mlb pitcher most strikouts between 2011 to 2024

Between the 2011 and 2024 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 2,983 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,983	389	194	86	.693	389	3.07	12	5	0	2456.0	1,958	837	881	290	602	90	0	17	9,851	63	10.93	2.21	4.96	1.06	30.3	6.1	1.04	.283	3.23	74	3.08	75	7.18	283.7
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,471	347	186	71	.724	346	2.36	24	14	0	2259.2	1,703	592	656	196	454	35	0	12	8,797	80	9.84	1.81	5.44	0.78	28.1	5.2	0.95	.267	2.61	61	2.71	67	6.78	325.6
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,451	361	179	95	.653	361	3.07	16	6	0	2351.1	1,904	802	872	261	599	63	0	10	9,462	49	9.38	2.29	4.09	1.00	25.9	6.3	1.06	.270	3.34	74	3.33	80	7.29	215.9
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,382	351	136	82	.624	292	3.05	16	3	8	1935.0	1,575	656	707	200	445	119	17	15	7,787	44	11.08	2.07	5.35	0.93	30.6	5.7	1.04	.296	3.29	71	2.89	69	7.33	279.6
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	7	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.1
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,048	376	165	89	.650	372	3.33	5	2	0	2281.1	2,086	845	901	255	482	40	0	13	9,229	76	8.08	1.90	4.25	1.01	22.2	5.2	1.13	.286	3.55	81	3.48	86	8.23	142.7
7	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
8	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
9	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,974	336	127	118	.518	336	3.51	16	7	0	2088.1	1,880	814	891	245	515	84	0	35	8,586	28	8.51	2.22	3.83	1.06	23.0	6.0	1.15	.283	3.84	91	3.61	94	8.10	48
10	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,878	332	127	94	.575	332	3.75	2	1	0	1874.1	1,697	781	861	172	680	172	0	20	7,958	58	9.02	3.27	2.76	0.83	23.6	8.5	1.27	.302	4.13	94	3.69	93	8.15	69.6
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,779	268	104	79	.568	268	3.70	6	4	0	1621.1	1,423	667	704	199	421	52	0	16	6,635	17	9.88	2.34	4.23	1.10	26.8	6.3	1.14	.293	3.91	88	3.44	80	7.90	150.7
12	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,776	328	139	92	.602	328	3.70	9	2	0	1974.0	1,903	812	900	229	605	61	0	11	8,267	42	8.10	2.76	2.94	1.04	21.5	7.3	1.27	.299	4.10	89	3.84	94	8.68	46.3
13	David Price D. Price	1,774	340	128	69	.650	267	3.32	15	2	3	1792.2	1,632	661	718	188	425	53	19	15	7,332	33	8.91	2.13	4.17	0.94	24.2	5.8	1.15	.295	3.60	81	3.29	81	8.19	153.6
14	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,765	329	102	102	.500	290	3.84	3	1	0	1718.0	1,680	733	787	212	485	35	11	9	7,211	63	9.25	2.54	3.64	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.26	.311	4.12	92	3.61	85	8.80	117.2
15	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,729	342	103	131	.440	324	4.51	6	2	2	1892.1	2,018	949	1,023	263	579	48	9	23	8,146	61	8.22	2.75	2.99	1.25	21.2	7.1	1.37	.318	4.87	107	4.12	99	9.60	8.4
16	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,727	359	102	103	.498	333	3.74	2	2	0	1969.2	1,923	819	884	201	591	53	7	23	8,256	74	7.89	2.70	2.92	0.92	20.9	7.2	1.28	.303	4.04	91	3.69	89	8.79	100.7
17	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,725	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	18	8	1	1641.2	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	9.46	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
18	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,724	307	111	94	.541	298	3.51	6	4	0	1737.1	1,490	677	743	167	583	54	2	5	7,199	104	8.93	3.02	2.96	0.87	23.9	8.1	1.19	.283	3.85	85	3.52	85	7.72	122.7
19	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,666	218	84	57	.596	218	2.52	4	2	0	1367.0	1,051	383	420	120	308	22	0	13	5,376	27	10.97	2.03	5.41	0.79	31.0	5.7	0.99	.286	2.77	65	2.58	64	6.92	227.7
20	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,663	274	103	77	.572	273	3.37	10	3	0	1752.2	1,560	656	707	188	519	80	0	19	7,230	43	8.54	2.67	3.20	0.97	23.0	7.2	1.19	.287	3.63	82	3.63	88	8.01	90.1
21	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,631	235	108	59	.647	235	3.26	2	2	0	1402.0	1,161	508	557	144	377	53	0	20	5,688	42	10.47	2.42	4.33	0.92	28.7	6.6	1.10	.292	3.58	81	3.06	76	7.45	151.2
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,625	259	103	70	.595	259	3.34	4	3	0	1578.2	1,368	585	635	147	457	68	0	14	6,501	39	9.26	2.61	3.56	0.84	25.0	7.0	1.16	.290	3.62	84	3.31	80	7.80	144.6
23	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,613	312	108	97	.527	265	4.09	10	4	2	1574.2	1,525	715	753	199	426	55	21	19	6,561	59	9.22	2.43	3.79	1.14	24.6	6.5	1.24	.311	4.30	98	3.65	88	8.72	88.1
24	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	1,564	451	94	100	.485	246	4.14	2	1	66	1650.2	1,580	759	818	248	540	72	124	26	7,013	61	8.53	2.94	2.90	1.35	22.3	7.7	1.28	.290	4.46	103	4.28	108	8.61	-58.4
25	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,548	233	77	73	.513	229	3.98	1	1	0	1258.2	1,102	557	593	194	535	47	1	19	5,342	53	11.07	3.83	2.89	1.39	29.0	10.0	1.30	.301	4.24	94	4.08	99	7.88	4.5

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Team Batting Leaders

17

Wood

RBI

48

Abrams

AVG

.291

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

7

Griffin

74

Cavalli

ERA

2.58

Lord

Team Rankings

5th

345

1st

508

20th

ERA

4.65

26th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	43	21	.672
Phillies	34	29	.540	8.5
Nationals	32	32	.500	11.0
Marlins	29	35	.453	14.0
Mets	28	35	.444	14.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/6	WSH	@	AZ	4:10 PM
Sun 6/7	WSH	@	AZ	3:15 PM
Mon 6/8	WSH	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Tue 6/9	WSH	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Wed 6/10	WSH	@	SFG	3:45 PM

Last Game

Nationals

32 - 32

Final

Diamondbacks

33 - 30

Fri 5 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

23

Schwarber

21

Alvarez

20

Murakami

RBI Leaders

51

Pages

48

Abrams

47

Olson

Batting Average Leaders

.332

Marsh

.331

Lopez

.326

Arraez

Hit Leaders

82

Lopez

78

Arraez

74

Clement

Run Leaders

56

Wood

48

Turang

47

Rice

OBP Leaders

.438

Kurtz

.429

Alvarez

.414

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.652

Rice

.645

Alvarez

.596

Schwarber

SB Leaders

22

Witt

22

Ramírez

22

Nuñez

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Williams

9

Ashby

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

108

Misiorowski

103

Sánchez

94

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.46

Sánchez

1.65

Misiorowski

1.89

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.79

Misiorowski

0.86

Schlittler

0.91

Skenes

K/9 Leaders

13.69

Misiorowski

10.86

deGrom

10.74

Sánchez

K/BB Leaders

6.46

Schlittler

6.31

Skenes

6.06

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

12

Rasmussen

13

Skenes

13

Schlittler

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,206.7

Ohtani

940.2

Wood

885.6

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

832.1

Ohtani

698

Wood

665

Alvarez

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Best Record ATS

40-24

37-24

38-25

36-25

36-27

Worst Record ATS

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24-40

27-37

27-36

27-35

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	43	21	.672
Phillies	34	29	.540	8.5
Nationals	32	32	.500	11.0
Marlins	29	35	.453	14.0
Mets	28	35	.444	14.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	38	23	.623
Cardinals	33	28	.541	5.0
Pirates	34	30	.531	5.5
Cubs	33	31	.516	6.5
Reds	31	31	.500	7.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	41	23	.641
Diamondbacks	33	30	.524	7.5
Padres	32	30	.516	8.0
Giants	26	38	.406	15.0
Rockies	24	40	.375	17.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	37	23	.617
Yankees	37	26	.587	1.5
Orioles	31	33	.484	8.0
Blue Jays	30	34	.469	9.0
Red Sox	27	35	.435	11.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	36	29	.554
White Sox	33	30	.524	2.0
Twins	30	35	.462	6.0
Tigers	26	38	.406	9.5
Royals	25	39	.391	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	33	31	.516
Rangers	31	32	.492	1.5
Athletics	30	33	.476	2.5
Astros	29	36	.446	4.5
Angels	24	40	.375	9.0