mlb pitcher most ks in a season since 2020

Since 2020, Spencer Strider has struck out the most hitters in a season, with 281 strikeouts in 2023.

Regular season

	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	Spencer Strider S. Strider	281	2023	ATL	32	19	5	.792	32	3.86	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	30.3
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	257	2022	NYY	33	13	8	.619	33	3.50	0	0	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	92	3.46	87	6.91	11.5
3	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	255	2025	BOS	32	18	5	.783	32	2.59	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	11.18	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	61	2.88	69	7.23	29.5
4	Robbie Ray R. Ray	248	2021	TOR	32	13	7	.650	32	2.84	0	0	0	193.1	150	61	62	33	52	4	0	0	773	5	11.54	2.42	4.77	1.54	32.1	6.7	1.04	.268	2.89	63	3.68	87	6.98	11.8
5	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	247	2021	PHI	32	14	10	.583	32	2.78	3	2	0	213.1	169	66	72	16	46	8	0	1	849	6	10.42	1.94	5.37	0.68	29.1	5.4	1.01	.288	3.04	66	2.58	60	7.13	40.7
6	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	243	2026	MIL	28	15	5	.750	28	1.89	1	1	0	166.1	93	35	43	14	42	9	0	0	636	5	13.15	2.27	5.79	0.76	38.2	6.6	0.81	.241	2.33	46	2.18	52	5.03	37.1
7	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	243	2022	MIL	33	12	8	.600	33	2.94	0	0	0	202.0	144	66	73	23	51	13	0	0	797	10	10.83	2.27	4.76	1.02	30.5	6.4	0.97	.259	3.25	73	3.13	78	6.42	20
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	243	2021	NYY	30	16	8	.667	30	3.23	2	1	0	181.1	151	65	69	24	41	2	0	0	726	5	12.06	2.03	5.93	1.19	33.5	5.6	1.06	.305	3.42	76	2.91	67	7.49	28.1
9	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	241	2025	DET	31	13	6	.684	31	2.21	1	1	0	195.1	141	48	55	18	33	5	0	0	748	3	11.10	1.52	7.30	0.83	32.2	4.4	0.89	.273	2.53	54	2.44	58	6.50	38.1
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	237	2023	TOR	31	12	9	.571	31	3.16	0	0	0	185.0	163	65	72	19	55	3	0	0	763	3	11.53	2.68	4.31	0.92	31.1	7.2	1.18	.321	3.50	75	2.97	69	7.93	27.1
11	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	237	2022	SFG	31	14	8	.636	31	2.88	1	0	0	178.0	131	57	59	12	52	3	0	0	710	10	11.98	2.63	4.56	0.61	33.4	7.3	1.03	.293	2.98	74	2.25	59	6.62	32.2
12	Dylan Cease D. Cease	236	2026	TOR	28	11	5	.688	28	2.38	1	1	0	166.1	105	44	50	11	72	3	0	0	668	5	12.77	3.90	3.28	0.60	35.3	10.8	1.06	.272	2.71	58	2.46	59	5.68	31.5
13	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	236	2021	TOT	30	15	4	.789	30	2.46	1	0	0	179.1	119	49	53	23	36	10	0	0	693	2	11.84	1.81	6.56	1.15	34.1	5.2	0.86	.247	2.66	59	2.97	69	5.97	26
14	Gavin Williams G. Williams	235	2026	CLE	30	13	8	.619	30	3.78	0	0	0	174.0	136	73	77	27	56	6	0	0	705	9	12.16	2.90	4.20	1.40	33.3	7.9	1.10	.286	3.98	91	3.47	86	7.03	11.3
15	Aaron Nola A. Nola	235	2022	PHI	32	11	13	.458	32	3.25	2	1	0	205.0	168	74	75	19	29	9	0	1	807	2	10.32	1.27	8.10	0.83	29.1	3.6	0.96	.289	3.29	80	2.57	63	7.38	33.5
16	Pablo López P. López	234	2023	MIN	32	11	8	.579	32	3.66	1	1	0	194.0	176	79	81	24	48	9	0	1	801	7	10.86	2.23	4.88	1.11	29.2	6.0	1.15	.313	3.76	86	3.33	78	8.16	20.5
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	234	2023	SDP	32	14	9	.609	32	2.25	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	54	3.43	79	5.75	18
18	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	234	2021	MIL	28	11	5	.688	28	2.43	0	0	0	167.0	123	45	47	7	34	6	0	0	657	5	12.61	1.83	6.88	0.38	35.6	5.2	0.94	.309	2.53	58	1.62	38	6.63	48.9
19	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	228	2026	NYY	31	14	6	.700	31	1.95	0	0	0	184.2	123	40	47	16	44	6	0	0	722	0	11.11	2.14	5.18	0.78	31.6	6.1	0.90	.250	2.29	47	2.56	61	5.99	33.6
20	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	228	2024	DET	31	18	4	.818	31	2.39	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	10.69	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	60	2.49	61	6.66	34.1
21	Dylan Cease D. Cease	227	2022	CWS	32	14	8	.636	32	2.20	1	1	0	184.0	126	45	55	16	78	3	0	2	747	7	11.10	3.82	2.91	0.78	30.4	10.4	1.11	.260	2.69	56	3.09	75	6.16	20.1
22	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	227	2021	SFG	33	14	6	.700	33	2.81	0	0	0	192.0	150	60	66	20	50	4	0	1	775	7	10.64	2.34	4.54	0.94	29.3	6.5	1.04	.274	3.09	70	3.00	74	7.03	23.5
23	Dylan Cease D. Cease	226	2021	CWS	32	13	7	.650	32	3.91	1	1	0	165.2	139	72	77	20	68	9	0	0	708	13	12.28	3.69	3.32	1.09	31.9	9.6	1.25	.309	4.18	90	3.40	76	7.55	18.9
24	Chris Sale C. Sale	225	2024	ATL	29	18	3	.857	29	2.38	0	0	0	177.2	141	47	48	9	39	8	0	0	702	4	11.40	1.98	5.77	0.46	32.1	5.6	1.01	.314	2.43	58	2.08	52	7.14	38.1
25	Logan Webb L. Webb	224	2025	SFG	34	15	11	.577	34	3.22	0	0	0	207.0	210	74	82	14	46	6	0	0	856	2	9.74	2.00	4.87	0.61	26.2	5.4	1.24	.346	3.57	79	2.60	65	9.13	33.2

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Team Rankings

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ERA

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	89	64	.582
Phillies	84	68	.553	4.5
Marlins	76	77	.497	13.0
Nationals	71	82	.464	18.0
Mets	69	83	.454	19.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/18	ATL	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Sat 9/19	ATL	@	HOU	7:10 PM
Sun 9/20	ATL	@	HOU	2:10 PM
Tue 9/22	CIN	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Wed 9/23	CIN	@	ATL	7:15 PM

Last Game

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89 - 64

Final

Cubs

85 - 68

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Schwarber

44

Crow-Armstrong

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

108

Stewart

105

Crow-Armstrong

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

.310

Alvarez

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Simpson

Hit Leaders

182

Lopez

180

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

115

Crow-Armstrong

103

Arozarena

102

Wood

OBP Leaders

.428

Alvarez

.394

Bauers

.392

Rumfield

SLG Leaders

.594

Alvarez

.581

Crow-Armstrong

.538

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

42

Simpson

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Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

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Gray

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Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

243

Misiorowski

236

Cease

235

Williams

ERA Leaders

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1.95

Schlittler

2.18

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WHIP Leaders

0.81

Misiorowski

0.87

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0.90

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.15

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12.77

Cease

12.16

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

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5.79

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Walk Leaders

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Rasmussen

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2,264.8

Ohtani

2,259.5

Crow-Armstrong

1,937.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,712

Crow-Armstrong

1,592.6

Ohtani

1,451

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Worst Record ATS

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	89	64	.582
Phillies	84	68	.553	4.5
Marlins	76	77	.497	13.0
Nationals	71	82	.464	18.0
Mets	69	83	.454	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	95	57	.625
Cubs	85	68	.556	10.5
Pirates	75	77	.493	20.0
Cardinals	75	78	.490	20.5
Reds	71	81	.467	24.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - x	92	60	.605
Padres	83	69	.546	9.0
Diamondbacks	80	73	.523	12.5
Giants	64	89	.418	28.5
Rockies	56	96	.368	36.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	92	59	.609
Yankees - x	88	64	.579	4.5
Red Sox	82	70	.539	10.5
Blue Jays	76	77	.497	17.0
Orioles	75	78	.490	18.0
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Guardians	78	75	.510
White Sox	77	75	.507	0.5
Tigers	72	80	.474	5.5
Twins	71	81	.467	6.5
Royals	67	85	.441	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	76	76	.500
Rangers	76	76	.500
Mariners	71	82	.464	5.5
Athletics	61	91	.401	15.0
Angels	58	94	.382	18.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/2	SDP	@	CIN	3-7
Wed 9/2	ATL	@	WSH	9-0
Wed 9/2	ATH	@	TEX	9-2
Wed 9/2	BAL	@	COL	5-6
Wed 9/2	PHI	@	AZ	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	MIL	@	PIT	12:35 PM
Thu 9/17	LAD	@	CIN	12:40 PM
Thu 9/17	ATH	@	TBR	1:10 PM
Thu 9/17	SDP	@	COL	3:10 PM
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Since 2020, Spencer Strider has struck out the most hitters in a season, with 281 strikeouts in 2023.

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