most strikeouts in by a pitcher since 2008

Since 2008, Max Scherzer has fanned the most batters, with 3,503 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	3,503	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	12	5	0	2985.0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,240	492	231	142	.619	492	3.28	24	7	0	3172.1	2,669	1,156	1,258	330	874	95	0	24	12,930	77	9.19	2.48	3.71	0.94	25.1	6.8	1.12	.279	3.57	78	3.34	80	7.57	295.5
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	375.7
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,691	409	154	94	.621	328	2.98	16	3	12	2179.0	1,774	721	779	221	511	139	25	15	8,781	48	11.11	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.22	70	2.87	69	7.33	316.9
5	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
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	2,298	326	156	84	.650	326	3.20	8	5	0	2003.0	1,675	712	762	225	511	62	0	7	8,068	58	10.33	2.30	4.50	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.292	3.42	79	3.18	77	7.53	214.3
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	37.5
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	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,062	380	116	121	.489	341	3.84	4	2	0	2017.1	1,936	861	922	248	564	39	11	12	8,431	65	9.20	2.52	3.66	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.24	.306	4.11	93	3.60	85	8.64	140
15	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
16	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,007	355	135	103	.567	346	3.54	7	5	0	2007.2	1,751	789	863	202	644	60	2	5	8,311	106	9.00	2.89	3.12	0.91	24.1	7.7	1.19	.287	3.87	85	3.51	85	7.85	142.2
17	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
18	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,973	266	103	70	.595	266	2.63	4	2	0	1640.1	1,253	479	516	162	367	25	0	15	6,446	33	10.83	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.74	67	6.87	247.9
19	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,970	303	112	95	.541	303	3.93	6	4	0	1807.2	1,627	790	831	236	478	57	0	16	7,444	20	9.81	2.38	4.12	1.17	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.14	93	3.57	83	8.10	143.1
20	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
21	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
22	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,919	390	113	146	.436	369	4.53	7	2	3	2124.0	2,268	1,068	1,145	295	654	57	11	24	9,147	68	8.13	2.77	2.93	1.25	21.0	7.1	1.38	.317	4.85	108	4.15	99	9.61	4.9
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,918	297	122	76	.616	297	3.23	5	3	0	1815.1	1,534	652	705	176	510	78	0	14	7,419	42	9.51	2.53	3.76	0.87	25.9	6.9	1.13	.287	3.50	80	3.27	79	7.61	176.3
24	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
25	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	31.6

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Braves	54	38	.587
Phillies	52	42	.553	3.0
Marlins	52	42	.553	3.0
Nationals	48	46	.511	7.0
Mets	40	54	.426	15.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/10	NYY	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 7/11	NYY	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 7/12	NYY	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Fri 7/17	WSH	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Sat 7/18	WSH	@	ATH	10:05 PM

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García

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Batting Average Leaders

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Neto

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SB Leaders

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Braves	54	38	.587
Phillies	52	42	.553	3.0
Marlins	52	42	.553	3.0
Nationals	48	46	.511	7.0
Mets	40	54	.426	15.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	59	34	.634
Cubs	52	41	.559	7.0
Cardinals	48	44	.522	10.5
Pirates	47	47	.500	12.5
Reds	42	50	.457	16.5
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Blue Jays	44	49	.473	11.0
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Twins	46	48	.489	2.0
Tigers	43	50	.462	4.5
Royals	38	56	.404	10.0
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Astros	46	49	.484	2.0
Athletics	41	52	.441	6.0
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Thu 6/25	ATH	@	SFG	9-6
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Fri 7/10	PHI	@	DET	6:40 PM
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Since 2008, Max Scherzer has fanned the most batters, with 3,503 strikeouts.

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