most strikeouts in by a pitcher since 2008

Since 2008, Max Scherzer has struck out the most batters, with 3,489 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a player in by a pitcher since 2008

	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	3,489	483	220	117	.653	474	3.22	12	5	0	2963.0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,239	491	231	141	.621	491	3.27	24	7	0	3168.2	2,663	1,151	1,253	329	872	95	0	24	12,911	76	9.20	2.48	3.71	0.93	25.1	6.8	1.12	.279	3.56	78	3.34	80	7.56	296.4
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.1
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,654	474	204	121	.628	470	3.31	15	5	0	2933.0	2,702	1,080	1,166	305	644	55	0	15	11,914	93	8.14	1.98	4.12	0.94	22.3	5.4	1.14	.290	3.58	80	3.38	83	8.29	230.9
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,579	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
6	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,378	425	189	115	.622	425	3.60	15	4	0	2595.2	2,458	1,039	1,139	277	818	84	0	12	10,845	57	8.25	2.84	2.91	0.96	21.9	7.5	1.26	.299	3.95	85	3.71	91	8.52	109.8
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
8	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,238	372	139	109	.560	371	3.39	15	7	0	2382.1	2,144	898	965	266	676	94	0	35	9,814	47	8.45	2.55	3.31	1.00	22.8	6.9	1.18	.287	3.65	82	3.65	88	8.10	126
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	36.6
10	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,106	346	139	111	.556	345	3.31	22	9	0	2264.0	2,022	833	938	216	669	94	0	10	9,332	135	8.37	2.66	3.15	0.86	22.6	7.2	1.19	.289	3.73	83	3.49	86	8.04	144
11	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
13	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
14	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,994	383	184	115	.615	379	3.52	27	11	0	2389.1	2,299	935	995	213	643	68	2	34	9,916	42	7.51	2.42	3.10	0.80	20.1	6.5	1.23	.298	3.75	88	3.50	87	8.66	133.3
16	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,954	361	112	113	.498	322	3.81	4	2	0	1911.0	1,835	810	866	233	535	38	11	11	7,986	64	9.20	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.08	92	3.59	85	8.64	132.7
17	CC Sabathia	1,951	342	151	98	.606	341	3.68	22	7	0	2171.0	2,086	887	977	251	635	80	0	30	9,116	45	8.09	2.63	3.07	1.04	21.4	7.0	1.25	.296	4.05	87	3.79	88	8.65	126.1
18	James Shields J. Shields	1,946	355	127	123	.508	353	3.99	21	9	0	2276.1	2,238	1,008	1,100	315	672	82	1	17	9,579	89	7.69	2.66	2.90	1.25	20.3	7.0	1.28	.293	4.35	99	4.18	102	8.85	-28.2
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,925	339	125	102	.551	330	3.58	7	5	0	1918.0	1,675	763	836	192	621	57	2	5	7,952	106	9.03	2.91	3.10	0.90	24.2	7.8	1.20	.288	3.92	87	3.51	85	7.86	136.2
20	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
21	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,860	373	110	142	.437	354	4.51	7	2	2	2047.2	2,179	1,025	1,102	284	630	51	10	24	8,809	67	8.18	2.77	2.95	1.25	21.1	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.58	9.7
22	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,860	344	131	101	.565	328	3.70	4	2	0	1933.0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	8.66	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	91	3.67	91	8.12	77.3
23	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,857	370	144	113	.560	365	3.52	18	8	0	2256.1	2,094	883	955	253	637	120	1	22	9,373	36	7.41	2.54	2.92	1.01	19.8	6.8	1.21	.283	3.81	86	3.93	96	8.35	31.8
24	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,851	248	96	65	.596	248	2.57	4	2	0	1539.2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.4
25	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,820	283	113	75	.601	283	3.28	5	3	0	1728.1	1,475	630	683	166	490	76	0	14	7,086	41	9.48	2.55	3.71	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.14	.289	3.56	82	3.28	80	7.68	164.6