most strikeouts between 2015 to 2025 pitchers

Between the 2015 and 2025 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most hitters, with 2,168 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a player between 2015 to 2025 pitchers

	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	2,168	276	129	67	.658	276	2.96	11	4	0	1723.2	1,311	566	594	221	390	70	0	13	6,849	35	11.32	2.04	5.56	1.15	31.7	5.7	0.99	.273	3.10	71	3.11	74	6.85	206.7
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,013	276	132	68	.660	276	3.14	8	5	0	1698.2	1,391	592	639	199	432	49	0	6	6,821	45	10.67	2.29	4.66	1.05	29.5	6.3	1.07	.289	3.39	76	3.17	75	7.37	197.9
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,876	285	109	89	.551	285	3.83	6	4	0	1715.2	1,522	730	769	217	449	56	0	16	7,039	18	9.84	2.36	4.18	1.14	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	4.03	91	3.50	82	7.98	147.1
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,842	228	101	59	.631	227	3.13	9	2	0	1409.1	1,145	490	528	150	314	97	0	3	5,686	28	11.76	2.01	5.87	0.96	32.4	5.5	1.04	.303	3.37	72	2.80	66	7.31	222.8
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,817	321	102	101	.502	297	3.78	3	2	0	1750.0	1,673	735	788	218	484	37	8	9	7,309	51	9.34	2.49	3.75	1.12	24.9	6.6	1.23	.306	4.05	91	3.59	84	8.60	127.5
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,723	257	114	69	.623	257	3.07	6	3	0	1589.2	1,258	542	584	197	394	52	0	7	6,381	34	9.75	2.23	4.37	1.12	27.0	6.2	1.04	.264	3.31	73	3.44	82	7.12	137.4
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,715	256	87	77	.530	255	3.86	2	1	0	1412.1	1,207	605	648	211	597	51	0	19	5,961	58	10.93	3.80	2.87	1.34	28.8	10.0	1.28	.294	4.13	91	4.04	98	7.69	9.5
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,707	226	87	59	.596	226	2.56	4	2	0	1399.1	1,056	398	433	139	302	24	0	11	5,480	29	10.98	1.94	5.65	0.89	31.1	5.5	0.97	.277	2.78	65	2.70	66	6.79	222.7
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,681	281	111	73	.603	275	3.95	0	0	0	1521.0	1,345	667	716	169	571	136	1	13	6,461	35	9.95	3.38	2.94	1.00	26.0	8.8	1.26	.301	4.24	95	3.79	92	7.96	61.1
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,675	294	106	89	.544	287	3.68	5	3	0	1635.0	1,437	669	730	173	527	50	2	3	6,792	89	9.22	2.90	3.18	0.95	24.7	7.8	1.20	.289	4.02	88	3.55	84	7.91	121.6
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,607	244	125	47	.727	242	2.58	8	6	0	1477.0	1,158	424	469	153	289	24	0	3	5,790	55	9.79	1.76	5.56	0.93	27.8	5.0	0.98	.270	2.86	64	2.96	71	7.06	197.6
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,596	319	90	126	.417	305	4.63	4	2	1	1732.1	1,873	892	965	251	551	38	7	21	7,495	53	8.29	2.86	2.90	1.30	21.3	7.4	1.40	.321	5.01	109	4.22	100	9.73	0.8
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,549	234	95	59	.617	234	3.24	4	2	0	1443.0	1,218	519	557	142	365	61	0	9	5,861	26	9.66	2.28	4.24	0.89	26.4	6.2	1.10	.287	3.47	78	3.19	75	7.60	166.2
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,493	243	83	84	.497	243	3.55	1	0	0	1410.2	1,208	557	608	174	453	48	0	8	5,824	19	9.53	2.89	3.30	1.11	25.6	7.8	1.18	.283	3.88	86	3.72	88	7.71	78.1
15	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
16	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,440	222	81	62	.566	222	3.15	1	1	0	1158.0	891	405	440	111	521	11	0	6	4,791	86	11.19	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.42	77	3.31	79	6.92	111.9
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,416	245	94	71	.570	243	3.86	2	1	0	1390.1	1,289	597	664	185	481	60	0	16	5,918	44	9.17	3.11	2.94	1.20	23.9	8.1	1.27	.292	4.30	91	4.03	94	8.34	40.1
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,409	231	93	72	.564	226	3.73	3	1	0	1282.0	1,085	532	574	159	477	65	1	5	5,378	65	9.89	3.35	2.95	1.12	26.2	8.9	1.22	.283	4.03	91	3.83	90	7.62	56.5
19	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,395	214	76	68	.528	214	3.82	0	0	0	1232.2	1,026	523	545	178	345	63	0	5	5,043	54	10.19	2.52	4.04	1.30	27.7	6.8	1.11	.277	3.98	91	3.77	89	7.49	65.5
20	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,393	293	89	86	.509	270	3.84	2	2	0	1564.2	1,516	668	717	172	491	48	5	14	6,582	56	8.01	2.82	2.84	0.99	21.2	7.5	1.28	.300	4.12	93	3.83	92	8.72	59.8
21	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,392	247	93	79	.541	232	4.20	8	3	1	1315.0	1,289	614	645	183	356	47	6	13	5,490	51	9.53	2.44	3.91	1.25	25.4	6.5	1.25	.315	4.41	100	3.76	89	8.82	65.7
22	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,384	293	96	95	.503	287	4.55	3	1	0	1647.2	1,690	833	892	214	587	61	0	15	7,074	57	7.56	3.21	2.36	1.17	19.6	8.3	1.38	.306	4.87	107	4.35	102	9.23	-17.5
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,329	254	69	76	.476	209	4.47	2	0	3	1211.0	1,107	602	631	197	427	34	13	7	5,107	53	9.88	3.17	3.11	1.46	26.0	8.4	1.27	.292	4.69	105	4.22	100	8.23	0.4
24	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,326	294	98	89	.524	288	3.85	6	4	0	1664.2	1,596	712	764	205	392	65	4	17	6,892	12	7.17	2.12	3.38	1.11	19.2	5.7	1.19	.284	4.13	93	3.99	96	8.63	29.9
25	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,297	241	94	66	.588	235	4.19	0	0	0	1304.2	1,280	607	641	167	455	32	1	9	5,579	17	8.95	3.14	2.85	1.15	23.2	8.2	1.33	.307	4.42	95	3.96	95	8.83	34.8

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RBI

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	77	55	.583
Phillies	73	60	.549	4.5
Marlins	67	66	.504	10.5
Nationals	62	72	.463	16.0
Mets	60	72	.455	17.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/26	COL	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Thu 8/27	COL	@	WSH	1:05 PM
Fri 8/28	MIA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 8/29	MIA	@	WSH	4:05 PM
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Schwarber

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36

Olson

RBI Leaders

99

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96

Burleson

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Walker

Batting Average Leaders

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Hit Leaders

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Wood

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OBP Leaders

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SLG Leaders

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Simpson

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Strikeout Leaders

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WHIP Leaders

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Cease

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Williams

K/BB Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Walk Leaders

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	77	55	.583
Phillies	73	60	.549	4.5
Marlins	67	66	.504	10.5
Nationals	62	72	.463	16.0
Mets	60	72	.455	17.0
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Brewers	81	51	.614
Cubs	76	57	.571	5.5
Cardinals	66	67	.496	15.5
Pirates	65	69	.485	17.0
Reds	62	71	.466	19.5
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Red Sox	73	59	.553	5.5
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Blue Jays	64	69	.481	15.0
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Twins	64	69	.481	5.5
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Royals	59	74	.444	10.5
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Astros	66	66	.500
Rangers	66	67	.496	0.5
Mariners	64	69	.481	2.5
Athletics	52	81	.391	14.5
Angels	52	81	.391	14.5