Bartolo Colon career strikeouts (pitching)
2,535Career Regular Season
Bartolo Colon has recorded 2,535 strikeouts (pitching) over 21 regular seasons, 37th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 212 in 2000.
- Most recent: 81 in 2018.
Sum of 21 regular seasons, 1997 through 2018. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  CLE | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5.65 | 94.0 | 66 | 45 | 1.62 | 0 |
| 1998 | CLE | 31 | 14 | 9 | 3.71 | 204.0 | 158 | 79 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1999 | CLE | 32 | 18 | 5 | 3.95 | 205.0 | 161 | 76 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2000 | CLE | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3.88 | 188.0 | 212 | 98 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 2001 | CLE | 34 | 14 | 12 | 4.09 | 222.1 | 201 | 90 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 2002 |  CLE/WSH | 33 | 20 | 8 | 2.93 | 233.1 | 149 | 70 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 2003 |  CHW | 34 | 15 | 13 | 3.87 | 242.0 | 173 | 67 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 2004 |  LAA | 34 | 18 | 12 | 5.01 | 208.1 | 158 | 71 | 1.37 | 0 |
| 2005 | LAA | 33 | 21 | 8 | 3.48 | 222.2 | 157 | 43 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 2006 | LAA | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5.11 | 56.1 | 31 | 11 | 1.46 | 0 |
| 2007 | LAA | 19 | 6 | 8 | 6.34 | 99.1 | 76 | 29 | 1.62 | 0 |
| 2008 |  BOS | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3.92 | 39.0 | 27 | 10 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 2009 | CHW | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4.19 | 62.1 | 38 | 21 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 2011 |  NYY | 29 | 8 | 10 | 4.00 | 164.1 | 135 | 40 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 2012 |  ATH | 24 | 10 | 9 | 3.43 | 152.1 | 91 | 23 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 2013 | ATH | 30 | 18 | 6 | 2.65 | 190.1 | 117 | 29 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 2014 |  NYM | 31 | 15 | 13 | 4.09 | 202.1 | 151 | 30 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 2015 | NYM | 33 | 14 | 13 | 4.16 | 194.2 | 136 | 24 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 2016 | NYM | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3.43 | 191.2 | 128 | 32 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 2017 |  ATL/MIN | 28 | 7 | 14 | 6.48 | 143.0 | 89 | 35 | 1.59 | 0 |
| 2018 |  TEX | 28 | 7 | 12 | 5.78 | 146.1 | 81 | 25 | 1.35 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV