Cliff Lee career strikeouts (pitching)
1,824Career Regular Season
Cliff Lee has recorded 1,824 strikeouts (pitching) over 13 regular seasons, 126th among 8,575 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 238 in 2011.
- Most recent: 72 in 2014.
Sum of 13 regular seasons, 2002 through 2014. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 |  CLE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.74 | 10.1 | 6 | 8 | 1.35 | 0 |
| 2003 | CLE | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3.61 | 52.1 | 44 | 20 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 2004 | CLE | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5.43 | 179.0 | 161 | 81 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 2005 | CLE | 32 | 18 | 5 | 3.79 | 202.0 | 143 | 52 | 1.22 | 0 |
| 2006 | CLE | 33 | 14 | 11 | 4.40 | 200.2 | 129 | 58 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 2007 | CLE | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6.29 | 97.1 | 66 | 36 | 1.52 | 0 |
| 2008 | CLE | 31 | 22 | 3 | 2.54 | 223.1 | 170 | 34 | 1.11 | 0 |
| 2009 |  CLE/PHI | 34 | 14 | 13 | 3.22 | 231.2 | 181 | 43 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 2010 |  SEA/TEX | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3.18 | 212.1 | 185 | 18 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 2011 | PHI | 32 | 17 | 8 | 2.40 | 232.2 | 238 | 42 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 2012 | PHI | 30 | 6 | 9 | 3.16 | 211.0 | 207 | 28 | 1.11 | 0 |
| 2013 | PHI | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2.87 | 222.2 | 222 | 32 | 1.01 | 0 |
| 2014 | PHI | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3.65 | 81.1 | 72 | 12 | 1.38 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV