most pitching strikeouts from 2018 to 2021

Between 2018 and 2021, Gerrit Cole fanned the most batters, with 939 strikeouts.

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NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
939
107
58
21
.734
107
2.85
5
3
0
667.0
489
211
230
86
170
14
0
0
2,630
20
12.67
2.29
5.52
1.16
35.7
6.5
0.99
.284
3.10
67
2.86
66
6.60
110.7
2Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
871
102
49
22
.690
102
2.74
4
1
0
639.2
483
195
208
74
143
30
0
7
2,547
12
12.25
2.01
6.09
1.04
34.2
5.6
0.98
.286
2.93
64
2.76
64
6.80
108.7
3Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
774
91
32
21
.604
91
1.94
2
1
0
581.0
393
125
142
42
119
13
0
4
2,231
8
11.99
1.84
6.50
0.65
34.7
5.3
0.88
.274
2.20
48
2.13
51
6.09
133.4
4Aaron Nola
A. Nola
772
111
43
27
.614
111
3.54
3
2
0
666.2
544
262
274
79
200
29
0
9
2,721
8
10.42
2.70
3.86
1.07
28.4
7.4
1.12
.283
3.70
83
3.43
78
7.34
68.8
5Robbie Ray
R. Ray
716
101
33
22
.600
100
3.93
0
0
0
543.0
450
237
248
95
251
15
0
9
2,297
23
11.87
4.16
2.85
1.57
31.2
10.9
1.29
.291
4.11
90
4.28
101
7.46
-4.2
6Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
711
90
36
28
.563
89
3.07
4
3
1
569.0
430
194
222
71
193
34
1
4
2,338
28
11.25
3.05
3.68
1.12
30.4
8.3
1.09
.270
3.51
69
3.50
79
6.80
57.4
7Charlie Morton
C. Morton
699
105
47
17
.734
105
3.28
0
0
0
585.1
463
213
232
53
189
49
0
1
2,411
15
10.75
2.91
3.70
0.81
29.0
7.8
1.11
.289
3.57
77
3.18
75
7.12
70.6
8Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
687
108
36
37
.493
108
4.05
2
2
0
639.1
608
288
300
86
196
11
0
8
2,681
13
9.67
2.76
3.51
1.21
25.6
7.3
1.26
.307
4.22
95
3.75
87
8.56
38.1
9Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
674
103
41
27
.603
103
3.29
3
2
0
662.0
582
242
260
55
167
26
0
7
2,709
13
9.16
2.27
4.04
0.75
24.9
6.2
1.13
.295
3.53
81
3.09
73
7.91
84.3
10Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
672
108
37
42
.468
108
3.80
1
0
0
618.0
540
261
290
74
227
20
0
5
2,584
11
9.79
3.31
2.96
1.08
26.0
8.8
1.24
.293
4.22
87
3.76
85
7.86
46.4
11Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
672
105
43
30
.589
103
3.65
2
1
0
606.0
545
246
262
66
205
22
0
5
2,560
30
9.98
3.04
3.28
0.98
26.3
8.0
1.24
.300
3.89
80
3.50
78
8.09
66.9
12José Berríos
J. Berríos
669
108
43
32
.573
108
3.71
4
1
0
647.2
569
267
288
81
183
40
0
1
2,691
18
9.30
2.54
3.66
1.13
24.9
6.8
1.16
.284
4.00
84
3.77
87
7.91
42
13Germán Márquez
G. Márquez
654
106
42
33
.560
106
4.22
4
2
0
631.2
596
296
319
80
181
17
0
10
2,638
41
9.32
2.58
3.61
1.14
24.8
6.9
1.23
.302
4.55
87
3.69
82
8.49
54
14Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
651
104
39
34
.534
104
4.24
5
3
0
601.0
489
283
297
86
227
23
0
4
2,488
34
9.75
3.40
2.87
1.29
26.2
9.1
1.19
.268
4.45
97
4.12
93
7.32
24.3
15Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
633
82
41
18
.695
80
3.29
3
2
0
503.0
446
184
197
62
117
13
1
1
2,046
21
11.33
2.09
5.41
1.11
30.9
5.7
1.12
.314
3.52
74
3.04
70
7.98
75
16Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
620
95
39
13
.750
94
2.82
2
0
0
564.0
421
177
199
58
137
20
0
3
2,240
17
9.89
2.19
4.53
0.93
27.7
6.1
0.99
.258
3.18
69
3.15
74
6.72
70.5
17Blake Snell
B. Snell
601
92
38
21
.644
92
3.22
0
0
0
466.1
351
167
174
56
191
5
0
4
1,894
38
11.60
3.69
3.15
1.08
31.7
10.1
1.16
.283
3.36
78
3.42
81
6.77
41.2
18Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
597
69
38
15
.717
69
2.56
3
2
0
443.0
296
126
131
66
80
14
0
0
1,701
9
12.13
1.63
7.46
1.34
35.1
4.7
0.85
.244
2.66
60
3.06
70
6.01
63.7
19Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
573
108
47
25
.653
107
3.45
1
0
0
654.1
587
251
262
85
118
13
0
5
2,619
12
7.88
1.62
4.86
1.17
21.9
4.5
1.08
.274
3.60
81
3.71
88
8.07
37.1
20Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
570
81
23
25
.479
81
3.83
0
0
0
461.0
373
196
205
73
135
25
0
3
1,889
25
11.13
2.64
4.22
1.43
30.2
7.1
1.10
.276
4.00
92
3.81
89
7.28
25.5
21Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
568
107
30
29
.508
91
3.83
0
0
0
537.2
502
229
248
69
148
16
7
5
2,247
19
9.51
2.48
3.84
1.15
25.3
6.6
1.21
.299
4.15
90
3.64
86
8.40
36.2
22Sonny Gray
S. Gray
555
98
34
29
.540
91
3.86
0
0
0
497.0
417
213
225
54
201
25
2
2
2,100
32
10.05
3.64
2.76
0.98
26.4
9.6
1.24
.287
4.07
87
3.72
83
7.55
41.7
23Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
552
109
35
35
.500
103
4.16
1
1
0
606.0
583
280
309
75
229
25
0
5
2,587
19
8.20
3.40
2.41
1.11
21.3
8.9
1.34
.298
4.59
94
4.22
96
8.66
12.4
24Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
550
87
41
20
.672
86
2.96
0
0
0
519.2
428
171
187
68
99
8
0
0
2,065
24
9.53
1.71
5.56
1.18
26.6
4.8
1.01
.269
3.24
73
3.38
79
7.41
51.3
25Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
547
87
32
22
.593
85
3.21
0
0
0
466.0
333
166
178
63
156
27
0
6
1,879
17
10.56
3.01
3.51
1.22
29.1
8.3
1.05
.249
3.44
79
3.77
91
6.43
21
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CWS CWS
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ATL ATL
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