most strikeouts as a pitcher 2018

Max Scherzer struck out the most batters in 2018, with 300 strikeouts.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
300
2018
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
2Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
290
2018
34
16
9
.640
34
2.52
1
1
0
214.0
156
60
63
28
37
8
0
0
833
5
12.20
1.56
7.84
1.18
34.8
4.4
0.90
.272
2.65
62
2.78
67
6.56
33
3Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
276
2018
32
15
5
.750
32
2.88
1
1
0
200.1
143
64
68
19
64
7
0
0
799
9
12.40
2.88
4.31
0.85
34.5
8.0
1.03
.286
3.05
70
2.70
65
6.42
32.7
4Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
269
2018
32
10
9
.526
32
1.70
1
0
0
217.0
152
41
48
10
46
5
0
3
835
2
11.16
1.91
5.85
0.41
32.2
5.5
0.91
.281
1.99
44
1.98
50
6.30
49
5Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
246
2018
33
11
7
.611
33
3.15
1
1
0
200.0
162
70
70
15
48
5
0
3
800
8
11.07
2.16
5.13
0.68
30.8
6.0
1.05
.302
3.15
78
2.47
62
7.29
34.2
6Chris Sale
C. Sale
237
2018
27
12
4
.750
27
2.11
0
0
0
158.0
102
37
39
11
34
14
0
0
617
4
13.50
1.94
6.97
0.63
38.4
5.5
0.86
.283
2.22
48
1.97
47
5.81
39.2
7Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
231
2018
32
17
10
.630
30
3.38
2
0
0
192.0
173
72
78
21
43
6
1
4
784
9
10.83
2.02
5.37
0.98
29.5
5.5
1.13
.315
3.66
77
2.94
69
8.11
27.6
8Germán Márquez
G. Márquez
230
2018
33
14
11
.560
33
3.77
0
0
0
196.0
179
82
90
24
57
8
0
5
817
8
10.56
2.62
4.04
1.10
28.2
7.0
1.20
.311
4.13
82
3.39
80
8.22
18.4
9Aaron Nola
A. Nola
224
2018
33
17
6
.739
33
2.37
0
0
0
212.1
149
56
57
17
58
7
0
3
831
4
9.49
2.46
3.86
0.72
27.0
7.0
0.97
.251
2.42
59
3.00
72
6.32
27.2
10Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
222
2018
33
20
7
.741
33
2.89
2
1
0
215.0
179
69
75
25
34
3
0
0
842
2
9.29
1.42
6.53
1.05
26.4
4.0
0.99
.276
3.14
66
3.12
74
7.49
26.5
11Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
221
2018
28
12
6
.667
27
2.21
0
0
1
175.1
134
43
51
9
57
9
1
2
717
12
11.34
2.93
3.88
0.46
30.8
7.9
1.09
.297
2.62
50
2.43
57
6.88
35
12Blake Snell
B. Snell
221
2018
31
21
5
.808
31
1.89
0
0
0
180.2
112
38
41
16
64
1
0
2
700
13
11.01
3.19
3.45
0.80
31.6
9.1
0.97
.241
2.04
46
2.94
72
5.58
23.1
13Luis Severino
L. Severino
220
2018
32
19
8
.704
32
3.39
1
1
0
191.1
173
72
76
19
46
5
0
0
780
8
10.35
2.16
4.78
0.89
28.2
5.9
1.14
.314
3.57
79
2.95
68
8.14
28.6
14James Paxton
J. Paxton
208
2018
28
11
6
.647
28
3.76
2
1
0
160.1
134
67
67
23
42
1
0
0
645
8
11.68
2.36
4.95
1.29
32.2
6.5
1.10
.299
3.76
92
3.23
77
7.52
17.1
15Mike Clevinger
M. Clevinger
207
2018
32
13
8
.619
32
3.02
1
1
0
200.0
164
67
71
21
67
4
0
0
810
4
9.32
3.02
3.09
0.95
25.6
8.3
1.16
.280
3.20
69
3.52
83
7.38
15.9
16José Berríos
J. Berríos
202
2018
32
12
11
.522
32
3.84
2
1
0
192.1
159
82
83
25
61
13
0
1
797
2
9.45
2.85
3.31
1.17
25.3
7.7
1.14
.270
3.88
89
3.90
92
7.44
7.1
17Mike Foltynewicz
M. Foltynewicz
202
2018
31
13
10
.565
31
2.85
2
1
0
183.0
130
58
65
17
68
6
0
3
744
7
9.93
3.34
2.97
0.84
27.2
9.1
1.08
.251
3.20
69
3.37
84
6.39
13.3
18Charlie Morton
C. Morton
201
2018
30
15
3
.833
30
3.13
0
0
0
167.0
130
58
63
18
64
16
0
0
695
4
10.83
3.45
3.14
0.97
28.9
9.2
1.16
.283
3.40
76
3.59
87
7.01
10.4
19Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
199
2018
33
15
11
.577
33
3.21
0
0
0
207.2
181
74
77
28
43
6
0
3
839
4
8.62
1.86
4.63
1.21
23.7
5.1
1.08
.272
3.34
79
3.70
93
7.84
6.4
20J.A. Happ
J.A. Happ
193
2018
TOT
31
17
6
.739
31
3.65
0
0
0
177.2
150
72
81
27
51
9
0
0
733
4
9.78
2.58
3.78
1.37
26.3
7.0
1.13
.272
4.10
85
3.97
93
7.60
6.2
21Rick Porcello
R. Porcello
190
2018
33
17
7
.708
33
4.28
1
0
0
191.1
177
91
97
27
48
16
0
0
808
3
8.94
2.26
3.96
1.27
23.5
5.9
1.18
.285
4.56
97
4.01
96
8.33
3.8
22Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
188
2018
TOT
32
9
12
.429
32
3.78
1
0
0
190.2
176
80
93
29
65
19
0
0
806
7
8.87
3.07
2.89
1.37
23.3
8.1
1.26
.291
4.39
85
4.48
105
8.31
-4.4
23Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
188
2018
33
7
14
.333
32
4.77
0
0
0
164.0
163
87
91
24
51
5
1
0
694
8
10.32
2.80
3.69
1.32
27.1
7.3
1.30
.326
4.99
119
3.79
91
8.95
7.1
24Zack Godley
Z. Godley
185
2018
33
15
11
.577
32
4.74
0
0
0
178.1
177
94
103
16
81
12
0
2
791
17
9.34
4.09
2.28
0.81
23.4
10.2
1.45
.324
5.20
117
3.81
96
8.93
3.3
25Dylan Bundy
D. Bundy
184
2018
31
8
16
.333
31
5.45
1
0
0
171.2
188
104
116
41
54
6
0
1
750
6
9.65
2.83
3.41
2.15
24.5
7.2
1.41
.316
6.08
128
5.16
117
9.86
-13.8

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