mlb pitching strikeout leaders 2018 nl central

Jack Flaherty fanned the most hitters in the NL Central in 2018, with 182 strikeouts in his rookie 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	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	182	2018	STL	28	8	9	.471	28	3.34	0	0	0	151.0	108	56	59	20	59	11	0	3	615	6	10.85	3.52	3.08	1.19	29.6	9.6	1.11	.257	3.52	86	3.86	97	6.44	2
2	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	179	2018	PIT	32	14	10	.583	32	3.20	2	1	0	191.0	179	68	69	20	46	6	0	4	785	2	8.43	2.17	3.89	0.94	22.8	5.9	1.18	.298	3.25	80	3.46	85	8.43	12.8
3	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	165	2018	CIN	31	10	12	.455	31	4.30	0	0	0	169.2	158	81	89	28	49	5	0	1	708	4	8.75	2.60	3.37	1.49	23.3	6.9	1.22	.282	4.72	105	4.31	103	8.38	-2.2
4	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	161	2018	CHC	33	14	11	.560	33	3.44	0	0	0	199.0	184	76	82	22	44	9	0	4	812	0	7.28	1.99	3.66	0.99	19.8	5.4	1.15	.281	3.71	86	3.77	94	8.32	5.4
5	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	158	2018	CHC	32	13	11	.542	32	4.03	0	0	0	174.1	162	78	81	25	68	3	0	3	739	3	8.16	3.51	2.32	1.29	21.4	9.2	1.32	.282	4.18	101	4.43	110	8.36	-8.1
6	Jhoulys Chacin J. Chacin	156	2018	MIL	35	15	8	.652	35	3.50	0	0	0	192.2	153	75	83	18	71	11	0	3	796	5	7.29	3.32	2.20	0.84	19.6	8.9	1.16	.250	3.88	87	4.03	99	7.15	0.7
7	Jon Lester J. Lester	149	2018	CHC	32	18	6	.750	32	3.32	0	0	0	181.2	174	67	75	24	64	6	0	1	761	4	7.38	3.17	2.33	1.19	19.6	8.4	1.31	.290	3.72	83	4.39	109	8.62	-7.6
8	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	146	2018	STL	32	18	4	.818	32	2.83	1	1	0	200.2	186	63	70	16	29	7	0	4	808	2	6.55	1.30	5.03	0.72	18.1	3.6	1.07	.279	3.14	73	3.27	82	8.34	15.9
9	Josh Hader J. Hader	143	2018	MIL	55	6	1	.857	0	2.43	0	0	12	81.1	36	22	23	9	30	1	14	0	306	0	15.82	3.32	4.77	1.00	46.7	9.8	0.81	.220	2.55	60	2.22	55	3.98	16.6
10	Junior Guerra J. Guerra	136	2018	MIL	31	6	9	.400	26	4.09	0	0	0	141.0	143	64	74	19	55	4	1	0	611	11	8.68	3.51	2.47	1.21	22.3	9.0	1.40	.312	4.72	102	4.23	104	9.13	-2.7
11	Chase Anderson C. Anderson	128	2018	MIL	30	9	8	.529	30	3.93	0	0	0	158.0	131	69	71	30	57	7	0	0	644	1	7.29	3.25	2.25	1.71	19.9	8.9	1.19	.239	4.04	98	5.22	129	7.46	-20.3
12	Trevor Williams T. Williams	126	2018	PIT	31	14	10	.583	31	3.11	1	1	0	170.2	146	59	64	15	55	4	0	3	701	4	6.64	2.90	2.29	0.79	18.0	7.8	1.18	.261	3.38	78	3.86	95	7.70	3.8
13	Luke Weaver L. Weaver	121	2018	STL	30	7	11	.389	25	4.95	0	0	0	136.1	150	75	83	19	54	3	3	2	609	3	7.99	3.56	2.24	1.25	19.9	8.9	1.50	.318	5.48	128	4.45	112	9.90	-7.3
14	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	117	2018	STL	33	8	6	.571	18	3.11	0	0	5	118.2	100	41	48	5	60	11	9	4	521	5	8.87	4.55	1.95	0.38	22.5	11.5	1.35	.290	3.64	80	3.53	89	7.58	6
15	Ivan Nova I. Nova	114	2018	PIT	29	9	9	.500	29	4.19	0	0	0	161.0	171	75	82	26	35	4	0	4	683	9	6.37	1.96	3.26	1.45	16.7	5.1	1.28	.288	4.58	105	4.56	112	9.56	-9
16	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	111	2018	CIN	24	7	7	.500	24	4.50	0	0	0	128.0	132	64	66	21	28	5	0	2	540	1	7.80	1.97	3.96	1.48	20.6	5.2	1.25	.296	4.64	110	4.33	103	9.28	-1.9
17	Tyler Mahle T. Mahle	110	2018	CIN	23	7	9	.438	23	4.98	0	0	0	112.0	125	62	68	22	53	3	0	7	507	1	8.84	4.26	2.08	1.77	21.7	10.5	1.59	.323	5.46	121	5.24	125	10.04	-12.7
18	Anthony DeSclafani A. DeSclafani	108	2018	CIN	21	7	8	.467	21	4.93	0	0	0	115.0	118	63	68	24	30	2	0	2	484	4	8.45	2.35	3.60	1.88	22.3	6.2	1.29	.294	5.32	120	4.82	115	9.23	-7.8
19	Sal Romano S. Romano	105	2018	CIN	39	8	11	.421	25	5.31	0	0	0	145.2	155	86	92	23	53	4	1	6	644	7	6.49	3.27	1.98	1.42	16.3	8.2	1.43	.288	5.68	129	4.94	118	9.58	-11.7
20	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	100	2018	PIT	19	6	9	.400	19	4.06	0	0	0	115.1	113	52	56	12	23	8	0	3	486	5	7.80	1.79	4.35	0.94	20.6	4.7	1.18	.294	4.37	102	3.58	88	8.82	6.2
21	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	96	2018	MIL	16	6	4	.600	14	4.25	0	0	0	78.1	49	37	37	8	40	4	1	1	321	3	11.03	4.60	2.40	0.92	29.9	12.5	1.14	.237	4.25	106	3.72	92	5.63	3
22	John Gant J. Gant	95	2018	STL	26	7	6	.538	19	3.47	0	0	0	114.0	91	44	54	9	57	2	1	3	487	5	7.50	4.50	1.67	0.71	19.5	11.7	1.30	.253	4.26	90	4.07	102	7.18	-1.2
23	Jeremy Jeffress J. Jeffress	89	2018	MIL	73	8	1	.889	0	1.29	0	0	15	76.2	49	11	12	5	27	1	24	4	299	4	10.45	3.17	3.30	0.59	29.8	9.0	0.99	.249	1.41	32	2.78	68	5.75	10.9
24	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	89	2018	PIT	70	4	2	.667	0	2.70	0	0	37	70.0	63	21	24	4	24	1	60	2	296	3	11.44	3.09	3.71	0.51	30.1	8.1	1.24	.331	3.09	68	2.43	60	8.10	12.7
25	Corey Knebel C. Knebel	88	2018	MIL	57	4	3	.571	0	3.58	0	0	16	55.1	38	22	23	7	22	4	29	0	223	0	14.31	3.58	4.00	1.14	39.5	9.9	1.08	.304	3.74	89	3.03	75	6.18	6.3

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Brewers	77	48	.616
Cubs	72	53	.576	5.0
Cardinals	63	61	.508	13.5
Pirates	61	65	.484	16.5
Reds	59	64	.480	17.0

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Mon 8/17	STL	@	CIN	1:40 PM
Mon 8/17	STL	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Tue 8/18	STL	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Wed 8/19	STL	@	CIN	6:40 PM
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Wood

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SLG Leaders

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Phillies	67	58	.536	7.5
Marlins	64	61	.512	10.5
Nationals	60	66	.476	15.0
Mets	56	69	.448	18.5
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Brewers	77	48	.616
Cubs	72	53	.576	5.0
Cardinals	63	61	.508	13.5
Pirates	61	65	.484	16.5
Reds	59	64	.480	17.0
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Dodgers	74	51	.592
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Rays	74	49	.602
Yankees	69	55	.556	5.5
Red Sox	66	58	.532	8.5
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Blue Jays	61	65	.484	14.5
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White Sox	65	58	.528
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Twins	60	65	.480	6.0
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Royals	51	74	.408	15.0
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Astros	63	62	.504
Rangers	61	64	.488	2.0
Mariners	59	66	.472	4.0
Athletics	49	75	.395	13.5
Angels	49	76	.392	14.0