most strikeouts by a pitcher through 3 innings

MacKenzie Gore and Garrett Crochet are tied for striking out the most hitters with 3.0+ innings pitched this season, with 101 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a pitcher through 3 or more innings this regular season

	NAME	SO	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	101	68.1	2025	WSH	12	2	5	.286	12	3.16	0	0	0	61	24	24	8	21	2	0	0	279	3	13.30	2.77	4.81	1.05	36.2	7.5	1.20	.361	3.16	79	2.64	66	8.03	10.1
2	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	101	82.0	2025	BOS	13	5	4	.556	13	1.98	0	0	0	61	18	21	7	26	0	0	0	327	0	11.09	2.85	3.88	0.77	30.9	8.0	1.06	.280	2.30	47	2.67	65	6.70	13.1
3	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	99	75.2	2025	DET	12	5	2	.714	12	2.26	1	1	0	53	19	19	6	7	3	0	0	285	1	11.78	0.83	14.14	0.71	34.7	2.5	0.79	.276	2.26	58	1.88	47	6.30	18.3
4	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	94	76.0	2025	PHI	12	6	2	.750	12	2.96	0	0	0	52	25	25	9	18	2	0	0	293	0	11.13	2.13	5.22	1.07	32.1	6.1	0.92	.253	2.96	73	2.92	73	6.16	9.2
5	Logan Webb L. Webb	91	81.1	2025	SFG	13	5	5	.500	13	2.55	0	0	0	78	23	27	4	17	1	0	0	331	1	10.07	1.88	5.35	0.44	27.5	5.1	1.17	.339	2.99	65	2.13	56	8.63	15.5
6	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	90	72.2	2025	NYY	12	7	3	.700	12	2.60	0	0	0	42	21	23	8	26	0	0	0	284	2	11.15	3.22	3.46	0.99	31.7	9.2	0.94	.213	2.85	66	3.10	74	5.20	8.7
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	86	67.2	2025	ATL	12	3	3	.500	12	3.06	0	0	0	65	23	25	7	19	6	0	0	286	2	11.44	2.53	4.53	0.93	30.1	6.6	1.24	.345	3.33	75	2.98	77	8.65	6.8
8	Hunter Brown H. Brown	84	73.2	2025	HOU	12	8	3	.727	12	1.83	1	0	0	47	15	16	6	20	0	0	0	274	0	10.26	2.44	4.20	0.73	30.7	7.3	0.91	.250	1.95	47	2.66	66	5.74	11.3
9	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	81	70.1	2025	PHI	12	5	1	.833	12	3.58	0	0	0	72	28	31	5	22	1	0	0	296	1	10.36	2.82	3.68	0.64	27.4	7.4	1.34	.358	3.97	88	2.67	66	9.21	10.5
10	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	79	75.1	2025	KCR	12	5	3	.625	12	1.43	0	0	0	53	12	14	3	22	2	0	1	294	1	9.44	2.63	3.59	0.36	26.9	7.5	1.00	.266	1.67	34	2.44	60	6.33	13.6
11	Dylan Cease D. Cease	78	63.2	2025	SDP	12	1	4	.200	12	4.66	0	0	0	61	33	35	8	21	1	0	1	269	2	11.03	2.97	3.71	1.13	29.0	7.8	1.29	.329	4.95	120	3.29	84	8.62	4.4
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	78	70.1	2025	SFG	12	7	1	.875	12	2.43	0	0	0	48	19	19	5	30	0	0	0	281	3	9.98	3.84	2.60	0.64	27.8	10.7	1.11	.256	2.43	62	3.05	81	6.14	5.9
13	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	77	75.1	2025	PIT	12	4	5	.444	12	2.15	1	0	0	51	18	20	4	18	2	0	0	293	1	9.20	2.15	4.28	0.48	26.3	6.1	0.92	.245	2.39	52	2.51	64	6.09	12
14	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	77	67.2	2025	LAD	12	6	4	.600	12	2.39	0	0	0	45	18	21	6	23	1	0	0	267	4	10.24	3.06	3.35	0.80	28.8	8.6	1.00	.244	2.79	60	3.01	75	5.99	7.6
15	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	76	65.1	2025	DET	12	4	6	.400	12	3.72	0	0	0	51	27	28	11	20	2	0	0	264	0	10.47	2.76	3.80	1.52	28.8	7.6	1.09	.258	3.86	95	3.94	98	7.03	0.6
16	Sonny Gray S. Gray	76	69.0	2025	STL	12	6	1	.857	12	3.65	0	0	0	63	28	30	9	14	2	0	0	279	1	9.91	1.83	5.43	1.17	27.2	5.0	1.12	.303	3.91	92	3.26	84	8.22	4.7
17	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	76	68.0	2025	MIN	12	6	2	.750	11	2.91	0	0	0	49	22	22	9	12	9	0	0	268	0	10.06	1.59	6.33	1.19	28.4	4.5	0.90	.247	2.91	73	3.48	85	6.49	4.5
18	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	73	69.1	2025	TEX	12	4	3	.571	12	1.56	1	1	0	46	12	14	4	10	4	0	0	266	4	9.48	1.30	7.30	0.52	27.4	3.8	0.81	.240	1.82	39	2.32	56	5.97	13.9
19	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	73	78.0	2025	HOU	12	5	4	.556	12	3.12	2	0	0	59	27	27	6	24	3	0	0	307	3	8.42	2.77	3.04	0.69	23.8	7.8	1.06	.264	3.12	79	3.23	80	6.81	7
20	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	72	45.2	2025	KCR	9	2	3	.400	9	4.53	0	0	0	42	23	24	4	13	1	0	0	191	3	14.19	2.56	5.54	0.79	37.7	6.8	1.20	.376	4.73	109	1.97	48	8.28	10.7
21	Tylor Megill T. Megill	72	53.2	2025	NYM	11	4	4	.500	11	3.52	0	0	0	46	21	25	4	27	4	0	0	237	2	12.07	4.53	2.67	0.67	30.4	11.4	1.36	.323	4.19	90	3.09	79	7.71	4.9
22	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	71	62.1	2025	SDP	11	6	2	.750	11	2.74	0	0	0	45	19	20	6	18	1	0	0	246	0	10.25	2.60	3.94	0.87	28.9	7.3	1.01	.260	2.89	70	2.96	76	6.50	6.6
23	Ben Brown B. Brown	71	56.2	2025	CHC	12	3	3	.500	10	5.72	0	0	0	64	36	37	6	19	3	0	0	254	1	11.28	3.02	3.74	0.95	28.0	7.5	1.46	.374	5.88	145	3.10	80	10.16	4.9
24	Spencer Schwellenbach S. Schwellenbach	71	74.2	2025	ATL	12	4	4	.500	12	3.13	0	0	0	65	26	31	9	12	2	0	1	300	1	8.56	1.45	5.92	1.08	23.7	4.0	1.03	.272	3.74	76	3.30	85	7.83	4.8
25	Max Fried M. Fried	70	75.0	2025	NYY	12	7	1	.875	12	1.92	0	0	0	57	16	21	5	16	4	0	0	299	4	8.40	1.92	4.38	0.60	23.4	5.4	0.97	.255	2.52	48	2.87	68	6.84	10.8