992 557
Shane Rawley 991 558
Masahiro Tanaka 991  
Ron Kline 989 560
Joe Wood 989  
John Tudor 988 562
Dick Drago 987 563
Harry Howell 986 564
Hiroki Kuroda 986  
Bill Bonham 985 566
Wes Ferrell 985  
Gavin Floyd 985  
Paul Maholm 984 569
LaTroy Hawkins 983 570
Germán Márquez 983  
Urban Shocker 983  
Jesse Chavez 981 573
Stan Coveleski 981  
Carl Erskine 981  
Jesse Haines 981  
Steve Avery 980 577
Jose Lima 980  
Andrew Miller 979 579
Joe Nathan 976 580
Jim Rooker 976  
David Weathers 976  
Len Barker 975 583
Juan Berenguer 975  
John Franco 975  
Dick Tidrow 975  
Richard Dotson 973 587
Kirby Higbe 971 588
Eric Show 971  
Doug Fister 970 590
Rick Reed 970  
Collin McHugh 967 592
Sadie McMahon 967  
Nick Pivetta 967  
Michael Pineda 966 595
Jake Westbrook 965 596
Hooks Wiltse 965  
Kyle Farnsworth 963 598
Ivan Nova 963  
Kip Wells 963  
Jeremy Bonderman 961 601
Colby Lewis 961  
Frank Sullivan 959 603
Dave Roberts 957 604
Tyler Clippard 956 605
Preacher Roe 956  
Clark Griffith 955 607
Doc Medich 955  
Rick Mahler 952 609
Jim Deshaies 951 610
Kenta Maeda 951  
Rube Benton 950 612
Dupee Shaw 950  
Rich Harden 949 614
Joe Musgrove 949  
Al Orth 948 616
Tom Underwood 948  
Armando Benitez 946 618
Roberto Hernandez 945 619
Jim Scott 945  
Vic Raschi 944 621
Taijuan Walker 944  
Fernando Rodney 943 623
Gene Garber 940 624
Larry McWilliams 940  
Jesse Tannehill 940  
Mike Caldwell 939 627
Cal Eldred 939  
Lynn McGlothen 939  
Shane Bieber 938 630
Thornton Lee 937 631
Tanner Roark 936 632
Orval Overall 935 633
Howie Pollet 934 634
Hyun Jin Ryu 934  
Bill Stoneman 934  
Jim Merritt 932 637
Don Mossi 932  
James Paxton 932  
Reggie Cleveland 930 640
Hardie Henderson 930  
Wade Davis 929 642
Jeremy Hellickson 929  
Deacon Phillippe 929  
Walt Terrell 929  
Noah Syndergaard 928 646
Carlos Martínez 927 647
Larry Cheney 926 648
Jaime Garcia 925 649
Sean Manaea 925  
Pete Richert 925  
Ron Villone 925  
Paul Byrd 923 653
Steve Bedrosian 921 654
George Brunet 921  
Don Gullett 921  
Willie Mitchell 921  
Jason Bere 920 658
Syl Johnson 920  
Addie Joss 920  
Odalis Perez 920  
John Ward 920  
Vinegar Bend Mizell 918 663
Noodles Hahn 917 664
Kent Mercker 917  
Howie Camnitz 915 666
Josh Johnson 915  
Jonathon Niese 914 668
Mort Cooper 913 669
Schoolboy Rowe 913  
Andrew Heaney 911 671
Johnny Sain 910 672
Stump Wiedman 910  
Doug Jones 909 674
Brandon McCarthy 908 675
Kevin Correia 906 676
Hal Schumacher 906  
Steve Gromek 904 678
Scott McGregor 904  
Harry Brecheen 901 680
Andrew Cashner 901  
Bob Caruthers 900 682
Jouett Meekin 900  
Ryan Vogelsong 900  
Chuck Stobbs 897 685
Steve Blass 896 686
Dontrelle Willis 896  
Bob Miller 895 688
Ramon Ortiz 895  
Mike Stanton 895  
Joey Hamilton 894 691
Ben McDonald 894  
Mark Leiter 892 693
Steve Hargan 891 694
Theodore Breitenstein 889 695
Jose Contreras 889  
Jose Guzman 889  
Grant Jackson 889  
Jim Abbott 888 699
Gene Conley 888  
Tim Leary 888  
Bobby Jones 887 702
Randy Myers 884 703
Drew Pomeranz 883 704
Dave Boswell 882 705
Scott Feldman 882  
Pete Vuckovich 882  
Chase Anderson 881 708
Ned Garver 881  
Dick Donovan 880 710
Mike Marshall 880  
Bob Shaw 880  
Jeff Tesreau 880  
Dan Spillner 878 714
Ed Brandt 877 715
Roy Face 877  
Brandon Morrow 877  
Jeff Reardon 877  
Dustin Hermanson 874 719
Sparky Lyle 873 720
Mike Timlin 872 721
Whit Wyatt 872  
Corbin Burnes 870 723
Freddie Fitzsimmons 870  
Jeff Francis 869 725
Pink Hawley 868 726
Todd Jones 868  
Matt Harvey 867 728
Pete Falcone 865 729
Rodrigo Lopez 865  
Bill Campbell 864 731
Ray Herbert 864  
Sal Maglie 862 733
Carl Mays 862  
Carlos Villanueva 862  
Tom Henke 861 736
Bruce Sutter 861  
Tommy Bond 860 738
Ed Lopat 859 739
Jack Lynch 859  
Brian Moehler 859  
Chris Bassitt 857 742
Dennis Lamp 857  
Blue Moon Odom 857  
Matt Young 857  
Hank Aguirre 856 746
Bill Hallahan 856  
Héctor Santiago 856  
Adam Eaton 855 749
Zach Duke 854 750
Mike Remlinger 854  
Moose Haas 853 752
Omar Olivares 853  
Garrett Richards 853  
Dylan Bundy 852 755
Denny Galehouse 851 756
Guy Bush 850 757
Jameson Taillon 850  
Ernie Broglio 849 759
Don Larsen 849  
Red Ehret 848 761
Steven Matz 848  
Bob Walk 848  
Sam Leever 847 764
Chris Tillman 847  
Wei-Yin Chen 846 766
Hugh Daily 846  
Matthew Boyd 845 768
James Baldwin 844 769
Art Nehf 844  
Bruce Ruffin 843 771
Larry Jansen 842 772
Julian Tavarez 842  
Si Johnson 840 774
Scott Baker 839 775
Ewell Blackwell 839  
Alejandro Pena 839  
Bill Sherdel 839  
Cory Lidle 838 779
Mike Pelfrey 838  
Jim Gott 837 781
Herb Score 837  
Shaun Marcum 836 783
Jeff Pfeffer 836  
Slim Sallee 836  
Dennis Rasmussen 835 786
Jimmy Ring 835  
Dave Mlicki 834 788
Mark Mulder 834  
Al Worthington 834  
Roberto Hernandez 833 791
Togie Pittinger 832 792
Joakim Soria 831 793
Anthony DeSclafani 830 794
Jason Isringhausen 830  
Guy Morton 830  
Ralph Branca 829 797
Barry Latman 829  
Skip Lockwood 829  
Jeff Nelson 829  
Paul Foytack 827 801
Bob Moose 827  
John Curtis 825 803
Pat Rapp 825  
Clayton Richard 824 805
John Healy 822 806
Firpo Marberry 822  
Pascual Perez 822  
Vincent Velasquez 822  
Max Lanier 821 810
Dave LaRoche 819 811
Orlando Pena 818 812
Kirk Rueter 818  
Alex Kellner 816 814
Tyson Ross 816  
Walt Masterson 815 816
Ugueth Urbina 814 817
Pete Schourek 813 818
Eddie Fisher 812 819
Bob Tewksbury 812  
Jim Brewer 810 821
Jason Johnson 810  
Tex Carleton 808 823
Norm Charlton 808  
Jonathan Papelbon 808  
Paul Assenmacher 807 826
Ken Brett 807  
Kris Benson 806 828
Omar Daal 806  
Byung-Hyun Kim 806  
Ken Raffensberger 806  
Mark Clear 804 832
Mike Clevinger 804  
John Wetteland 804  
Roger Craig 803 835
Darren Dreifort 802 836
Dave LaPoint 802  
Larry Gura 801 838
Travis Wood 801  
Lance McCullers Jr. 800 840
John Thomson 800  
Tyler Anderson 799 842
Oil Can Boyd 799  
Alvin Crowder 799  
Brad Lidge 799  
Eddie Guardado 798 846
Tom Hall 797 847
Brickyard Kennedy 797  
Danny MacFayden 797  
Francisco Cordero 796 850
Jonathan Sanchez 796  
Herm Wehmeier 794 852
Robb Nen 793 853
Bob Purkey 793  
Dylan Cease 792 855
Joe Saunders 792  
Terry Forster 791 857
Dave Foutz 790 858
Earl Hamilton 790  
Bob Shirley 790  
Sandy Alcantara 789 861
Adam Ottavino 789  
Sergio Romo 789  
Wayne Twitchell 789  
Red Donahue 788 865
Willie Hernandez 788  
Luis Severino 788  
Brandon Woodruff 788  
Dick Rudolph 786 869
Zach Davies 785 870
Bob Wickman 785  
Mike Bielecki 783 872
Mike LaCoss 783  
Brad Hand 782 874
Larry Christenson 781 875
Troy Percival 781  
Kent Tekulve 779 877
Mark Guthrie 778 878
Tully Sparks 778  
Ryan Madson 775 880
Nate Robertson 775  
Russ Springer 775  
Fritz Ostermueller 774 883
Robert Person 773 884
Brett Anderson 772 885
Jim Nash 771 886
Gary Lavelle 769 887
Dave Bush 768 888
Yusmeiro Petit 767 889
Jim Shaw 767  
Bill Swift 767  
Dummy Taylor 767  
Tommy Byrne 766 893
Ted Abernathy 765 894
Jakie May 765  
Jimmy Haynes 762 896
Rheal Cormier 760 897
Willie Blair 759 898
Larry Andersen 758 899
Jonathan Broxton 758  
Chuck Dobson 758  
Tim Worrell 758  
Dick Bosman 757 903
Mickey McDermott 757  
Case Patten 757  
Mark Prior 757  
Pat Jarvis 755 907
Dick Stigman 755  
Daniel Hudson 754 909
Mike Foltynewicz 752 910
Ross Grimsley 750 911
Jason Jennings 749 912
Ellis Kinder 749  
Wade Miller 749  
Freddy Peralta 749  
Jack Flaherty 748 916
Dave Palmer 748  
Dan Schatzeder 748  
Nels Potter 747 919
Mark Redman 747  
Johnny Schmitz 746 921
Harry Staley 746  
Dick Radatz 745 923
Kid Gleason 744 924
Carlos Marmol 744  
Dan Casey 743 926
Steve Cishek 743  
Joe Gibbon 743  
Phil Regan 743  
Craig Stammen 743  
Jim Barr 741 931
Dick Hall 741  
Jack Harshman 741  
Dennis Cook 739 934
Zach Eflin 738 935
Al Jackson 738  
Tommy Thomas 736 937
Kyle Freeland 735 938
Randy Jones 735  
Britt Burns 734 940
Sid Hudson 734  
Tom Brewer 733 942
Bob Bruce 733  
Jeff Montgomery 733  
Joe Kelly 732 945
Mel Parnell 732  
Mike Smithson 731 947
Sam Gray 730 948
Zac Gallen 729 949
Frank Kitson 729  
Jeff Brantley 728 951
Mark Clark 728  
Charlie Ferguson 728  
Raisel Iglesias 728  
Josh Tomlin 728  
Liam Hendriks 727 956
Gerry Staley 727  
Joe Hesketh 726 958
Frank Killen 725 959
Tom Phoebus 725  
Paul Quantrill 725  
Rafael Betancourt 724 962
Jake Diekman 724  
Brian Anderson 723 964
Danny Cox 723  
Pablo López 723  
Lew Krausse 721 967
Jeremy Affeldt 720 968
Jim Bouton 720  
Ed Crane 720  
Vean Gregg 720  
Daisuke Matsuzaka 720  
Tom Zachary 720  
Dave Davenport 719 974
Craig Lefferts 719  
Will Smith 719  
Bert Cunningham 718 977
Keith Foulke 718  
Eric Gagne 718  
Lee Stange 718  
Fred Toney 718  
Tom Gorzelanny 714 982
Hisashi Iwakuma 714  
George Pipgras 714  
Bill Lee 713 985
Cal McLish 713  
Tommy Milone 713  
Chris Hammond 712 988
Matt Belisle 711 989
Todd Van Poppel 711  
Hal Brown 710 991
Russ Ford 710  
Julio Urías 710  
Harry Gumbert 709 994
Jim McGlothlin 709  
Dutch Ruether 708 996
Ed Halicki 707 997
Andy Hawkins 706 998
Kyle Kendrick 705 999
Jordan Montgomery 705 1000
Geoff Zahn 705  
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