most strikeouts by a pitcher in mlb since 2016

Since 2016, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters, with 1,902 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	1,902	248	116	58	.667	248	3.06	7	1	0	1513.2	1,157	515	540	201	364	66	0	11	6,034	25	11.31	2.16	5.23	1.20	31.5	6.0	1.00	.273	3.21	73	3.23	76	6.88	170.5
2	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,864	283	106	91	.538	283	3.90	6	4	0	1694.2	1,512	735	774	216	448	54	0	15	6,966	19	9.90	2.38	4.16	1.15	26.8	6.4	1.16	.296	4.11	92	3.51	82	8.03	146
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,823	246	114	60	.655	246	3.18	8	5	0	1503.1	1,214	532	568	188	391	39	0	5	6,034	38	10.91	2.34	4.66	1.13	30.2	6.5	1.07	.286	3.40	77	3.23	76	7.27	174.2
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,780	308	102	97	.513	292	3.72	3	2	0	1706.2	1,627	706	758	207	467	36	7	8	7,119	45	9.39	2.46	3.81	1.09	25.0	6.6	1.23	.307	4.00	89	3.53	83	8.58	136.4
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,649	244	85	71	.545	243	3.92	2	1	0	1343.1	1,138	585	624	215	577	43	0	16	5,666	57	11.05	3.87	2.86	1.44	29.1	10.2	1.28	.290	4.18	93	4.16	101	7.62	-8.1
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,648	208	96	51	.653	207	3.02	8	2	0	1267.2	1,006	426	457	133	289	90	0	3	5,097	21	11.70	2.05	5.70	0.94	32.3	5.7	1.02	.297	3.24	69	2.82	67	7.14	199.2
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,611	238	109	62	.637	238	3.06	5	2	0	1460.0	1,151	497	533	185	364	49	0	6	5,865	33	9.93	2.24	4.43	1.14	27.5	6.2	1.04	.264	3.29	73	3.45	82	7.10	126.7
8	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,585	240	99	59	.627	240	3.20	4	2	0	1480.2	1,241	526	564	143	373	62	0	9	6,002	26	9.63	2.27	4.25	0.87	26.4	6.2	1.09	.286	3.43	77	3.16	75	7.54	174
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,585	258	102	64	.614	252	3.87	0	0	0	1392.0	1,208	598	639	156	530	124	1	7	5,898	33	10.25	3.43	2.99	1.01	26.9	9.0	1.25	.300	4.13	92	3.75	90	7.81	66.8
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,572	207	76	55	.580	207	2.62	4	2	0	1268.0	955	369	399	136	276	22	0	10	4,967	25	11.16	1.96	5.70	0.97	31.6	5.6	0.97	.277	2.83	65	2.77	67	6.78	197.6
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,554	313	86	122	.413	299	4.66	4	2	1	1696.2	1,835	878	951	247	548	40	7	21	7,349	50	8.24	2.91	2.84	1.31	21.1	7.5	1.40	.320	5.04	110	4.26	101	9.73	-3.9
12	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,546	254	84	89	.486	253	3.63	1	0	0	1461.0	1,264	590	645	181	473	53	0	8	6,054	19	9.52	2.91	3.27	1.11	25.5	7.8	1.19	.285	3.97	88	3.74	89	7.79	76.1
13	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,540	272	97	83	.539	265	3.81	2	1	0	1471.0	1,313	622	676	160	479	51	2	3	6,143	76	9.42	2.93	3.22	0.98	25.1	7.8	1.22	.295	4.14	90	3.56	84	8.03	111.9
14	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
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,445	223	81	63	.563	223	3.17	1	1	0	1161.0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	11.20	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	78	3.30	79	6.95	112.7
16	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
17	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,353	258	70	78	.473	213	4.47	2	0	3	1227.0	1,119	610	639	197	433	34	13	7	5,173	53	9.92	3.18	3.12	1.44	26.2	8.4	1.26	.292	4.69	105	4.18	99	8.21	5.4
18	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,323	199	68	61	.527	199	3.83	3	3	0	1077.1	903	459	506	126	456	38	0	9	4,562	56	11.05	3.81	2.90	1.05	29.0	10.0	1.26	.297	4.23	92	3.60	84	7.54	78.5
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,306	211	109	40	.732	209	2.67	4	3	0	1244.1	995	369	407	138	247	19	0	2	4,900	46	9.45	1.79	5.29	1.00	26.7	5.0	1.00	.269	2.94	65	3.15	74	7.20	150
20	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,287	208	84	68	.553	206	3.74	2	1	0	1155.2	963	480	518	148	417	58	0	5	4,830	60	10.02	3.25	3.09	1.15	26.6	8.6	1.19	.279	4.03	90	3.82	90	7.50	53.9
21	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,249	214	82	60	.577	212	3.99	2	1	0	1215.0	1,117	538	598	172	413	55	0	11	5,167	42	9.25	3.06	3.02	1.27	24.2	8.0	1.26	.288	4.43	92	4.12	95	8.27	32.2
22	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,248	231	89	61	.593	225	4.12	0	0	0	1249.1	1,215	572	604	159	443	28	1	8	5,329	13	8.99	3.19	2.82	1.15	23.4	8.3	1.33	.306	4.35	94	3.95	94	8.75	35.8
23	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,239	261	85	84	.503	255	4.65	2	1	0	1453.0	1,504	750	804	196	522	54	0	9	6,253	50	7.67	3.23	2.37	1.21	19.8	8.3	1.39	.308	4.98	109	4.41	103	9.32	-20.3
24	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,236	270	82	79	.509	247	3.96	1	1	0	1399.1	1,343	615	663	162	464	41	5	10	5,901	52	7.95	2.98	2.66	1.04	20.9	7.9	1.29	.295	4.26	94	3.97	95	8.64	33.9
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,222	255	79	67	.541	210	4.12	3	3	0	1279.0	1,190	586	633	174	362	65	11	4	5,356	37	8.60	2.55	3.38	1.22	22.8	6.8	1.21	.288	4.45	101	4.01	97	8.37	15.8

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Wood

RBI

47

Abrams

AVG

.291

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	39	19	.672
Phillies	29	27	.518	9.0
Nationals	29	29	.500	10.0
Marlins	26	32	.448	13.0
Mets	24	33	.421	14.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/30	SDP	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 5/31	SDP	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Mon 6/1	MIA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Tue 6/2	MIA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 6/3	MIA	@	WSH	1:05 PM

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Final

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21

Schwarber

20

Murakami

20

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RBI Leaders

50

Pages

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Abrams

44

Hicks

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Lopez

.326

Marsh

.325

Arraez

Hit Leaders

75

Lopez

69

Edwards

67

Arraez

Run Leaders

51

Wood

43

Murakami

43

Turang

OBP Leaders

.430

Kurtz

.419

Alvarez

.414

Wood

SLG Leaders

.654

Alvarez

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Rice

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Schwarber

SB Leaders

22

Nuñez

20

Ramírez

17

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WHIP Leaders

0.83

Misiorowski

0.85

Schlittler

0.86

Skenes

K/9 Leaders

14.06

Misiorowski

13.35

Cease

11.01

McLean

K/BB Leaders

6.25

Skenes

6.23

Schlittler

5.94

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

10

Rasmussen

12

Skenes

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	39	19	.672
Phillies	29	27	.518	9.0
Nationals	29	29	.500	10.0
Marlins	26	32	.448	13.0
Mets	24	33	.421	14.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	33	20	.623
Cardinals	30	25	.545	4.0
Cubs	31	27	.534	4.5
Reds	29	27	.518	5.5
Pirates	30	28	.517	5.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	36	20	.643
Padres	32	24	.571	4.0
Diamondbacks	31	24	.564	4.5
Giants	22	34	.393	14.0
Rockies	20	37	.351	16.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	35	19	.648
Yankees	34	22	.607	2.0
Blue Jays	29	29	.500	8.0
Orioles	26	32	.448	11.0
Red Sox	23	33	.411	13.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	34	25	.576
White Sox	30	27	.526	3.0
Twins	27	31	.466	6.5
Royals	22	34	.393	10.5
Tigers	22	36	.379	11.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	28	29	.491
Athletics	27	29	.482	0.5
Astros	26	32	.448	2.5
Rangers	25	31	.446	2.5
Angels	22	36	.379	6.5