How many strikeouts (pitching) did Yordano Ventura have in 2016?
1442016 Regular Season
Yordano Ventura recorded 144 strikeouts (pitching) in the 2016 regular season, 57th in the MLB.
- 3rd-best of Yordano Ventura's 4 seasons on file; the high is 159 in 2014.
- Down 12 from 156 in 2015.
- 12% of the Kansas City Royals' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  KC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.52 | 15.1 | 11 | 6 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 2014 | KC | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3.20 | 183.0 | 159 | 69 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 2015 | KC | 28 | 13 | 8 | 4.08 | 163.1 | 156 | 58 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 2016 | KC | 32 | 11 | 12 | 4.45 | 186.0 | 144 | 78 | 1.44 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV