Net Strikeout Rates

Strikeout-to-walk differential is something Tom Tango has written a couple times about as a nice -- and better -- alternative to strikeout-to-walk ratio. I'm going to call it Net Strikeouts or Net K's for simplicities sake. Essentially, you take a pitcher strikeouts and subtract out unintentional walks and hit-by-pitches from the total. I thought this would be a fun list to make for this year and I don't think this would really fit in any other site I'd post at, so I'm going to dump it here.

First,  a list of the starting pitchers with the most Net K's in the major leagues as of Wednesday.

Rk	Name	Team	Lg	Role	Net K's
1	Justin Verlander	Tigers	AL	SP	167
2	Roy Halladay	Phillies	NL	SP	164
3	Clayton Kershaw	Dodgers	NL	SP	162
4	Cliff Lee	Phillies	NL	SP	148
5	CC Sabathia	Yankees	AL	SP	148
6	James Shields	Rays	AL	SP	137
7	David Price	Rays	AL	SP	131
8	Dan Haren	Angels	AL	SP	128
9	Felix Hernandez	Mariners	AL	SP	127
10	Cole Hamels	Phillies	NL	SP	125
11	Jered Weaver	Angels	AL	SP	119
12	Tim Lincecum	Giants	NL	SP	119
13	Anibal Sanchez	Marlins	NL	SP	118
14	Matt Garza	Cubs	NL	SP	112
15	Madison Bumgarner	Giants	NL	SP	107
16	Yovani Gallardo	Brewers	NL	SP	106
17	Chris Carpenter	Cardinals	NL	SP	106
18	Matt Cain	Giants	NL	SP	104
19	Brandon Morrow	Blue Jays	AL	SP	103
20	Ian Kennedy	Diamondbacks	NL	SP	103
21	Michael Pineda	Mariners	AL	SP	102
22	Ervin Santana	Angels	AL	SP	100
23	Bud Norris	Astros	NL	SP	99
24	Daniel Hudson	Diamondbacks	NL	SP	97
25	Ricky Nolasco	Marlins	NL	SP	96