most strikeouts in the 2020s by a pitcher

Between the 2020 and 2029 seasons, Dylan Cease fanned the most hitters, with 1,371 strikeouts.

	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	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,371	200	71	56	.559	200	3.52	4	4	0	1098.2	873	430	475	116	460	36	0	8	4,600	56	11.23	3.77	2.98	0.95	29.8	10.0	1.21	.289	3.89	85	3.38	80	7.15	102.1
2	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,264	199	74	61	.548	197	3.51	3	2	0	1147.2	1,031	447	486	124	299	14	1	4	4,722	22	9.91	2.34	4.23	0.97	26.8	6.3	1.16	.300	3.81	87	3.17	76	8.09	125.3
3	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,248	180	80	42	.656	180	2.95	4	2	0	1109.1	876	364	391	110	261	51	0	4	4,427	20	10.13	2.12	4.78	0.89	28.2	5.9	1.02	.278	3.17	69	3.04	71	7.11	150.4
4	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,207	186	62	64	.492	186	4.22	6	4	0	1092.1	1,009	512	538	166	265	29	0	6	4,500	10	9.94	2.18	4.55	1.37	26.8	5.9	1.17	.298	4.43	99	3.73	87	8.31	65.5
5	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,113	191	59	68	.465	188	3.73	1	0	0	1087.0	991	451	499	137	333	40	2	8	4,543	10	9.22	2.76	3.34	1.13	24.5	7.3	1.22	.292	4.13	93	3.78	92	8.21	41.5
6	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	1,082	184	64	46	.582	168	3.59	1	0	0	914.2	706	365	386	118	337	50	2	1	3,793	32	10.65	3.32	3.21	1.16	28.5	8.9	1.14	.267	3.80	86	3.74	89	6.95	46.8
7	Logan Webb L. Webb	1,076	197	75	56	.573	194	3.42	4	2	0	1172.1	1,112	446	488	80	274	46	0	4	4,797	19	8.26	2.10	3.93	0.61	22.4	5.7	1.18	.311	3.75	84	3.02	75	8.54	132.2
8	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	1,067	181	81	54	.600	180	3.38	9	3	0	1123.2	970	422	464	90	378	63	0	1	4,664	56	8.55	3.03	2.82	0.72	22.9	8.1	1.20	.287	3.72	82	3.47	84	7.77	84.2
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,059	178	71	46	.607	178	3.52	1	1	0	985.2	871	386	414	103	281	33	0	1	4,062	35	9.67	2.57	3.77	0.94	26.1	6.9	1.17	.297	3.78	84	3.32	80	7.95	92.4
10	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	1,050	173	57	44	.564	173	3.55	2	1	0	995.2	829	393	413	133	221	30	0	7	4,015	44	9.49	2.00	4.75	1.20	26.2	5.5	1.05	.270	3.73	91	3.54	89	7.49	50.2
11	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	1,048	159	62	44	.585	156	3.04	1	1	0	899.0	722	304	333	102	194	31	1	0	3,577	11	10.49	1.94	5.40	1.02	29.3	5.4	1.02	.282	3.33	74	3.04	73	7.23	110.5
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,025	143	67	35	.657	143	3.14	6	4	0	863.0	686	301	318	115	207	21	0	1	3,444	13	10.69	2.16	4.95	1.20	29.8	6.0	1.03	.275	3.32	77	3.31	78	7.15	88.7
13	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	1,025	180	66	54	.550	180	3.91	2	2	0	1025.1	903	445	473	127	319	36	0	3	4,248	31	9.00	2.80	3.21	1.11	24.1	7.5	1.19	.283	4.15	92	3.81	94	7.93	29.3
14	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	1,009	148	55	33	.625	145	2.86	0	0	0	881.0	659	280	311	83	249	35	2	1	3,527	38	10.31	2.54	4.05	0.85	28.6	7.1	1.03	.268	3.18	69	3.07	74	6.73	109.4
15	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	968	159	54	46	.540	149	4.00	0	0	0	853.1	762	379	406	101	285	30	2	3	3,555	36	10.21	3.01	3.40	1.07	27.2	8.0	1.23	.304	4.28	94	3.53	84	8.04	64
16	Charlie Morton C. Morton	962	166	56	47	.544	160	4.23	0	0	0	866.1	784	407	432	108	351	83	1	6	3,725	19	9.99	3.65	2.74	1.12	25.8	9.4	1.31	.304	4.49	101	4.07	99	8.14	4.5
17	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	956	180	75	50	.600	177	3.68	3	2	0	1023.0	969	418	448	117	315	76	0	5	4,325	24	8.41	2.77	3.03	1.03	22.1	7.3	1.26	.298	3.94	91	3.92	94	8.52	26.7
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	953	150	68	44	.607	148	3.47	2	1	0	812.0	624	313	336	99	280	37	0	1	3,337	37	10.56	3.10	3.40	1.10	28.6	8.4	1.11	.267	3.72	85	3.55	84	6.92	58.1
19	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	938	176	42	52	.447	164	4.34	0	0	1	869.1	839	419	453	136	322	25	4	3	3,714	34	9.71	3.33	2.91	1.41	25.3	8.7	1.34	.307	4.69	106	4.24	102	8.69	-6.2
20	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	936	169	51	48	.515	142	4.07	1	0	2	836.1	709	378	393	128	286	21	4	5	3,474	30	10.07	3.08	3.27	1.38	26.9	8.2	1.19	.276	4.23	95	4.01	97	7.63	14.1
21	Brady Singer B. Singer	925	186	55	69	.444	183	4.32	1	0	0	996.2	1,005	478	508	127	319	69	2	1	4,283	21	8.35	2.88	2.90	1.15	21.6	7.4	1.33	.309	4.59	100	4.12	98	9.08	10.5
22	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	914	159	66	39	.629	159	3.53	5	3	0	917.1	830	360	382	116	204	39	0	3	3,747	26	8.97	2.00	4.48	1.14	24.4	5.4	1.13	.289	3.75	84	3.60	86	8.14	62.4
23	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	904	186	48	45	.516	140	4.35	2	2	0	879.2	824	425	461	130	257	51	11	1	3,709	17	9.25	2.63	3.52	1.33	24.4	6.9	1.23	.293	4.72	108	4.07	99	8.43	2.7
24	José Berríos J. Berríos	896	171	65	48	.575	170	4.01	2	0	0	975.0	916	434	461	141	278	58	0	6	4,071	17	8.27	2.57	3.22	1.30	22.0	6.8	1.22	.287	4.26	98	4.24	101	8.46	-4.6
25	Max Fried M. Fried	896	160	77	34	.694	160	2.82	5	4	0	944.1	779	296	326	66	246	36	0	2	3,797	36	8.54	2.34	3.64	0.63	23.6	6.5	1.09	.279	3.11	68	3.05	74	7.42	114.3

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Twins	67	73	.479	6.0
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Fri 9/4	MIN	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Sat 9/5	MIN	@	CWS	7:10 PM
Sun 9/6	MIN	@	CWS	6:20 PM
Tue 9/8	PIT	@	CWS	7:40 PM
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