most so by a pitcher between 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 852 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	852	98	54	20	.730	98	2.67	5	1	0	649.2	441	193	205	76	162	29	0	8	2,548	10	11.80	2.24	5.26	1.05	33.4	6.4	0.93	.255	2.84	63	2.93	70	6.11	91.9
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	778	91	46	22	.676	91	2.85	7	1	0	599.0	457	190	200	62	122	39	0	2	2,375	9	11.69	1.83	6.38	0.93	32.8	5.1	0.97	.287	3.01	65	2.70	63	6.87	104.6
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	763	101	47	26	.644	101	2.97	3	1	0	647.2	497	214	224	85	166	20	0	5	2,585	16	10.60	2.31	4.60	1.18	29.5	6.4	1.02	.266	3.11	70	3.36	78	6.91	66.6
4	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	714	94	56	20	.737	94	2.77	10	6	0	633.2	490	195	213	68	127	15	0	3	2,479	11	10.14	1.80	5.62	0.97	28.8	5.1	0.97	.271	3.03	63	2.96	69	6.96	93.9
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	651	87	32	27	.542	87	2.70	3	1	0	566.1	474	170	188	53	141	10	0	8	2,266	13	10.35	2.24	4.62	0.84	28.7	6.2	1.09	.298	2.99	68	2.87	70	7.53	77.8
6	Chris Archer C. Archer	644	94	25	39	.391	94	4.12	0	0	0	550.2	531	252	278	76	176	14	0	3	2,340	32	10.53	2.88	3.66	1.24	27.5	7.5	1.28	.318	4.54	100	3.64	88	8.68	31.7
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	607	89	46	24	.657	87	3.33	4	1	0	538.1	480	199	215	63	123	19	1	8	2,181	23	10.15	2.06	4.93	1.05	27.8	5.6	1.12	.305	3.59	75	3.21	75	8.02	65.5
8	Robbie Ray R. Ray	601	84	29	22	.569	84	3.93	1	1	0	460.0	398	201	217	66	212	16	0	10	1,967	21	11.76	4.15	2.83	1.29	30.6	10.8	1.33	.310	4.25	91	3.89	93	7.79	14.9
9	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	585	95	41	23	.641	86	3.57	1	0	1	541.2	494	215	231	54	187	23	5	3	2,277	18	9.72	3.11	3.13	0.90	25.7	8.2	1.26	.308	3.84	80	3.45	80	8.21	51.3
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	570	86	34	27	.557	86	3.64	2	1	0	519.1	473	210	223	57	155	17	0	4	2,154	21	9.88	2.69	3.68	0.99	26.5	7.2	1.21	.307	3.86	87	3.37	80	8.20	48
11	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	560	99	50	28	.641	99	3.99	6	0	0	617.2	606	274	307	88	128	35	0	1	2,583	11	8.16	1.87	4.38	1.28	21.7	5.0	1.19	.292	4.47	89	3.98	94	8.83	18
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	555	102	30	33	.476	89	4.03	1	1	1	545.1	547	244	276	65	175	13	6	13	2,327	27	9.16	2.89	3.17	1.07	23.9	7.5	1.32	.317	4.56	93	3.70	88	9.03	29
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	548	91	45	25	.643	91	3.53	2	1	0	568.2	514	223	237	76	129	6	0	6	2,307	17	8.67	2.04	4.25	1.20	23.8	5.6	1.13	.283	3.75	82	3.67	88	8.13	31.2
14	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	546	96	37	34	.521	96	3.77	1	1	0	571.0	524	239	249	70	179	17	0	8	2,366	21	8.61	2.82	3.05	1.10	23.1	7.6	1.23	.292	3.92	91	3.86	92	8.26	22.7
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	543	74	40	15	.727	74	3.22	1	1	0	453.0	368	162	173	46	129	17	0	8	1,843	10	10.79	2.56	4.21	0.91	29.5	7.0	1.10	.291	3.44	76	3.04	72	7.31	59.8
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	529	74	39	13	.750	74	2.26	4	3	0	485.1	372	122	135	48	70	4	0	1	1,873	19	9.81	1.30	7.56	0.89	28.2	3.7	0.91	.265	2.50	57	2.71	66	6.90	76.1
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	529	80	35	26	.574	80	3.32	0	0	0	491.1	419	181	192	45	136	15	0	8	2,007	7	9.69	2.49	3.89	0.82	26.4	6.8	1.13	.292	3.52	80	3.11	73	7.68	61.9
18	Jon Lester J. Lester	526	96	50	19	.725	96	3.33	3	0	0	565.0	507	209	233	71	176	16	0	4	2,320	11	8.38	2.80	2.99	1.13	22.7	7.6	1.21	.285	3.71	80	3.94	95	8.08	13.2
19	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	518	88	39	22	.639	88	3.83	2	2	0	534.0	500	227	243	82	112	17	0	1	2,192	17	8.73	1.89	4.63	1.38	23.6	5.1	1.15	.286	4.10	89	3.93	89	8.43	27.8
20	Luis Severino L. Severino	516	85	36	22	.621	74	3.59	1	1	0	455.2	401	182	197	51	122	14	3	1	1,875	17	10.19	2.41	4.23	1.01	27.5	6.5	1.15	.299	3.89	84	3.24	74	7.92	58
21	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	508	96	36	26	.581	81	3.29	2	2	5	519.0	448	190	209	47	201	30	9	8	2,188	22	8.81	3.49	2.53	0.82	23.2	9.2	1.25	.286	3.62	81	3.70	90	7.77	24
22	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	507	96	36	31	.537	96	3.87	0	0	0	549.1	504	236	251	57	218	18	0	9	2,338	19	8.31	3.57	2.33	0.93	21.7	9.3	1.31	.291	4.11	91	3.94	93	8.26	17.6
23	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	501	95	30	35	.462	95	4.07	0	0	0	550.0	580	249	260	83	168	17	0	2	2,349	22	8.20	2.75	2.98	1.36	21.3	7.2	1.36	.315	4.25	95	4.30	98	9.49	6.9
24	J.A. Happ	498	88	47	21	.691	88	3.44	0	0	0	518.0	463	198	217	67	157	15	0	1	2,155	11	8.65	2.73	3.17	1.16	23.1	7.3	1.20	.279	3.77	80	3.90	91	8.04	23.4
25	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	493	88	35	23	.603	88	3.72	2	0	0	539.1	486	223	250	71	195	38	0	2	2,268	17	8.23	3.25	2.53	1.18	21.7	8.6	1.26	.282	4.17	81	4.33	98	8.11	4.7