most strikeouts in a season pitcher last 10 years

Between April 12, 2016 and April 12, 2026, Gerrit Cole has struck out the most hitters in a season, with 326 strikeouts in 2019.

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most strikeouts by a player in a season pitcher last 10 years

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	H/9
1	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	326	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.800	33	2.50	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	6.02
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	308	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	32	2.90	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	6.93
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	300	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	5.53
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	300	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	6.12
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	290	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	6.56
6	Spencer Strider S. Strider	281	2023	ATL	32	19	5	.792	32	3.86	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	7.04
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	276	2018	HOU	32	15	5	.750	32	2.88	1	1	0	200.1	143	64	68	19	64	7	0	0	799	9	12.40	2.88	4.31	0.85	34.5	8.0	1.03	.286	3.05	6.42
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	271	2016	WSH	32	19	7	.731	32	2.88	1	0	0	215.1	156	69	71	29	51	6	0	1	851	2	11.33	2.13	5.31	1.21	31.8	6.0	0.96	.257	2.97	6.52
9	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	269	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	1.70	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	6.30
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	268	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	5.65
11	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	265	2017	CLE	29	18	4	.818	29	2.25	5	3	0	203.2	141	51	56	21	36	5	0	2	777	4	11.71	1.59	7.36	0.93	34.1	4.6	0.87	.267	2.47	6.23
12	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	259	2019	CLE	34	15	8	.652	33	3.28	3	2	0	214.1	186	78	86	31	40	6	1	1	859	6	10.88	1.68	6.48	1.30	30.2	4.7	1.05	.296	3.61	7.81
13	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	257	2022	NYY	33	13	8	.619	33	3.50	0	0	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	6.91
14	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	255	2025	BOS	32	18	5	.783	32	2.59	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	11.18	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	7.23
15	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	255	2019	NYM	32	11	8	.579	32	2.43	0	0	0	204.0	154	55	59	19	44	7	0	1	804	2	11.25	1.94	5.80	0.84	31.7	5.5	0.97	.282	2.60	6.79
16	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	253	2019	TOT	34	11	13	.458	34	4.48	1	1	0	213.0	184	106	118	34	82	19	0	0	911	10	10.69	3.46	3.09	1.44	27.8	9.0	1.25	.287	4.99	7.77
17	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	251	2019	WSH	33	18	6	.750	33	3.32	0	0	0	209.0	161	77	79	24	56	10	0	4	841	8	10.81	2.41	4.48	1.03	29.8	6.7	1.04	.274	3.40	6.93
18	Chris Archer C. Archer	249	2017	TBR	34	10	12	.455	34	4.07	0	0	0	201.0	193	91	101	27	60	5	0	0	852	15	11.15	2.69	4.15	1.21	29.2	7.0	1.26	.325	4.52	8.64
19	Robbie Ray R. Ray	248	2021	TOR	32	13	7	.650	32	2.84	0	0	0	193.1	150	61	62	33	52	4	0	0	773	5	11.54	2.42	4.77	1.54	32.1	6.7	1.04	.268	2.89	6.98
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	247	2021	PHI	32	14	10	.583	32	2.78	3	2	0	213.1	169	66	72	16	46	8	0	1	849	6	10.42	1.94	5.37	0.68	29.1	5.4	1.01	.288	3.04	7.13
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	247	2016	DET	32	16	8	.667	32	2.77	2	0	0	217.1	158	67	71	29	53	8	0	1	857	6	10.23	2.19	4.66	1.20	28.8	6.2	0.97	.248	2.94	6.54
22	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	246	2019	TEX	33	16	11	.593	33	3.67	0	0	0	208.1	195	85	89	21	59	8	0	0	875	18	10.63	2.55	4.17	0.91	28.1	6.7	1.22	.322	3.84	8.42
23	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	246	2018	ARI	33	11	7	.611	33	3.15	1	1	0	200.0	162	70	70	15	48	5	0	3	800	8	11.07	2.16	5.13	0.68	30.8	6.0	1.05	.302	3.15	7.29
24	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	243	2022	MIL	33	12	8	.600	33	2.94	0	0	0	202.0	144	66	73	23	51	13	0	0	797	10	10.83	2.27	4.76	1.02	30.5	6.4	0.97	.259	3.25	6.42
25	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	243	2021	NYY	30	16	8	.667	30	3.23	2	1	0	181.1	151	65	69	24	41	2	0	0	726	5	12.06	2.03	5.93	1.19	33.5	5.6	1.06	.305	3.42	7.49

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