most strikeouts by a pitcher in a season with at most 15 games

Jacob deGrom has fanned the most batters with 15 or fewer games pitched in a season, with 146 strikeouts in 2021.

	NAME	SO	G	SEASON	TM	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	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	146	15	2021	NYM	7	2	.778	15	1.08	1	1	0	92.0	40	11	14	6	11	1	0	0	324	0	14.28	1.08	13.27	0.59	45.1	3.4	0.55	.213	1.37	27	1.23	29	3.91	30.6
2	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	123	14	2021	TBR	5	2	.714	14	2.66	0	0	0	88.0	55	26	26	10	27	0	0	0	340	8	12.58	2.76	4.56	1.02	36.2	7.9	0.93	.250	2.66	65	2.76	67	5.63	13.5
3	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	122	12	2020	CLE	8	1	.889	12	1.63	0	0	0	77.1	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	14.20	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	37	2.06	46	5.35	20.5
4	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	118	15	1983	PIT	7	3	.700	15	2.83	3	2	0	108.0	75	34	36	5	47	1	0	2	438	5	9.83	3.92	2.51	0.42	26.9	10.7	1.13	.262	3.00	77	2.49	67	6.25	14.6
5	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	114	14	2025	WSH	3	5	.375	14	2.88	0	0	0	81.1	69	26	26	9	22	3	0	0	328	4	12.61	2.43	5.18	1.00	34.8	6.7	1.12	.333	2.88	72	2.63	66	7.64	12.4
6	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	111	14	2025	DET	7	2	.778	14	1.99	1	1	0	90.1	64	20	20	6	9	3	0	0	339	1	11.06	0.90	12.33	0.60	32.7	2.7	0.81	.276	1.99	50	1.87	47	6.38	21.8
7	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	110	14	2025	BOS	6	4	.600	14	2.35	0	0	0	88.0	67	23	26	8	27	0	0	0	352	0	11.25	2.76	4.07	0.82	31.3	7.7	1.07	.285	2.66	55	2.67	65	6.85	14
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	107	14	2025	ATL	4	4	.500	14	2.79	0	0	0	80.2	73	25	27	7	25	7	0	0	338	2	11.94	2.79	4.28	0.78	31.7	7.4	1.21	.344	3.01	68	2.73	70	8.14	10.5
9	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	106	14	2016	HOU	6	5	.545	14	3.22	0	0	0	81.0	80	29	29	5	45	0	0	1	352	9	11.78	5.00	2.36	0.56	30.1	12.8	1.54	.383	3.22	80	2.99	71	8.89	10.9
10	Dinelson Lamet D. Lamet	105	14	2019	SDP	3	5	.375	14	4.07	0	0	0	73.0	62	33	38	12	30	5	0	0	313	6	12.95	3.70	3.50	1.48	33.5	9.6	1.26	.311	4.68	97	3.90	89	7.64	3.9
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	104	12	2020	NYM	4	2	.667	12	2.38	0	0	0	68.0	47	18	21	7	18	0	0	0	268	4	13.76	2.38	5.78	0.93	38.8	6.7	0.96	.288	2.78	57	2.26	52	6.22	15.9
12	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	103	14	2025	NYY	8	4	.667	14	2.87	0	0	0	84.2	50	27	29	10	30	1	0	0	332	2	10.95	3.19	3.43	1.06	31.0	9.0	0.94	.213	3.08	72	3.27	78	5.31	8.5
13	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	102	15	2023	DET	7	3	.700	15	2.80	0	0	0	80.1	58	25	28	4	14	3	0	0	310	1	11.43	1.57	7.29	0.45	32.9	4.5	0.90	.289	3.14	66	1.99	47	6.50	20.2
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	102	11	2022	NYM	5	4	.556	11	3.08	0	0	0	64.1	40	22	22	9	8	0	0	0	239	0	14.27	1.12	12.75	1.26	42.7	3.3	0.75	.258	3.08	80	2.13	54	5.60	13.1
15	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	102	14	1884	CWS	10	3	.769	13	2.14	12	0	0	118.0	94	28	64	10	25		1		478	7	7.78	1.91	4.08	0.76	21.3	5.2	1.01		4.88	68	3.28	91	7.17	5.7
16	Logan Webb L. Webb	101	14	2025	SFG	5	5	.500	14	2.58	0	0	0	87.1	84	25	29	5	17	1	0	0	355	1	10.41	1.75	5.94	0.52	28.5	4.8	1.16	.342	2.99	66	2.12	56	8.66	16.9
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	101	13	2025	PHI	6	2	.750	13	2.85	0	0	0	82.0	55	26	26	10	19	2	0	0	316	1	11.09	2.09	5.32	1.10	32.0	6.0	0.90	.245	2.85	71	2.96	73	6.04	9.8
18	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	100	11	2020	CIN	5	4	.556	11	1.73	2	2	0	73.0	41	14	17	9	17	3	0	1	278	3	12.33	2.10	5.88	1.11	36.0	6.1	0.79	.215	2.10	36	2.87	61	5.05	14.1
19	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	98	15	2017	CIN	3	7	.300	15	3.12	0	0	0	89.1	64	31	32	11	32	3	0	1	359	2	9.87	3.22	3.06	1.11	27.3	8.9	1.07	.247	3.22	71	3.73	85	6.45	6.6
20	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	97	12	2020	CWS	4	3	.571	12	3.48	1	1	0	72.1	47	28	31	8	28	2	0	0	288	3	12.07	3.48	3.46	1.00	33.7	9.7	1.04	.255	3.86	78	3.18	69	5.85	11.2
21	Dylan Cease D. Cease	96	14	2025	SDP	2	5	.286	14	4.28	0	0	0	75.2	69	36	38	8	29	1	0	1	321	2	11.42	3.45	3.31	0.95	29.9	9.0	1.30	.326	4.52	111	3.10	79	8.21	7
22	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	96	14	2025	HOU	7	4	.636	14	3.10	2	0	0	90.0	70	31	31	6	28	4	0	0	359	4	9.60	2.80	3.43	0.60	26.7	7.8	1.09	.284	3.10	78	2.87	71	7.00	11.7
23	Aaron Nola A. Nola	96	12	2020	PHI	5	5	.500	12	3.28	2	1	0	71.1	54	26	31	9	23	2	0	2	289	1	12.11	2.90	4.17	1.14	33.2	8.0	1.08	.283	3.91	73	3.18	70	6.81	10.6
24	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	96	15	2019	TOT	3	6	.333	15	2.81	0	0	0	80.0	62	25	26	8	36	4	0	1	334	3	10.80	4.05	2.67	0.90	28.7	10.8	1.23	.284	2.93	65	3.60	83	6.98	6.4
25	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	94	12	2020	NYY	7	3	.700	12	2.84	2	1	0	73.0	53	23	27	14	17	2	0	0	288	2	11.59	2.10	5.53	1.73	32.6	5.9	0.96	.242	3.33	65	3.88	87	6.53	4.9