most strikeouts in by a pitcher since 2016

Since 2016, Max Scherzer has fanned the most hitters, with 1,902 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a player in by a pitcher since 2016

	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	170.9
2	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,848	279	105	90	.538	279	3.87	6	4	0	1675.1	1,489	720	759	212	443	54	0	15	6,882	19	9.93	2.38	4.17	1.14	26.9	6.4	1.15	.295	4.08	91	3.49	81	8.00	147.6
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,811	244	113	60	.653	244	3.21	8	5	0	1490.2	1,208	532	568	188	388	39	0	6	5,989	38	10.93	2.34	4.67	1.14	30.2	6.5	1.07	.286	3.43	77	3.24	76	7.29	171.4
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,757	304	100	96	.510	288	3.73	3	2	0	1684.1	1,601	698	749	206	464	35	7	8	7,024	45	9.39	2.48	3.79	1.10	25.0	6.6	1.23	.306	4.00	89	3.55	83	8.55	131
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,636	240	84	69	.549	239	3.86	2	1	0	1324.1	1,114	568	605	209	562	43	0	16	5,573	56	11.12	3.82	2.91	1.42	29.4	10.1	1.27	.290	4.11	91	4.10	100	7.57	1.4
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,617	204	94	49	.657	203	3.05	8	2	0	1242.2	986	421	450	132	284	88	0	3	4,996	21	11.71	2.06	5.69	0.96	32.4	5.7	1.02	.297	3.26	69	2.84	67	7.14	193.6
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	126.2
8	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
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,567	237	96	59	.619	237	3.24	4	2	0	1460.1	1,229	525	563	143	371	61	0	9	5,929	26	9.66	2.29	4.22	0.88	26.4	6.3	1.10	.287	3.47	78	3.18	75	7.57	168.8
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,549	203	75	53	.586	203	2.58	4	2	0	1246.0	937	357	387	129	272	22	0	10	4,879	25	11.19	1.96	5.69	0.93	31.7	5.6	0.97	.278	2.80	64	2.72	65	6.77	201.6
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,539	309	85	122	.411	295	4.67	4	2	1	1677.1	1,811	870	943	245	543	40	7	21	7,262	49	8.26	2.91	2.83	1.31	21.2	7.5	1.40	.320	5.06	110	4.27	101	9.72	-3.8
12	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,524	250	83	87	.488	250	3.62	1	0	0	1445.0	1,252	581	636	178	466	51	0	8	5,984	19	9.49	2.90	3.27	1.11	25.5	7.8	1.19	.285	3.96	88	3.73	89	7.80	77.3
13	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,521	269	95	83	.534	262	3.82	2	1	0	1455.0	1,300	617	671	159	475	49	2	3	6,080	76	9.41	2.94	3.20	0.98	25.0	7.8	1.22	.294	4.15	90	3.58	84	8.04	109.5
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	15.2
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,440	222	81	62	.566	222	3.15	1	1	0	1158.0	891	405	440	111	521	11	0	6	4,791	86	11.19	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.42	77	3.31	79	6.92	111.9
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	6.1
18	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	149.8
19	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,287	195	67	59	.532	195	3.85	3	3	0	1053.2	887	451	498	122	448	37	0	9	4,470	56	10.99	3.83	2.87	1.04	28.8	10.0	1.27	.297	4.25	92	3.61	84	7.58	76.8
20	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,270	205	84	66	.560	203	3.73	2	1	0	1142.2	955	474	511	148	406	57	0	5	4,771	58	10.00	3.20	3.13	1.17	26.6	8.5	1.19	.279	4.02	90	3.83	90	7.52	53.4
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	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
23	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,230	267	81	78	.509	244	3.92	1	1	0	1388.1	1,325	604	651	161	460	41	5	10	5,847	52	7.97	2.98	2.67	1.04	21.0	7.9	1.29	.294	4.22	93	3.97	95	8.59	34
24	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,228	227	87	60	.592	221	4.17	0	0	0	1222.2	1,192	566	598	158	437	28	1	8	5,226	13	9.04	3.22	2.81	1.16	23.5	8.4	1.33	.306	4.40	94	3.98	95	8.77	32.3
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,208	251	79	66	.545	210	4.13	3	3	0	1267.1	1,179	582	628	174	357	64	10	4	5,304	37	8.58	2.54	3.38	1.24	22.8	6.7	1.21	.287	4.46	102	4.03	98	8.37	13.5

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	26	12	.684
Nationals	18	20	.474	8.0
Phillies	17	21	.447	9.0
Marlins	17	21	.447	9.0
Mets	14	23	.378	11.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	26	12	.684
Cardinals	22	15	.595	3.5
Pirates	21	17	.553	5.0
Brewers	19	16	.543	5.5
Reds	20	18	.526	6.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	23	14	.622
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AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Rays	25	12	.676	0.5
Orioles	17	21	.447	9.0
Blue Jays	16	21	.432	9.5
Red Sox	16	22	.421	10.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
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Tigers	18	20	.474	1.5
White Sox	17	20	.459	2.0
Royals	17	21	.447	2.5
Twins	16	22	.421	3.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	19	18	.514
Mariners	18	20	.474	1.5
Rangers	17	20	.459	2.0
Angels	15	23	.395	4.5
Astros	15	23	.395	4.5