Andy Benes career strikeouts (pitching)
2,000Career Regular Season
Andy Benes has recorded 2,000 strikeouts (pitching) over 14 regular seasons, 93rd among 8,575 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 189 in 1994.
- Most recent: 64 in 2002.
Sum of 14 regular seasons, 1989 through 2002. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  SD | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3.51 | 66.2 | 66 | 31 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 1990 | SD | 32 | 10 | 11 | 3.60 | 192.1 | 140 | 69 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1991 | SD | 33 | 15 | 11 | 3.03 | 223.0 | 167 | 59 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1992 | SD | 34 | 13 | 14 | 3.35 | 231.1 | 169 | 61 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1993 | SD | 34 | 15 | 15 | 3.78 | 230.2 | 179 | 86 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1994 | SD | 25 | 6 | 14 | 3.86 | 172.1 | 189 | 51 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1995 |  SD/SEA | 31 | 11 | 9 | 4.76 | 181.2 | 171 | 78 | 1.49 | 0 |
| 1996 |  STL | 36 | 18 | 10 | 3.83 | 230.1 | 160 | 77 | 1.27 | 1 |
| 1997 | STL | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3.10 | 177.0 | 175 | 61 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 1998 |  ARI | 34 | 14 | 13 | 3.97 | 231.1 | 164 | 74 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1999 | ARI | 33 | 13 | 12 | 4.81 | 198.1 | 141 | 82 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 2000 | STL | 30 | 12 | 9 | 4.88 | 166.0 | 137 | 68 | 1.46 | 0 |
| 2001 | STL | 27 | 7 | 7 | 7.38 | 107.1 | 78 | 61 | 1.70 | 0 |
| 2002 | STL | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2.78 | 97.0 | 64 | 51 | 1.35 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV