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Active Leaders & Records for Batters Faced
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| Rank | Player (age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 1. | Greg Maddux (42) | 19961 | R |
| 2. | Tom Glavine* (42) | 18583 | L |
| 3. | Randy Johnson* (44) | 16156 | L |
| 4. | Jamie Moyer* (45) | 15459 | L |
| 5. | Mike Mussina (39) | 14088 | R |
| 6. | John Smoltz (41) | 13927 | R |
| 7. | Kenny Rogers* (43) | 13865 | L |
| 8. | Curt Schilling (41) | 13284 | R |
| 9. | Tim Wakefield (41) | 11677 | R |
| 10. | Andy Pettitte* (36) | 11113 | L |
| 11. | Steve Trachsel (37) | 10799 | R |
| 12. | Pedro Martinez (36) | 10780 | R |
| 13. | Livan Hernandez (33) | 10667 | R |
| 14. | Aaron Sele (38) | 9534 | R |
| 15. | Woody Williams (41) | 9475 | R |
| 16. | Jeff Suppan (33) | 9361 | R |
| 17. | Jon Lieber (38) | 9240 | R |
| 18. | Esteban Loaiza (36) | 9106 | R |
| 19. | Javier Vazquez (31) | 9075 | R |
| 20. | Tom Gordon (40) | 9030 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 21. | Kevin Millwood (33) | 8549 | R |
| 22. | Bartolo Colon (35) | 8507 | R |
| 23. | Hideo Nomo (39) | 8462 | R |
| 24. | Jason Schmidt (35) | 8449 | R |
| 25. | Tim Hudson (32) | 8241 | R |
| 26. | Chan Ho Park (35) | 7832 | R |
| 27. | Matt Morris (33) | 7669 | R |
| 28. | Derek Lowe (35) | 7655 | R |
| 29. | Brett Tomko (35) | 7487 | R |
| 30. | Jeff Weaver (31) | 7418 | R |
| 31. | Shawn Estes* (35) | 7306 | L |
| 32. | Miguel Batista (37) | 7227 | R |
| 33. | Freddy Garcia (33) | 7216 | R |
| 34. | Barry Zito* (30) | 7161 | L |
| 35. | Mark Buehrle* (29) | 7144 | L |
| 36. | Sidney Ponson (31) | 7043 | R |
| 37. | Jamey Wright (33) | 7030 | R |
| 38. | Darren Oliver* (37) | 6998 | L |
| 39. | Russ Ortiz (34) | 6894 | R |
| 40. | Roy Halladay (31) | 6886 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 41. | Jose Mesa (42) | 6804 | R |
| 42. | Jarrod Washburn* (33) | 6783 | L |
| 43. | Eric Milton* (32) | 6718 | L |
| 44. | Paul Byrd (37) | 6657 | R |
| 45. | Kelvim Escobar (32) | 6460 | R |
| 46. | Chris Carpenter (33) | 6455 | R |
| 47. | Jon Garland (28) | 6439 | R |
| 48. | C.C. Sabathia* (27) | 6259 | L |
| 49. | Roy Oswalt (30) | 6226 | R |
| 50. | Matt Clement (33) | 6189 | R |
| 51. | Glendon Rusch* (33) | 6170 | L |
| 52. | Brad Penny (30) | 6115 | R |
| 53. | Ramon Ortiz (35) | 5944 | R |
| 54. | Julian Tavarez (35) | 5880 | R |
| 55. | Randy Wolf* (31) | 5829 | L |
| 56. | Ryan Dempster (31) | 5809 | R |
| 57. | Kent Mercker* (40) | 5792 | L |
| 58. | Doug Davis* (32) | 5789 | L |
| 59. | Johan Santana* (29) | 5671 | L |
| 60. | Dave Weathers (38) | 5601 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 61. | Orlando Hernandez (42) | 5558 | R |
| 62. | Mark Mulder* (30) | 5550 | L |
| 63. | Carlos Zambrano (27) | 5480 | R |
| 64. | John Thomson (34) | 5470 | R |
| 65. | Ben Sheets (29) | 5469 | R |
| 66. | Brian Moehler (36) | 5453 | R |
| 67. | Kyle Lohse (29) | 5414 | R |
| 68. | Kip Wells (31) | 5397 | R |
| 69. | Mark Redman* (34) | 5307 | L |
| 70. | Odalis Perez* (31) | 5281 | L |
| 71. | Ted Lilly* (32) | 5272 | L |
| 72. | A.J. Burnett (31) | 5223 | R |
| 73. | Kris Benson (33) | 5199 | R |
| 74. | Rheal Cormier* (41) | 5157 | L |
| 75. | Vicente Padilla (30) | 5150 | R |
| 76. | John Lackey (29) | 5114 | R |
| 77. | Jason Marquis (29) | 5110 | R |
| 78. | Kerry Wood (31) | 5021 | R |
| 79. | Mike Timlin (42) | 4949 | R |
| 80. | Brandon Webb (29) | 4938 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 81. | Joel Pineiro (29) | 4881 | R |
| 82. | Ron Villone* (38) | 4846 | L |
| 83. | Bronson Arroyo (31) | 4838 | R |
| 84. | Gil Meche (29) | 4800 | R |
| 85. | LaTroy Hawkins (35) | 4798 | R |
| 86. | Adam Eaton (30) | 4765 | R |
| Jake Peavy (27) | 4765 | R | |
| 88. | Mike Stanton* (41) | 4762 | L |
| 89. | Jason Jennings (29) | 4760 | R |
| 90. | Elmer Dessens (37) | 4712 | R |
| 91. | Josh Fogg (31) | 4669 | R |
| 92. | Scott Elarton (32) | 4658 | R |
| 93. | Roberto Hernandez (43) | 4632 | R |
| 94. | Aaron Harang (30) | 4620 | R |
| 95. | Bob Wickman (39) | 4586 | R |
| 96. | Jake Westbrook (30) | 4574 | R |
| 97. | Todd Jones (40) | 4561 | R |
| 98. | Josh Beckett (28) | 4551 | R |
| 99. | Carl Pavano (32) | 4506 | R |
| 100. | Dontrelle Willis* (26) | 4451 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 101. | Rodrigo Lopez (32) | 4404 | R |
| 102. | Carlos Silva (29) | 4373 | R |
| 103. | Brett Myers (27) | 4350 | R |
| Jaret Wright (32) | 4350 | R | |
| 105. | Arthur Rhodes* (38) | 4340 | L |
| 106. | Tomokazu Ohka (32) | 4314 | R |
| 107. | Jeremy Bonderman (25) | 4296 | R |
| 108. | Ryan Franklin (35) | 4247 | R |
| 109. | Brian Meadows (32) | 4208 | R |
| 110. | Brian Lawrence (32) | 4123 | R |
| 111. | Shawn Chacon (30) | 4078 | R |
| 112. | Mark Hendrickson* (34) | 4037 | L |
| 113. | Tony Armas (30) | 4018 | R |
| 114. | Joe Kennedy* (29) | 4015 | L |
| 115. | John Halama* (36) | 3996 | L |
| 116. | Mike Maroth* (30) | 3985 | L |
| 117. | Jose Contreras (36) | 3955 | R |
| Scott Schoeneweis* (34) | 3955 | L | |
| 119. | Nate Robertson* (30) | 3953 | L |
| 120. | Mariano Rivera (38) | 3945 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 121. | Trevor Hoffman (40) | 3893 | R |
| 122. | Oliver Perez* (26) | 3836 | L |
| 123. | Wade Miller (31) | 3833 | R |
| 124. | Jason Isringhausen (35) | 3775 | R |
| 125. | Rick White (39) | 3725 | R |
| 126. | Braden Looper (33) | 3719 | R |
| 127. | Eddie Guardado* (37) | 3698 | L |
| 128. | Byung-Hyun Kim (29) | 3688 | R |
| 129. | Hector Carrasco (38) | 3649 | R |
| 130. | Danny Haren (27) | 3636 | R |
| 131. | Doug Brocail (41) | 3555 | R |
| 132. | Cliff Lee* (29) | 3543 | L |
| 133. | Aaron Cook (29) | 3531 | R |
| 134. | Tanyon Sturtze (37) | 3522 | R |
| 135. | Salomon Torres (36) | 3508 | R |
| 136. | Bruce Chen* (31) | 3495 | L |
| 137. | John Wasdin (35) | 3475 | R |
| 138. | Daniel Cabrera (27) | 3354 | R |
| 139. | Casey Fossum* (30) | 3350 | L |
| 140. | Russ Springer (39) | 3327 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Batters Faced | Throws |
| 141. | Jay Witasick (35) | 3298 | R |
| 142. | Armando Benitez (35) | 3253 | R |
| 143. | Billy Wagner* (36) | 3195 | L |
| 144. | Victor Zambrano (32) | 3187 | R |
| 145. | Keith Foulke (35) | 3155 | R |
| 146. | Jorge Sosa (31) | 3136 | R |
| 147. | Josh Towers (31) | 3133 | R |
| 148. | Jeff Francis* (27) | 3106 | L |
| 149. | Joe Blanton (27) | 3098 | R |
| 150. | Esteban Yan (33) | 3096 | R |
Stats updated through June 12, 2008.
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