most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2015 to 2020

Between the 2015 and 2020 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 91 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2015 to 2020
NAME G SO 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 H/9
1 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
91
975
52
19
.732
91
2.12
10
4
0
640.1
396
151
163
69
121
24
0
8
2,449
14
13.70
1.70
8.06
0.97
39.8
4.9
0.81
.260
2.29
5.57
2 Chris Sale
C. Sale
78
857
43
16
.729
78
2.10
7
2
0
549.0
341
128
145
43
101
31
0
0
2,110
8
14.05
1.66
8.49
0.70
40.6
4.8
0.81
.276
2.38
5.59
3 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
61
633
28
14
.667
61
1.77
1
0
0
418.0
280
82
93
28
90
4
0
5
1,600
13
13.63
1.94
7.03
0.60
39.6
5.6
0.89
.298
2.00
6.03
4 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
58
609
35
6
.854
58
2.01
4
2
0
398.1
226
89
93
50
61
11
0
0
1,482
9
13.76
1.38
9.98
1.13
41.1
4.1
0.72
.234
2.10
5.11
5 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
48
517
30
6
.833
48
1.71
7
5
0
352.1
208
67
75
27
44
6
0
0
1,295
11
13.21
1.12
11.75
0.69
39.9
3.4
0.72
.258
1.92
5.31
6 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
47
512
28
6
.824
47
2.25
2
2
0
308.1
198
77
90
38
61
7
0
1
1,176
10
14.94
1.78
8.39
1.11
43.5
5.2
0.84
.287
2.63
5.78
7 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
44
474
29
6
.829
44
2.01
7
3
0
331.1
204
74
81
31
54
12
0
2
1,240
5
12.88
1.47
8.78
0.84
38.2
4.4
0.78
.259
2.20
5.54
8 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
43
454
23
6
.793
43
2.04
2
1
0
300.0
177
68
75
27
83
13
0
1
1,156
10
13.62
2.49
5.47
0.81
39.3
7.2
0.87
.259
2.25
5.31
9 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
41
437
28
5
.848
41
2.45
0
0
0
283.0
188
77
81
30
50
12
0
3
1,087
7
13.90
1.59
8.74
0.95
40.2
4.6
0.84
.283
2.58
5.98
10 Chris Archer
C. Archer
38
397
13
11
.542
38
2.60
1
1
0
246.0
187
71
83
20
54
9
0
0
979
18
14.52
1.98
7.35
0.73
40.6
5.5
0.98
.335
3.04
6.84
11 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
37
377
16
10
.615
37
2.96
1
1
0
225.1
161
74
83
32
86
6
0
3
920
11
15.06
3.43
4.38
1.28
41.0
9.3
1.10
.308
3.32
6.43
12 Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
34
365
25
5
.833
34
1.69
4
1
0
240.1
164
45
49
17
41
4
0
0
909
12
13.67
1.54
8.90
0.64
40.2
4.5
0.85
.305
1.83
6.14
13 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
32
313
19
7
.731
32
1.84
1
1
0
215.1
148
44
49
18
50
9
0
2
841
2
13.08
2.09
6.26
0.75
37.2
5.9
0.92
.288
2.05
6.19
14 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
31
313
14
9
.609
31
2.35
0
0
0
203.0
126
53
54
25
37
7
0
0
774
9
13.88
1.64
8.46
1.11
40.4
4.8
0.80
.258
2.39
5.59
15 James Paxton
J. Paxton
29
294
16
6
.727
29
2.39
0
0
0
188.1
131
50
52
18
32
4
0
0
721
7
14.05
1.53
9.19
0.86
40.8
4.4
0.87
.303
2.48
6.26
16 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
29
296
17
6
.739
29
2.27
6
3
0
210.1
129
53
56
19
29
5
0
2
783
2
12.67
1.24
10.21
0.81
37.8
3.7
0.75
.253
2.40
5.52
17 Noah Syndergaard
N. Syndergaard
28
281
16
2
.889
28
2.30
2
1
0
191.2
143
49
58
15
21
4
0
0
739
7
13.19
0.99
13.38
0.70
38.0
2.8
0.86
.306
2.72
6.71
18 David Price
D. Price
28
280
14
6
.700
28
2.56
1
0
0
189.2
153
54
56
19
39
5
0
0
756
1
13.29
1.85
7.18
0.90
37.0
5.2
1.01
.324
2.66
7.26
19 Blake Snell
B. Snell
27
271
19
2
.905
27
1.40
0
0
0
167.1
98
26
27
12
44
1
0
1
623
13
14.58
2.37
6.16
0.65
43.5
7.1
0.85
.292
1.45
5.27
20 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
26
265
16
4
.800
26
2.89
0
0
0
165.0
119
53
56
19
42
12
0
0
661
4
14.45
2.29
6.31
1.04
40.1
6.4
0.98
.310
3.05
6.49
21 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
24
236
10
8
.556
24
2.22
0
0
0
158.0
113
39
45
15
33
3
0
3
617
3
13.44
1.88
7.15
0.85
38.2
5.3
0.92
.297
2.56
6.44
22 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
23
241
16
1
.941
23
1.41
2
2
0
153.2
87
24
25
5
38
4
0
0
583
6
14.11
2.23
6.34
0.29
41.3
6.5
0.81
.278
1.46
5.10
23 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
23
219
13
6
.684
23
1.65
2
1
0
153.0
91
28
38
11
44
8
0
1
595
11
12.88
2.59
4.98
0.65
36.8
7.4
0.88
.256
2.24
5.35
24 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
22
215
13
6
.684
22
2.18
0
0
0
144.1
86
35
39
14
46
4
0
0
561
4
13.41
2.87
4.67
0.87
38.3
8.2
0.91
.255
2.43
5.36
25 Luis Severino
L. Severino
22
213
12
4
.750
22
1.86
1
1
0
150.1
91
31
38
16
25
3
0
0
568
7
12.75
1.50
8.52
0.96
37.5
4.4
0.77
.241
2.27
5.45
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HR

87

21st

R

390

14th

SO

692

23rd

ERA

5.16

28th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
51
37
.580
Mets Mets
51
38
.573
0.5
Marlins Marlins
39
47
.453
11.0
Braves Braves
39
48
.448
11.5
Nationals Nationals
37
51
.420
14.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
7/5
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Sun
7/6
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
1:35 PM
Tue
7/8
WSH WSH
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Wed
7/9
WSH WSH
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Thu
7/10
WSH WSH
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Last Game
WSH Nationals

37 - 51

2

Final

11

BOS Red Sox

44 - 45

Fri 4 Jul 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
51
37
.580
Mets Mets
51
38
.573
0.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
53
35
.602
Brewers Brewers
49
39
.557
4.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
56
33
.629
Padres Padres
47
40
.540
8.0
AL East W L PCT GB
Blue Jays Blue Jays
50
38
.568
Yankees Yankees
48
40
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AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
55
34
.618
Twins Twins
42
46
.477
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AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
53
35
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Mariners Mariners
46
42
.523
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MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
6/19
SEA SEA
@
CHC CHC
9-4
Thu
6/19
TEX TEX
@
PIT PIT
6-2
Thu
6/19
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
8-14
Thu
6/19
BAL BAL
@
NYY NYY
5-3
Thu
6/19
CWS CWS
@
TOR TOR
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
7/5
TBR TBR
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sat
7/5
STL STL
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Sat
7/5
LAA LAA
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
7/5
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Sat
7/5
CIN CIN
@
PHI PHI
4:05 PM