most strikeouts as a pitcher from 2013 to 2022

Between the 2013 and 2022 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most hitters, with 2,364 strikeouts.

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	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	2,364	288	149	60	.713	288	2.78	12	5	0	1877.1	1,406	580	613	203	431	73	0	14	7,433	45	11.33	2.07	5.48	0.97	31.8	5.8	0.98	.276	2.94	68	2.83	69	6.74	266.9
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,930	267	130	71	.647	267	3.23	6	3	0	1650.0	1,392	593	638	186	423	48	0	6	6,650	54	10.53	2.31	4.56	1.01	29.0	6.4	1.10	.297	3.48	81	3.12	77	7.59	179.6
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,833	250	136	50	.731	249	2.30	17	10	0	1637.0	1,223	418	462	144	288	22	0	4	6,328	61	10.08	1.58	6.36	0.79	29.0	4.6	0.92	.267	2.54	59	2.60	64	6.72	256.3
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,761	214	93	64	.592	214	3.06	15	3	0	1391.2	1,128	473	519	151	299	95	0	7	5,600	29	11.39	1.93	5.89	0.98	31.4	5.3	1.03	.297	3.36	72	2.86	68	7.29	205.6
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,744	250	120	68	.638	250	3.09	6	3	0	1609.1	1,301	552	599	185	410	44	0	8	6,472	33	9.75	2.29	4.25	1.03	26.9	6.3	1.06	.273	3.35	75	3.31	80	7.28	152.9
6	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,624	241	111	66	.627	239	3.22	18	8	0	1519.1	1,335	544	589	151	326	55	1	9	6,125	27	9.62	1.93	4.98	0.89	26.5	5.3	1.09	.298	3.49	78	3.04	74	7.91	179.7
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,607	209	82	57	.590	209	2.52	4	2	0	1326.0	1,021	372	407	117	303	21	0	13	5,217	26	10.91	2.06	5.30	0.79	30.8	5.8	1.00	.285	2.76	65	2.61	64	6.93	216.2
8	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,582	267	98	91	.519	267	3.49	14	6	0	1658.2	1,470	644	702	206	405	71	0	24	6,803	25	8.58	2.20	3.91	1.12	23.3	6.0	1.13	.278	3.81	89	3.70	96	7.98	26.5
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,567	213	79	66	.545	213	3.44	2	1	0	1296.2	1,039	496	520	173	390	56	0	7	5,288	68	10.88	2.71	4.02	1.20	29.6	7.4	1.10	.279	3.61	82	3.48	83	7.21	101.5
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,550	284	132	63	.677	283	3.13	5	2	0	1755.0	1,567	610	653	193	360	30	0	13	7,053	56	7.95	1.85	4.31	0.99	22.0	5.1	1.10	.279	3.35	76	3.47	86	8.04	110.5
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,502	225	74	70	.514	221	3.95	1	1	0	1224.2	1,078	538	572	188	515	41	1	19	5,194	48	11.04	3.78	2.92	1.38	28.9	9.9	1.30	.302	4.20	94	4.05	98	7.92	9
12	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,495	256	104	76	.578	254	3.50	4	2	0	1494.2	1,361	581	637	152	518	65	0	16	6,321	51	9.00	3.12	2.89	0.92	23.7	8.2	1.26	.296	3.84	85	3.63	88	8.20	83.2
13	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,451	290	83	81	.506	267	3.75	2	2	0	1587.1	1,556	661	716	160	462	38	5	19	6,652	55	8.23	2.62	3.14	0.91	21.8	6.9	1.27	.307	4.06	91	3.56	86	8.82	103
14	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,428	264	115	69	.625	264	3.58	6	2	0	1577.0	1,521	628	706	184	462	46	0	9	6,592	32	8.15	2.64	3.09	1.05	21.7	7.0	1.26	.299	4.03	86	3.81	93	8.68	45
15	Chris Archer C. Archer	1,418	237	62	86	.419	236	3.91	3	3	0	1327.2	1,209	577	637	162	463	40	0	8	5,601	70	9.61	3.14	3.06	1.10	25.3	8.3	1.26	.298	4.32	98	3.72	92	8.20	45.8
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,410	202	92	52	.639	202	3.31	2	2	0	1218.2	1,010	448	490	129	327	49	0	19	4,947	37	10.41	2.41	4.31	0.95	28.5	6.6	1.10	.291	3.62	82	3.12	77	7.46	125.7
17	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1,399	218	82	67	.550	208	3.76	6	3	1	1281.1	1,108	536	579	158	478	65	6	10	5,386	48	9.83	3.36	2.93	1.11	26.0	8.9	1.24	.289	4.07	88	3.84	91	7.78	59.1
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,393	234	93	56	.624	234	3.66	0	0	0	1323.2	1,145	539	594	124	444	127	0	11	5,549	39	9.47	3.02	3.14	0.84	25.1	8.0	1.20	.295	4.04	92	3.55	89	7.79	73.4
19	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,380	203	78	62	.557	203	3.60	5	3	0	1228.1	1,056	492	515	137	326	48	0	16	5,022	13	10.11	2.39	4.23	1.00	27.5	6.5	1.13	.294	3.77	86	3.27	76	7.74	136.8
20	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,380	256	81	95	.460	243	4.29	6	2	1	1430.2	1,483	682	740	191	443	37	6	20	6,138	51	8.68	2.79	3.12	1.20	22.5	7.2	1.35	.316	4.66	102	3.95	95	9.33	32.7
21	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,373	250	94	70	.573	203	3.71	9	4	2	1256.1	1,168	518	546	147	315	40	21	16	5,161	48	9.84	2.26	4.36	1.05	26.6	6.1	1.18	.311	3.91	88	3.32	80	8.37	118.3
22	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,366	267	76	82	.481	228	3.93	1	0	0	1352.0	1,352	591	629	173	374	30	11	9	5,692	57	9.09	2.49	3.65	1.15	24.0	6.6	1.28	.314	4.19	94	3.68	87	9.00	82.9
23	David Price D. Price	1,351	275	96	51	.653	202	3.41	13	1	3	1357.1	1,267	514	562	150	303	39	19	8	5,578	23	8.96	2.01	4.46	0.99	24.2	5.4	1.16	.299	3.73	82	3.33	81	8.40	113.4
24	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,338	247	90	77	.539	238	3.56	6	4	0	1387.0	1,192	549	605	138	489	45	2	5	5,774	91	8.68	3.17	2.74	0.90	23.2	8.5	1.21	.280	3.93	86	3.66	88	7.73	76.9
25	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,253	211	72	62	.537	211	3.51	5	1	0	1321.1	1,201	516	559	145	423	72	0	14	5,513	37	8.53	2.88	2.96	0.99	22.7	7.7	1.23	.292	3.81	84	3.78	91	8.18	54

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Abrams

RBI

103

Abrams

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Cavalli

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Cavalli

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	93	65	.589
Phillies	87	71	.551	6.0
Marlins	78	80	.494	15.0
Nationals	75	84	.472	18.5
Mets	73	85	.462	20.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/25	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 9/26	NYM	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 9/27	NYM	@	WSH	3:05 PM

Last Game

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Final

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HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

112

Burleson

110

Stewart

110

Alonso

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

.312

Arraez

.310

Moreno

Hit Leaders

187

Lopez

185

Arraez

177

Tatis

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

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Arozarena

104

Wood

OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Bauers

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Contreras

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

.577

Crow-Armstrong

.537

Rice

SB Leaders

49

Nuñez

46

Simpson

43

Witt

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Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

18

Gray

16

Rasmussen

Strikeout Leaders

247

Misiorowski

244

Williams

239

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.86

Misiorowski

1.94

Schlittler

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Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

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Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.13

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.45

Sale

5.88

Misiorowski

5.44

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

25

Martinez

31

Sale

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,330.3

Crow-Armstrong

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	93	65	.589
Phillies	87	71	.551	6.0
Marlins	78	80	.494	15.0
Nationals	75	84	.472	18.5
Mets	73	85	.462	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	99	59	.627
Cubs	87	71	.551	12.0
Pirates	80	78	.506	19.0
Cardinals	77	81	.487	22.0
Reds	73	85	.462	26.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	97	61	.614
Padres	88	70	.557	9.0
Diamondbacks	84	74	.532	13.0
Giants	65	94	.409	32.5
Rockies	57	101	.361	40.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	96	62	.608
Yankees - w	91	67	.576	5.0
Red Sox - w	85	73	.538	11.0
Orioles	78	81	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	77	82	.484	19.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	82	76	.519
White Sox	81	77	.513	1.0
Twins	75	84	.472	7.5
Tigers	74	85	.465	8.5
Royals	68	90	.430	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	78	80	.494
Rangers	78	80	.494
Mariners	74	84	.468	4.0
Athletics	63	95	.399	15.0
Angels	60	98	.380	18.0