Andy Pettitte career strikeouts (pitching)
2,448Career Regular Season
Andy Pettitte has recorded 2,448 strikeouts (pitching) over 18 regular seasons, 47th among 8,575 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 180 in 2003.
- Most recent: 128 in 2013.
Sum of 18 regular seasons, 1995 through 2013. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 |  NYY | 31 | 12 | 9 | 4.17 | 175.0 | 114 | 63 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 1996 | NYY | 35 | 21 | 8 | 3.87 | 221.0 | 162 | 72 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1997 | NYY | 35 | 18 | 7 | 2.88 | 240.1 | 166 | 65 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1998 | NYY | 33 | 16 | 11 | 4.24 | 216.1 | 146 | 87 | 1.45 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYY | 31 | 14 | 11 | 4.70 | 191.2 | 121 | 89 | 1.59 | 0 |
| 2000 | NYY | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4.35 | 204.2 | 125 | 80 | 1.46 | 0 |
| 2001 | NYY | 31 | 15 | 10 | 3.99 | 200.2 | 164 | 41 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 2002 | NYY | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3.27 | 134.2 | 97 | 32 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 2003 | NYY | 33 | 21 | 8 | 4.02 | 208.1 | 180 | 50 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 2004 |  HOU | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3.90 | 83.0 | 79 | 31 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 2005 | HOU | 33 | 17 | 9 | 2.39 | 222.1 | 171 | 41 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 2006 | HOU | 36 | 14 | 13 | 4.20 | 214.1 | 178 | 70 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 2007 | NYY | 36 | 15 | 9 | 4.05 | 215.1 | 141 | 69 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 2008 | NYY | 33 | 14 | 14 | 4.54 | 204.0 | 158 | 55 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 2009 | NYY | 32 | 14 | 8 | 4.16 | 194.2 | 148 | 76 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 2010 | NYY | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3.28 | 129.0 | 101 | 41 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2012 | NYY | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2.87 | 75.1 | 69 | 21 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 2013 | NYY | 30 | 11 | 11 | 3.74 | 185.1 | 128 | 48 | 1.33 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV