most pitching strikeouts in a season for a nat since 2000

Since 2000, Max Scherzer has fanned the most batters for the Nationals in a season, with 300 strikeouts in 2018.

	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	300	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	284	2016	WSH	34	20	7	.741	34	2.96	1	0	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	11.19	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	70	3.23	78	6.50	22.7
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	276	2015	WSH	33	14	12	.538	33	2.79	4	3	0	228.2	176	71	74	27	34	5	0	2	899	10	10.86	1.34	8.12	1.06	30.7	3.8	0.92	.268	2.91	71	2.76	72	6.93	27.6
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	268	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	2.89	66	5.65	33.2
5	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	251	2019	WSH	33	18	6	.750	33	3.32	0	0	0	209.0	161	77	79	24	56	10	0	4	841	8	10.81	2.41	4.48	1.03	29.8	6.7	1.04	.274	3.40	75	3.24	73	6.93	28.3
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	243	2019	WSH	27	11	7	.611	27	2.92	0	0	0	172.1	144	56	59	18	33	7	0	2	693	0	12.69	1.72	7.36	0.94	35.1	4.8	1.03	.321	3.08	66	2.44	55	7.52	38.6
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	242	2014	WSH	34	14	11	.560	34	3.14	0	0	0	215.0	198	75	86	23	43	5	0	4	868	7	10.13	1.80	5.63	0.96	27.9	5.0	1.12	.315	3.60	86	2.94	80	8.29	17.1
8	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	241	2003	MON	34	13	12	.520	34	3.24	4	1	0	230.2	198	83	93	28	57	4	0	5	938	11	9.40	2.22	4.23	1.09	25.7	6.1	1.11	.280	3.63	73	3.31	75	7.73	28.2
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	238	2019	WSH	33	14	7	.667	33	3.25	1	1	0	202.0	169	73	81	24	70	3	0	2	835	4	10.60	3.12	3.40	1.07	28.5	8.4	1.18	.290	3.61	73	3.48	78	7.53	22.2
10	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	208	2001	MON	32	16	11	.593	32	3.42	5	3	0	223.2	197	85	92	24	44	3	0	4	898	3	8.37	1.77	4.73	0.97	23.2	4.9	1.08	.279	3.70	75	3.21	72	7.93	31.3
11	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	207	2012	WSH	32	21	8	.724	32	2.89	2	1	0	199.1	149	64	69	9	76	5	0	3	822	10	9.35	3.43	2.72	0.41	25.2	9.2	1.13	.267	3.12	73	2.82	73	6.73	23.3
12	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	204	2017	WSH	28	15	4	.789	28	2.52	1	1	0	175.1	131	49	55	13	47	7	0	5	701	3	10.47	2.41	4.34	0.67	29.1	6.7	1.02	.274	2.82	57	2.71	62	6.72	32.4
13	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	197	2012	WSH	28	15	6	.714	28	3.16	0	0	0	159.1	136	56	62	15	48	4	0	1	653	5	11.13	2.71	4.10	0.85	30.2	7.4	1.15	.311	3.50	80	2.82	73	7.68	18.6
14	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	196	2000	MON	33	11	9	.550	33	4.05	2	1	0	217.2	247	98	104	24	61	5	0	10	945	3	8.10	2.52	3.21	0.99	20.7	6.5	1.42	.338	4.30	88	3.67	78	10.21	25.1
15	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	192	2013	WSH	32	11	8	.579	32	3.36	1	1	0	195.2	169	73	79	17	76	2	0	1	819	4	8.83	3.50	2.53	0.78	23.4	9.3	1.25	.286	3.63	90	3.41	91	7.77	6.9
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	191	2013	WSH	30	8	9	.471	30	3.00	1	1	0	183.0	136	61	71	16	56	12	0	1	731	7	9.39	2.75	3.41	0.79	26.1	7.7	1.05	.263	3.49	80	3.21	86	6.69	10.5
17	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	188	2017	WSH	32	15	9	.625	32	2.96	0	0	0	201.0	158	66	69	21	79	7	0	5	827	7	8.42	3.54	2.38	0.94	22.7	9.6	1.18	.258	3.09	67	3.92	89	7.07	10.7
18	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	186	2004	MON	35	11	15	.423	35	3.60	9	2	0	255.0	234	102	105	26	83	10	0	9	1,053	1	6.56	2.93	2.24	0.92	17.7	7.9	1.24	.278	3.71	81	4.00	89	8.26	13.8
19	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	185	2025	WSH	30	5	15	.250	30	4.17	0	0	0	159.2	152	74	75	20	64	5	0	0	680	12	10.43	3.61	2.89	1.13	27.2	9.4	1.35	.325	4.23	99	3.74	90	8.57	7
20	John Patterson J. Patterson	185	2005	WSH	31	9	7	.563	31	3.13	2	1	0	198.1	172	69	71	19	65	5	0	11	817	9	8.39	2.95	2.85	0.86	22.6	8.0	1.19	.282	3.22	77	3.45	84	7.81	15
21	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	183	2016	WSH	24	15	4	.789	24	3.60	0	0	0	147.2	119	59	59	15	44	2	0	1	598	2	11.15	2.68	4.16	0.91	30.6	7.4	1.10	.294	3.60	85	2.92	71	7.25	19.8
22	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	182	2014	WSH	32	14	5	.737	32	2.66	3	2	0	199.2	185	59	67	13	29	6	0	0	800	4	8.20	1.31	6.28	0.59	22.8	3.6	1.07	.302	3.02	73	2.68	73	8.34	21.7
23	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	181	2024	WSH	32	10	12	.455	32	3.90	0	0	0	166.1	171	72	93	15	65	11	0	0	731	14	9.79	3.52	2.78	0.81	24.8	8.9	1.42	.340	5.03	94	3.53	87	9.25	9.8
24	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	179	2002	MON	34	10	13	.435	34	3.91	2	0	0	230.1	243	100	111	28	49	4	0	6	971	3	6.99	1.91	3.65	1.09	18.4	5.0	1.27	.302	4.34	92	3.67	86	9.49	15.4
25	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	178	2003	MON	33	15	10	.600	33	3.20	8	0	0	233.1	225	83	92	27	57	10	0	3	967	6	6.87	2.20	3.12	1.04	18.4	5.9	1.21	.285	3.55	73	3.86	87	8.68	14.3

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Phillies	70	58	.547	4.5
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Thu 8/20	WSH	@	TEX	8:05 PM
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Sat 8/22	WSH	@	MIA	4:10 PM
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Nationals	61	67	.477	13.5
Mets	58	70	.453	16.5
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Brewers	78	49	.614
Cubs	74	54	.578	4.5
Cardinals	65	63	.508	13.5
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