2012 AL Strikeouts Leaders

Justin Verlander led the AL in strikeouts in 2012 with 239, 8 ahead of Max Scherzer (231). It was one of 5 times Justin Verlander led in strikeouts.

Led the AL in 2012 Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers

239 Strikeouts 8 clear of Max Scherzer

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

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Justin Verlander	DET	239	17	8	2.64	238.1
2	Max Scherzer	DET	231	16	7	3.74	187.2
3	Felix Hernandez	SEA	223	13	9	3.06	232.0
4	James Shields	TBA	223	15	10	3.52	227.2
5	Yu Darvish	TEX	221	16	9	3.90	191.1
6	David Price	TBA	205	20	5	2.56	211.0
7	CC Sabathia	NYA	197	15	6	3.38	200.0
8	Jake Peavy	CHA	194	11	12	3.37	219.0
9	Chris Sale	CHA	192	17	8	3.05	192.0
10	Matt Moore	TBA	175	11	11	3.81	177.1
11	C. J. Wilson	LAA	173	13	10	3.83	202.1
12	Francisco Liriano	MIN +1	167	6	12	5.34	156.2
13	Hiroki Kuroda	NYA	167	16	11	3.32	219.2
14	Felix Doubront	BOS	167	11	10	4.86	161.0
15	Jon Lester	BOS	166	9	14	4.82	205.1
16	Phil Hughes	NYA	165	16	13	4.19	191.1
17	Justin Masterson	CLE	159	11	15	4.93	206.1
18	Wei-Yin Chen	BAL	154	12	11	4.02	192.2
19	Ivan Nova	NYA	153	12	8	5.02	170.1
20	Derek Holland	TEX	145	12	7	4.67	175.1
21	Luke Hochevar	KCA	144	8	16	5.73	185.1
22	Gavin Floyd	CHA	144	12	11	4.29	168.0
23	Ubaldo Jimenez	CLE	143	9	17	5.40	176.2
24	Dan Haren	LAA	142	12	13	4.33	176.2
25	Jered Weaver	LAA	142	20	5	2.81	188.2
26	Jason Vargas	SEA	141	14	11	3.85	217.1
27	Bruce Chen	KCA	140	11	14	5.07	191.2
28	Jarrod Parker	OAK	140	13	8	3.47	181.1
29	Tommy Milone	OAK	137	13	10	3.74	190.0
30	Doug Fister	DET	137	10	10	3.45	161.2
31	Matt Harrison	TEX	133	18	11	3.29	213.1
32	Ervin Santana	LAA	133	9	13	5.16	178.0
33	Josh Beckett	BOS +1	132	7	14	4.65	170.1
34	Clay Buchholz	BOS	129	11	8	4.56	189.1
35	Ricky Romero	TOR	124	9	14	5.77	181.0
36	Jeremy Hellickson	TBA	124	10	11	3.10	177.0
37	Carlos Villanueva	TOR	122	7	7	4.16	125.1
38	Jason Hammel	BAL	113	8	6	3.43	118.0
39	Zach McAllister	CLE	110	6	8	4.24	125.1
40	Jake Arrieta	BAL	109	3	9	6.20	114.2
41	Brandon Morrow	TOR	108	10	7	2.96	124.2
42	Rick Porcello	DET	107	10	12	4.59	176.1
43	Kevin Millwood	SEA	107	6	12	4.25	161.0
44	Alex Cobb	TBA	106	11	9	4.03	136.1
45	Luis Mendoza	KCA	104	8	10	4.23	166.0
46	Hisashi Iwakuma	SEA	101	9	5	3.16	125.1
47	Ernesto Frieri	LAA +1	98	5	2	2.32	66.0
48	Jerome Williams	LAA	98	6	8	4.58	137.2
49	David Phelps	NYA	96	4	4	3.34	99.2
50	Scott Feldman	TEX	96	6	11	5.09	123.2

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