2009 AL Strikeouts Leaders

Justin Verlander led the AL in strikeouts in 2009 with 269, 27 ahead of Zack Greinke (242). It was one of 5 times Justin Verlander led in strikeouts.

Led the AL in 2009 Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers

269 Strikeouts 27 clear of Zack Greinke

Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Justin Verlander	DET	269	19	9	3.45	240.0
2	Zack Greinke	KCA	242	16	8	2.16	229.1
3	Jon Lester	BOS	225	15	8	3.41	203.1
4	Felix Hernandez	SEA	217	19	5	2.49	238.2
5	Roy Halladay	TOR	208	17	10	2.79	239.0
6	Josh Beckett	BOS	199	17	6	3.86	212.1
7	CC Sabathia	NYA	197	19	8	3.37	230.0
8	A. J. Burnett	NYA	195	13	9	4.04	207.0
9	Matt Garza	TBA	189	8	12	3.95	203.0
10	Cliff Lee	CLE +1	181	14	13	3.22	231.2
11	Jered Weaver	LAA	174	16	8	3.75	211.0
12	James Shields	TBA	167	11	12	4.14	219.2
13	Gavin Floyd	CHA	163	11	11	4.06	193.0
14	Scott Baker	MIN	162	15	9	4.37	200.0
15	Edwin Jackson	DET	161	13	9	3.62	214.0
16	Brett Anderson	OAK	150	11	11	4.06	175.1
17	John Danks	CHA	149	13	11	3.77	200.1
18	Andy Pettitte	NYA	148	14	8	4.16	194.2
19	Carl Pavano	CLE +1	147	14	12	5.10	199.1
20	Ricky Romero	TOR	141	13	9	4.30	178.0
21	John Lackey	LAA	139	11	8	3.83	176.1
22	Joba Chamberlain	NYA	133	9	6	4.75	157.1
23	Jeff Niemann	TBA	125	13	6	3.94	180.2
24	Kevin Millwood	TEX	123	13	10	3.67	198.2
25	Francisco Liriano	MIN	122	5	13	5.80	136.2
26	Brian Tallet	TOR	120	7	9	5.32	160.2
27	Justin Masterson	BOS +1	119	4	10	4.52	129.1
28	Scott Richmond	TOR	117	8	11	5.52	138.2
29	Scott Kazmir	TBA +1	117	10	9	4.89	147.1
30	Clayton Richard	CHA +1	114	9	5	4.41	153.0
31	Scott Feldman	TEX	113	17	8	4.08	189.2
32	Jeremy Guthrie	BAL	110	10	17	5.04	200.0
33	Brad Penny	BOS +1	109	11	9	4.88	173.1
34	Gio Gonzalez	OAK	109	6	7	5.75	98.2
35	Derek Holland	TEX	107	8	13	6.12	138.1
36	Ervin Santana	LAA	107	8	8	5.03	139.2
37	Jose Contreras	CHA +1	106	6	13	4.92	131.2
38	Luke Hochevar	KCA	106	7	13	6.55	143.0
39	Mark Buehrle	CHA	105	13	10	3.84	213.1
40	Michael Wuertz	OAK	102	6	1	2.63	78.2
41	David Price	TBA	102	10	7	4.42	128.1
42	Joe Saunders	LAA	101	16	7	4.60	186.0
43	Jarrod Washburn	SEA +1	100	9	9	3.78	176.0
44	Nick Blackburn	MIN	98	11	11	4.03	205.2
45	Brian Bannister	KCA	98	7	12	4.73	154.0
46	Vicente Padilla	TEX +1	97	12	6	4.46	147.1
47	Phil Hughes	NYA	96	8	3	3.03	86.0
48	Armando Galarraga	DET	95	6	10	5.64	143.2
49	Gil Meche	KCA	95	6	10	5.09	129.0
50	Andrew Bailey	OAK	91	6	3	1.84	83.1

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