most pitcher strikeouts from 2009 to 2019

Between 2009 and 2019, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 2,626 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	2,626	349	170	85	.667	349	3.20	10	5	0	2234.0	1,835	794	852	249	597	80	0	18	9,041	63	10.58	2.41	4.40	1.00	29.0	6.6	1.09	.289	3.43	77	3.12	76	7.39	247.5
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,529	356	179	95	.653	356	3.13	23	7	0	2382.0	1,957	829	896	248	631	58	0	15	9,617	58	9.56	2.38	4.01	0.94	26.3	6.6	1.09	.278	3.39	75	3.21	77	7.39	262.6
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,364	325	164	69	.704	323	2.35	25	15	0	2167.0	1,606	566	621	162	525	32	1	24	8,488	81	9.82	2.18	4.50	0.67	27.9	6.2	0.98	.267	2.58	61	2.67	67	6.67	310.9
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,114	344	171	78	.687	344	3.08	13	5	0	2213.1	1,954	757	820	209	493	41	0	14	8,915	70	8.60	2.00	4.29	0.85	23.7	5.5	1.11	.288	3.33	76	3.15	78	7.95	221
5	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,093	352	163	100	.620	352	3.52	13	2	0	2183.0	2,033	855	942	227	680	68	0	6	9,079	52	8.63	2.80	3.08	0.94	23.1	7.5	1.24	.300	3.88	84	3.57	88	8.38	120.3
6	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,040	338	125	98	.561	337	3.42	13	5	0	2151.2	1,948	817	873	238	622	93	0	28	8,886	47	8.53	2.60	3.28	1.00	23.0	7.0	1.19	.290	3.65	83	3.64	88	8.15	109.3
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,007	312	109	73	.599	232	3.03	16	3	12	1629.2	1,312	548	590	172	374	98	25	14	6,544	38	11.08	2.07	5.37	0.95	30.7	5.7	1.03	.293	3.26	71	2.90	69	7.25	235.7
8	David Price D. Price	1,969	316	150	80	.652	310	3.32	17	3	0	2015.2	1,804	743	815	206	523	58	1	12	8,257	39	8.79	2.34	3.76	0.92	23.8	6.3	1.15	.290	3.64	81	3.34	82	8.05	163.3
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,931	315	130	100	.565	314	3.30	20	9	0	2063.1	1,824	756	853	199	589	86	0	3	8,475	127	8.42	2.57	3.28	0.87	22.8	6.9	1.17	.287	3.72	83	3.46	85	7.96	134.3
10	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,794	289	119	92	.564	286	3.13	15	6	0	1846.0	1,622	642	703	192	428	62	1	34	7,507	25	8.75	2.09	4.19	0.94	23.9	5.7	1.11	.284	3.43	83	3.32	87	7.91	97.4
11	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,792	322	129	95	.576	317	3.61	4	2	0	1867.1	1,672	749	804	156	771	45	0	20	7,926	56	8.64	3.72	2.32	0.75	22.6	9.7	1.31	.294	3.88	89	3.58	89	8.06	91.1
12	James Shields J. Shields	1,786	322	113	115	.496	320	4.03	18	7	0	2061.1	2,030	923	1,006	291	632	70	1	17	8,702	83	7.80	2.76	2.83	1.27	20.5	7.3	1.29	.294	4.39	100	4.22	104	8.86	-39.3
13	CC Sabathia	1,700	307	134	88	.604	306	3.81	12	2	0	1918.0	1,863	811	892	232	576	73	0	29	8,093	43	7.98	2.70	2.95	1.09	21.0	7.1	1.27	.296	4.19	90	3.91	90	8.74	87.3
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,695	239	112	58	.659	239	3.17	2	2	0	1438.2	1,185	506	557	143	377	51	0	18	5,821	43	10.60	2.36	4.50	0.89	29.1	6.5	1.09	.293	3.48	79	2.95	74	7.41	170.7
15	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	1,591	341	96	99	.492	277	4.02	2	1	30	1708.2	1,605	764	819	240	561	77	51	21	7,225	73	8.38	2.95	2.84	1.26	22.0	7.8	1.27	.287	4.31	100	4.18	106	8.45	-44
16	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	1,571	371	93	105	.470	266	4.29	3	1	0	1593.0	1,467	760	825	164	745	60	15	14	6,886	88	8.88	4.21	2.11	0.93	22.8	10.8	1.39	.300	4.66	105	3.99	98	8.29	8.9
17	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	1,547	305	94	99	.487	283	3.99	7	6	0	1699.1	1,648	754	822	195	543	41	9	36	7,209	52	8.19	2.88	2.85	1.03	21.5	7.5	1.29	.298	4.35	97	3.81	93	8.73	47.5
18	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	1,507	343	149	118	.558	339	4.36	10	3	0	2037.1	2,196	988	1,081	255	474	82	2	17	8,651	69	6.66	2.09	3.18	1.13	17.4	5.5	1.31	.306	4.78	101	4.08	98	9.70	19.7
19	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	1,477	278	98	101	.492	265	4.39	8	3	1	1581.2	1,500	771	821	164	705	62	4	23	6,842	74	8.40	4.01	2.10	0.93	21.6	10.3	1.39	.301	4.67	104	4.02	96	8.54	30.8
20	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,477	268	135	79	.631	264	3.37	20	10	0	1692.2	1,612	633	678	135	449	46	2	29	6,995	29	7.85	2.39	3.29	0.72	21.1	6.4	1.22	.302	3.60	86	3.28	82	8.57	127.7
21	J.A. Happ	1,466	306	120	89	.574	284	3.98	4	3	0	1656.1	1,573	733	782	217	589	36	9	15	7,022	42	7.97	3.20	2.49	1.18	20.9	8.4	1.31	.288	4.25	97	4.18	101	8.55	-4.4
22	Yovani Gallardo Y. Gallardo	1,463	295	112	96	.538	286	4.12	4	3	1	1682.1	1,645	770	825	194	665	22	5	24	7,230	75	7.83	3.56	2.20	1.04	20.2	9.2	1.37	.297	4.41	101	4.08	99	8.80	4.1
23	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,461	208	98	58	.628	203	3.16	17	7	0	1341.2	1,165	471	518	132	292	46	3	9	5,398	25	9.80	1.96	5.00	0.89	27.1	5.4	1.09	.298	3.47	75	2.98	72	7.81	170.4
24	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	1,418	334	79	104	.432	237	4.13	9	4	0	1601.0	1,510	734	787	198	472	57	25	23	6,690	58	7.97	2.65	3.00	1.11	21.2	7.1	1.24	.289	4.42	104	3.95	100	8.49	0.2
25	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,398	265	117	73	.616	265	3.19	17	8	0	1682.1	1,502	597	645	164	462	90	0	17	6,918	27	7.48	2.47	3.03	0.88	20.2	6.7	1.17	.279	3.45	79	3.69	92	8.04	56.4

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Guardians	85	77	.525
White Sox	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0

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Thu 3/25	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	CWS	@	DET	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	CLE	@	DET	4:00 AM
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
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Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	4-5
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