mlb most strikeouts by one pitcher in a season between 2006 to 2016

Between the 2006 and 2016 seasons, Clayton Kershaw fanned the most hitters in a season, with 301 strikeouts in 2015.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	284	2016	WSH	34	20	7	.741	34	2.96	1	0	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	11.19	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	70	3.23	78	6.50	22.7
3	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	277	2013	TEX	32	13	9	.591	32	2.83	0	0	0	209.2	145	66	68	26	80	8	0	1	841	7	11.89	3.43	3.46	1.12	32.9	9.5	1.07	.264	2.92	67	3.27	80	6.22	18.5
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	276	2015	WSH	33	14	12	.538	33	2.79	4	3	0	228.2	176	71	74	27	34	5	0	2	899	10	10.86	1.34	8.12	1.06	30.7	3.8	0.92	.268	2.91	71	2.76	72	6.93	27.6
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	274	2015	CWS	31	13	11	.542	31	3.41	1	0	0	208.2	185	79	88	23	42	13	0	0	854	7	11.82	1.81	6.52	0.99	32.1	4.9	1.09	.323	3.80	86	2.72	66	7.98	31.8
6	David Price D. Price	271	2014	TOT	34	15	12	.556	34	3.26	3	0	0	248.1	230	90	100	25	38	5	0	1	1,009	2	9.82	1.38	7.13	0.91	26.9	3.8	1.08	.306	3.62	87	2.77	75	8.34	26.2
7	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	269	2014	CLE	34	18	9	.667	34	2.44	3	1	0	235.2	207	64	72	14	51	6	0	3	951	3	10.27	1.95	5.27	0.53	28.3	5.4	1.09	.316	2.75	63	2.34	61	7.91	38.5
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	269	2009	DET	35	19	9	.679	35	3.45	3	1	0	240.0	219	92	99	20	63	6	0	5	982	8	10.09	2.36	4.27	0.75	27.4	6.4	1.18	.319	3.71	76	2.79	63	8.21	43.9
9	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	265	2008	SFG	34	18	5	.783	33	2.62	2	1	0	227.0	182	66	72	11	84	6	0	1	928	17	10.51	3.33	3.15	0.44	28.6	9.1	1.17	.304	2.85	61	2.61	62	7.22	41.5
10	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	261	2009	SFG	32	15	7	.682	32	2.48	4	2	0	225.1	168	62	69	10	68	6	0	2	905	11	10.42	2.72	3.84	0.40	28.8	7.5	1.05	.282	2.76	60	2.33	57	6.71	45.4
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	254	2016	DET	34	16	9	.640	34	3.04	2	0	0	227.2	171	77	81	30	57	8	0	1	903	6	10.04	2.25	4.46	1.19	28.1	6.3	1.00	.255	3.20	72	3.48	81	6.76	20.3
12	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	253	2016	MIA	29	16	8	.667	29	2.86	0	0	0	182.1	149	58	63	13	55	6	0	6	737	9	12.49	2.71	4.60	0.64	34.3	7.5	1.12	.332	3.11	72	2.29	57	7.35	35.4
13	Chris Archer C. Archer	252	2015	TBR	34	12	13	.480	34	3.23	1	1	0	212.0	175	76	85	19	66	3	0	0	868	13	10.70	2.80	3.82	0.81	29.0	7.6	1.14	.295	3.61	83	2.89	73	7.43	25.4
14	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	252	2014	DET	33	18	5	.783	33	3.15	1	1	0	220.1	196	77	80	18	63	6	0	1	904	10	10.29	2.57	4.00	0.74	27.9	7.0	1.18	.315	3.27	82	2.84	74	8.01	23.9
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	251	2016	SFG	34	15	9	.625	34	2.74	4	1	0	226.2	179	69	79	26	54	8	0	0	912	4	9.97	2.14	4.65	1.03	27.5	5.9	1.03	.267	3.14	68	3.24	83	7.11	17.6
16	CC Sabathia	251	2008	TOT	35	17	10	.630	35	2.70	10	5	0	253.0	223	76	85	19	59	7	0	1	1,023	2	8.93	2.10	4.25	0.68	24.5	5.8	1.11	.297	3.02	63	2.90	68	7.93	38.8
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	250	2011	DET	34	24	5	.828	34	2.40	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
18	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	248	2014	SEA	34	15	6	.714	34	2.14	0	0	0	236.0	170	56	68	16	46	5	0	1	912	18	9.46	1.75	5.39	0.61	27.2	5.0	0.92	.258	2.59	58	2.56	69	6.48	30.7
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	248	2011	LAD	33	21	5	.808	33	2.28	5	2	0	233.1	174	59	66	15	54	3	0	2	912	5	9.57	2.08	4.59	0.58	27.2	5.9	0.98	.269	2.55	63	2.46	65	6.71	35.1
20	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	245	2015	CLE	32	9	16	.360	32	3.49	4	0	0	222.0	189	86	92	22	45	11	0	3	886	6	9.93	1.82	5.44	0.89	27.7	5.1	1.05	.297	3.73	85	2.96	73	7.66	26.4
21	Johan Santana J. Santana	245	2006	MIN	34	19	6	.760	34	2.77	1	0	0	233.2	186	72	79	24	47	4	0	0	923	4	9.44	1.81	5.21	0.92	26.5	5.1	1.00	.269	3.04	62	3.03	69	7.16	35.7
22	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	242	2014	CIN	34	20	9	.690	34	2.25	4	2	0	243.2	169	61	69	22	65	15	0	2	961	1	8.94	2.40	3.72	0.81	25.2	6.8	0.96	.238	2.55	61	3.30	87	6.24	13.4
23	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	242	2014	WSH	34	14	11	.560	34	3.14	0	0	0	215.0	198	75	86	23	43	5	0	4	868	7	10.13	1.80	5.63	0.96	27.9	5.0	1.12	.315	3.60	86	2.94	80	8.29	17.1
24	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	242	2009	KCR	33	16	8	.667	33	2.16	6	3	0	229.1	195	55	64	11	51	4	0	0	915	5	9.50	2.00	4.75	0.43	26.4	5.6	1.07	.303	2.51	48	2.32	53	7.65	52.5
25	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	240	2013	DET	32	21	3	.875	32	2.90	0	0	0	214.1	152	69	73	18	56	4	0	0	836	6	10.08	2.35	4.29	0.76	28.7	6.7	0.97	.259	3.07	72	2.74	69	6.38	29.2

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