Bret Saberhagen career strikeouts (pitching)
1,715Career Regular Season
Bret Saberhagen has recorded 1,715 strikeouts (pitching) over 16 regular seasons, 153rd among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 193 in 1989.
- Most recent: 10 in 2001.
Sum of 16 regular seasons, 1984 through 2001. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  KC | 38 | 10 | 11 | 3.48 | 157.2 | 73 | 36 | 1.10 | 1 |
| 1985 | KC | 32 | 20 | 6 | 2.87 | 235.1 | 158 | 38 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 1986 | KC | 30 | 7 | 12 | 4.15 | 156.0 | 112 | 29 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1987 | KC | 33 | 18 | 10 | 3.36 | 257.0 | 163 | 53 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1988 | KC | 35 | 14 | 16 | 3.80 | 260.2 | 171 | 59 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1989 | KC | 36 | 23 | 6 | 2.16 | 262.1 | 193 | 43 | 0.96 | 0 |
| 1990 | KC | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3.27 | 135.0 | 87 | 28 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1991 | KC | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3.07 | 196.1 | 136 | 45 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 1992 |  NYM | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3.50 | 97.2 | 81 | 27 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYM | 19 | 7 | 7 | 3.29 | 139.1 | 93 | 17 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 1994 | NYM | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2.74 | 177.1 | 143 | 13 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 1995 |  NYM/COL | 25 | 7 | 6 | 4.18 | 153.0 | 100 | 33 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1997 |  BOS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6.58 | 26.0 | 14 | 10 | 1.54 | 0 |
| 1998 | BOS | 31 | 15 | 8 | 3.96 | 175.0 | 100 | 29 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1999 | BOS | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2.95 | 119.0 | 81 | 11 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 2001 | BOS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | 15.0 | 10 | 0 | 1.27 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV