most pitcher strikeouts since 2009

Since 2009, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters, with 3,454 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
3,454
477
221
118
.652
477
3.27
12
5
0
2948.0
2,428
1,070
1,138
360
775
110
0
19
11,931
79
10.54
2.37
4.46
1.10
28.9
6.5
1.09
.286
3.47
79
3.27
79
7.41
286.3
2Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3,077
459
220
125
.638
459
3.17
23
7
0
2971.1
2,474
1,048
1,139
312
787
81
0
16
12,050
71
9.32
2.38
3.91
0.95
25.5
6.5
1.10
.277
3.45
76
3.29
79
7.49
291.2
3Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
2,952
433
218
91
.706
430
2.47
25
15
0
2747.2
2,084
753
830
224
661
45
1
25
10,809
101
9.67
2.17
4.47
0.73
27.3
6.1
1.00
.269
2.72
63
2.80
69
6.83
373.3
4Chris Sale
C. Sale
2,730
414
157
95
.623
333
2.96
16
3
12
2207.0
1,790
727
785
221
515
140
25
15
8,883
48
11.13
2.10
5.30
0.90
30.7
5.8
1.04
.297
3.20
70
2.85
68
7.30
327.2
5Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
2,471
442
191
111
.632
438
3.30
14
5
0
2730.2
2,500
1,002
1,079
284
588
51
0
14
11,063
85
8.14
1.94
4.20
0.94
22.3
5.3
1.13
.289
3.56
80
3.37
83
8.24
214.6
6Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
2,343
332
159
86
.649
332
3.18
8
5
0
2040.2
1,702
721
772
228
519
62
0
7
8,214
58
10.33
2.29
4.51
1.01
28.5
6.3
1.09
.291
3.40
79
3.16
77
7.51
221.9
7Jon Lester
J. Lester
2,226
392
173
109
.613
392
3.64
13
2
0
2385.1
2,256
964
1,061
263
752
74
0
11
9,971
54
8.40
2.84
2.96
0.99
22.3
7.5
1.26
.299
4.00
86
3.72
91
8.51
96.6
8Charlie Morton
C. Morton
2,148
400
143
126
.532
394
4.06
3
2
0
2193.0
2,063
989
1,083
217
818
198
1
25
9,410
70
8.82
3.36
2.63
0.89
22.8
8.7
1.31
.306
4.44
101
3.85
96
8.47
44.7
9Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
2,092
386
118
124
.488
347
3.86
4
2
0
2050.0
1,974
880
942
250
573
39
11
12
8,574
65
9.18
2.52
3.65
1.10
24.4
6.7
1.24
.307
4.14
93
3.59
85
8.67
144.4
10Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
2,075
297
115
93
.553
297
3.65
2
1
0
1778.0
1,460
721
756
231
563
83
0
8
7,305
83
10.50
2.85
3.69
1.17
28.4
7.7
1.14
.282
3.83
87
3.58
85
7.39
120
11Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
2,070
358
134
124
.519
355
3.47
16
7
0
2209.1
2,007
853
933
258
544
89
1
38
9,098
29
8.43
2.22
3.81
1.05
22.8
6.0
1.15
.285
3.80
90
3.62
94
8.18
50.1
12David Price
D. Price
2,064
395
157
82
.657
321
3.33
17
3
3
2129.2
1,921
787
861
220
558
62
19
16
8,750
40
8.72
2.36
3.70
0.93
23.6
6.4
1.16
.291
3.64
81
3.38
83
8.12
164.5
13Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
2,042
339
125
99
.558
338
3.42
13
5
0
2155.0
1,951
820
876
238
623
93
0
28
8,900
47
8.53
2.60
3.28
0.99
22.9
7.0
1.19
.290
3.66
83
3.64
88
8.15
109.9
14Sonny Gray
S. Gray
2,035
361
139
105
.570
352
3.53
7
5
0
2043.2
1,787
802
876
205
654
62
2
5
8,462
107
8.96
2.88
3.11
0.90
24.0
7.7
1.19
.287
3.86
85
3.51
85
7.87
144.1
15Lance 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
16Aaron Nola
A. Nola
2,014
310
113
98
.536
310
3.94
6
4
0
1845.2
1,665
807
848
247
495
57
0
18
7,606
20
9.82
2.41
4.07
1.20
26.5
6.5
1.17
.296
4.14
93
3.61
84
8.12
136.5
17Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,998
271
104
73
.588
271
2.67
4
2
0
1660.1
1,283
493
530
163
376
25
0
16
6,543
33
10.83
2.04
5.31
0.88
30.5
5.7
1.00
.281
2.87
68
2.74
67
6.95
251.2
18Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,957
303
123
79
.609
303
3.26
5
3
0
1843.2
1,561
667
721
180
519
79
0
14
7,540
42
9.55
2.53
3.77
0.88
26.0
6.9
1.13
.287
3.52
81
3.27
79
7.62
179.4
19Felix 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
20Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
1,923
392
113
146
.436
369
4.54
7
2
3
2127.2
2,277
1,074
1,152
296
655
57
11
24
9,169
68
8.13
2.77
2.94
1.25
21.0
7.1
1.38
.318
4.87
108
4.15
100
9.63
4.2
21Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
1,903
363
173
112
.607
359
3.54
26
11
0
2257.1
2,177
888
944
201
609
65
2
33
9,372
39
7.59
2.43
3.12
0.80
20.3
6.5
1.23
.300
3.76
89
3.49
87
8.68
126.6
22Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,847
289
98
88
.527
284
3.89
2
1
0
1572.2
1,360
679
730
233
673
52
1
19
6,651
65
10.57
3.85
2.74
1.33
27.8
10.1
1.29
.293
4.18
93
4.10
100
7.78
-2.7
23Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
1,836
392
115
113
.504
366
3.79
2
2
0
2142.1
2,088
901
976
225
658
59
7
23
8,993
76
7.71
2.76
2.79
0.95
20.4
7.3
1.28
.300
4.10
91
3.79
91
8.77
86.9
24Gio Gonzalez
G. Gonzalez
1,826
334
130
97
.573
321
3.63
4
2
0
1899.0
1,712
766
823
162
790
47
1
20
8,079
58
8.65
3.74
2.31
0.77
22.6
9.8
1.32
.295
3.90
90
3.61
89
8.11
88.2
25James 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
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65
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9.0
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.488
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.434
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.615
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.585
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61
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.500
14.0
59
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.488
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73
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.598
65
57
.533
8.0
64
58
.525
9.0
50
71
.413
22.5
48
73
.397
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74
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.617
68
53
.562
6.5
65
56
.537
9.5
59
64
.480
16.5
58
63
.479
16.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
63
58
.521
60
62
.492
3.5
60
63
.488
4.0
59
63
.484
4.5
49
73
.402
14.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
62
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.508
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.492
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