mlb pitchers strikeouts per game rankings

Designated hitters had their most strikeouts per game pitched in a season in 2022, with 7.1.

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MLB pitchers strikeouts per game in a regular season rankings

	POSITION	SO/G	SO	G	SEASON	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	Designated Hitter	7.1	220	31	2022	15	9	.625	28	2.51	0	0	0	168.1	128	47	49	16	45	3	3	0	672	14	11.76	2.41	4.89	0.86	32.7	6.7	1.03	.289	2.62	64	2.58	64	6.84	26.3
2	Designated Hitter	6.28	157	25	2021	9	2	.818	23	3.20	0	0	0	132.1	102	47	49	15	46	10	1	2	544	10	10.68	3.13	3.41	1.02	28.9	8.5	1.12	.275	3.33	73	3.53	81	6.94	12.1
3	Designated Hitter	6.19	167	27	2023	10	5	.667	23	3.55	1	1	0	137.0	93	54	58	22	59	11	4	0	556	12	10.97	3.88	2.83	1.45	30.0	10.6	1.11	.239	3.81	82	4.43	101	6.11	-0.6
4	Designated Hitter	6.08	73	12	2026	6	2	.750	11	1.17	0	0	0	69.1	40	9	12	3	21	6	1	0	272	0	9.48	2.73	3.48	0.39	26.8	7.7	0.88	.219	1.56	28	2.72	64	5.19	11.7
5	Pitcher	4.76	13,145	2,759	1884	1,361	1,240	.523	2,687	2.99	2,554	187	10	23356.0	22,507	7,760	13,809	578	4,110		75		99,235	1,842	5.07	1.58	3.20	0.22	13.2	4.1	1.14	.271	5.32	96	3.05	98	8.67	158
6	Designated Hitter	4.64	65	14	2018	4	2	.667	10	3.07	0	0	0	55.2	39	19	19	6	24	1	4	0	226	5	10.51	3.88	2.71	0.97	28.8	10.6	1.13	.254	3.07	73	3.57	84	6.31	4.3
7	Pitcher	4.26	8,652	2,032	1886	979	949	.508	1,994	3.27	1,913	99	8	17218.0	16,708	6,260	10,574	380	5,151		39		74,047	1,352	4.52	2.69	1.68	0.20	11.7	7.0	1.27	.274	5.53	97	3.33	99	8.73	44.2
8	Designated Hitter	4.13	62	15	2025	1	1	.500	14	2.85	0	0	0	47.1	41	15	15	3	10	0	1	0	191	10	11.79	1.90	6.20	0.57	32.5	5.2	1.08	.328	2.85	68	1.97	46	7.80	11.7
9	Left Fielder	4.04	109	27	1905	10	15	.400	26	3.17	22	4	0	215.2	184	76	99	2	72	9	1		872	18	4.55	3.00	1.51	0.08	12.5	8.3	1.19	.268	4.13	122	2.76	104	7.68	-2.9
10	First Baseman	4	12	3	1916	1	2	.333	3	1.00	3	1	0	27.0	18	3	4	0	6	1	0		98	0	4.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	12.2	6.1	0.89	.228	1.33	36	2.20	80	6.00	1.6
11	Left Fielder	4	4	1	1914	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	8	1	4	0	3	0	0		34	0	4.00	3.00	1.33	0.00	11.8	8.8	1.22	.296	4.00	37	2.55	91	8.00	0.2
12	Third Baseman	4	4	1	1905	0	1	.000	1	1.50	1	0	0	6.0	6	1	6	1	5	0	0		27	0	6.00	7.50	0.80	1.50	14.8	18.5	1.83	.294	9.00	51	5.85	202	9.00	-2
13	Center Fielder	4	8	2	1905	2	0	1.000	2	1.59	1	0	0	17.0	12	3	4	0	8	1	0		71	1	4.24	4.24	1.00	0.00	11.3	11.3	1.18	.222	2.12	54	3.17	110	6.35	-0.6
14	Catcher	4	12	3	1889	2	0	1.000	2	4.05	2	0	0	20.0	23	9	14	0	8	0	1		90	1	5.40	3.60	1.50	0.00	13.3	8.9	1.55	.329	6.30	102	3.01	75	10.35	2.2
15	Third Baseman	4	4	1	1878	0	1	.000	1	6.00	1	0	0	9.0	11	6	9	0	0		0		39	1	4.00	0.00		0.00	10.3	0.0	1.22		9.00	253	1.65	69	11.00	0.8
16	First Baseman	3.86	27	7	1904	0	6	.000	6	3.59	3	0	0	42.2	52	17	40	0	27	7	1		207	3	5.70	5.70	1.00	0.00	13.0	13.0	1.85	.356	8.44	133	3.54	127	10.97	-3.7
17	Pitcher	3.75	6,386	1,702	1885	848	819	.509	1,679	2.96	1,622	106	3	14724.0	14,230	4,837	8,556	294	3,291		24		62,319	1,119	3.90	2.01	1.94	0.18	10.2	5.3	1.19	.268	5.23	98	3.01	100	8.70	-20.2
18	Pitcher	3.72	7,610	2,043	1888	985	982	.501	2,016	2.91	1,942	143	3	17631.2	16,352	5,707	9,627	470	4,381	764	30		74,120	1,216	3.88	2.24	1.74	0.24	10.3	5.9	1.18	.261	4.91	98	2.94	99	8.35	94.9
19	Left Fielder	3.51	1,378	393	1884	122	211	.366	325	3.85	275	6	4	2857.1	3,172	1,221	2,289	90	669		60		12,809	287	4.34	2.11	2.06	0.28	10.8	5.2	1.34	.290	7.21	127	3.45	116	9.99	-164.6
20	Shortstop	3.5	28	8	1889	2	4	.333	5	3.86	5	0	0	53.2	57	23	46	2	28	1	2		245	4	4.70	4.70	1.00	0.34	11.4	11.4	1.58	.296	7.71	97	4.07	102	9.56	-0.5
21	Pitcher	3.32	9,164	2,759	1904	1,203	1,195	.502	2,455	2.64	2,158	247	38	21618.0	19,936	6,337	9,074	321	5,632	786	291		87,885	497	3.82	2.34	1.63	0.13	10.4	6.4	1.18	.272	3.78	99	2.66	100	8.30	-2.2
22	Third Baseman	3.25	13	4	1903	1	3	.250	4	4.38	4	0	0	37.0	55	18	31	0	5	1	0		167	1	3.16	1.22	2.60	0.00	7.8	3.0	1.62	.372	7.54	154	2.54	90	13.38	1
23	Right Fielder	3.23	152	47	1903	18	25	.419	42	3.57	33	2	0	350.2	367	139	200	9	129	17	5		1,515	7	3.90	3.31	1.18	0.23	10.0	8.5	1.41	.296	5.13	114	3.47	111	9.42	-13.6
24	Center Fielder	3.21	77	24	1909	11	9	.550	21	1.72	14	3	0	177.2	149	34	56	1	31	7	3		696	6	3.90	1.57	2.48	0.05	11.1	4.5	1.01	.255	2.84	74	2.07	92	7.55	2.7
25	Pitcher	3.21	7,513	2,344	1889	1,042	1,027	.504	2,125	3.90	1,885	91	35	18474.2	19,434	8,009	12,469	643	7,086	777	212		81,970	1,092	3.66	3.45	1.06	0.31	9.2	8.6	1.44	.285	6.07	99	3.92	99	9.47	62.5

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Díaz

Hit Leaders

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Kurtz

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SLG Leaders

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Rice

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SB Leaders

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Win Leaders

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WHIP Leaders

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K/BB Leaders

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	46	24	.657
Phillies	38	32	.543	8.0
Nationals	36	35	.507	10.5
Marlins	35	36	.493	11.5
Mets	31	39	.443	15.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	42	26	.618
Cardinals	38	30	.559	4.0
Cubs	36	34	.514	7.0
Pirates	36	35	.507	7.5
Reds	33	36	.478	9.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	45	26	.634
Padres	36	33	.522	8.0
Diamondbacks	35	35	.500	9.5
Giants	28	42	.400	16.5
Rockies	26	44	.371	18.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	42	27	.609
Rays	40	26	.606	0.5
Blue Jays	34	37	.479	9.0
Orioles	34	38	.472	9.5
Red Sox	29	39	.426	12.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	39	33	.542
White Sox	37	32	.536	0.5
Twins	32	40	.444	7.0
Tigers	29	42	.408	9.5
Royals	28	42	.400	10.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	37	35	.514
Athletics	34	35	.493	1.5
Rangers	34	36	.486	2.0
Astros	32	39	.451	4.5
Angels	28	42	.400	8.0