most strikeouts past 3 years for pitchers

Between August 30, 2023 and August 30, 2026, Dylan Cease has fanned the most hitters, with 701 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	H/9
1	Dylan Cease D. Cease	701	96	33	30	.524	96	3.50	2	2	0	542.1	414	211	230	54	212	11	0	3	2,232	29	11.63	3.52	3.31	0.90	31.4	9.5	1.15	.287	3.82	6.87
2	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	665	88	43	17	.717	88	2.35	1	1	0	544.0	395	142	156	46	93	20	0	0	2,105	6	11.00	1.54	7.15	0.76	31.6	4.4	0.90	.272	2.58	6.53
3	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	604	84	39	17	.696	84	2.89	1	0	0	508.0	371	163	174	63	132	20	0	0	2,010	12	10.70	2.34	4.58	1.12	30.0	6.6	0.99	.259	3.08	6.57
4	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	599	97	41	20	.672	96	2.82	4	2	0	588.0	552	184	203	41	131	11	1	0	2,404	17	9.17	2.01	4.57	0.63	24.9	5.4	1.16	.315	3.11	8.45
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	596	79	39	19	.672	78	2.36	1	1	0	472.1	375	124	133	32	107	31	0	0	1,884	7	11.36	2.04	5.57	0.61	31.6	5.7	1.02	.307	2.53	7.15
6	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	595	91	27	28	.491	91	3.39	1	0	0	535.2	413	202	213	75	116	16	0	3	2,126	25	10.00	1.95	5.13	1.26	28.0	5.5	0.99	.255	3.58	6.94
7	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	570	97	35	28	.556	97	3.72	0	0	0	518.0	433	214	226	75	189	26	0	0	2,171	19	9.90	3.28	3.02	1.30	26.3	8.7	1.20	.273	3.93	7.52
8	Sonny Gray S. Gray	564	91	44	23	.657	91	3.57	1	1	0	524.2	486	208	225	63	119	13	0	0	2,143	13	9.67	2.04	4.74	1.08	26.3	5.6	1.15	.306	3.86	8.34
9	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	561	82	30	24	.556	82	2.53	1	0	0	465.2	351	131	145	35	115	21	0	0	1,841	6	10.84	2.22	4.88	0.68	30.5	6.2	1.00	.285	2.80	6.78
10	Logan Webb L. Webb	545	97	38	32	.543	97	3.35	3	1	0	601.0	576	224	239	37	136	18	0	3	2,459	7	8.16	2.04	4.01	0.55	22.2	5.5	1.18	.313	3.58	8.63
11	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	542	96	34	34	.500	96	3.86	3	2	0	559.0	495	240	257	64	164	6	0	3	2,310	5	8.73	2.64	3.30	1.03	23.5	7.1	1.18	.281	4.14	7.97
12	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	535	91	22	37	.373	91	4.19	0	0	0	479.1	464	223	245	56	187	23	0	1	2,068	28	10.05	3.51	2.86	1.05	25.9	9.0	1.36	.322	4.60	8.71
13	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	518	77	31	20	.608	77	3.69	0	0	0	448.2	386	184	198	40	142	15	0	0	1,845	16	10.39	2.85	3.65	0.80	28.1	7.7	1.18	.306	3.97	7.74
14	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	517	83	28	27	.509	82	3.66	0	0	0	462.1	396	188	209	68	96	23	0	0	1,879	4	10.06	1.87	5.39	1.32	27.5	5.1	1.06	.279	4.07	7.71
15	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	513	92	39	30	.565	92	3.61	3	0	0	555.1	495	223	242	46	194	28	0	0	2,322	24	8.31	3.14	2.64	0.75	22.1	8.4	1.24	.291	3.92	8.02
16	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	504	73	27	21	.563	70	3.26	1	1	0	384.0	323	139	147	47	92	12	0	0	1,559	12	11.81	2.16	5.48	1.10	32.3	5.9	1.08	.305	3.45	7.57
17	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	504	83	24	31	.436	81	4.16	0	0	0	424.1	387	196	211	62	142	18	0	2	1,794	17	10.69	3.01	3.55	1.32	28.1	7.9	1.25	.304	4.48	8.21
18	Tanner Bibee T. Bibee	501	94	29	34	.460	94	3.83	2	1	0	540.2	477	230	244	75	152	24	0	1	2,225	10	8.34	2.53	3.30	1.25	22.5	6.8	1.16	.273	4.06	7.94
19	Hunter Brown H. Brown	497	83	28	25	.528	81	3.29	1	0	0	459.0	373	168	182	53	173	18	1	1	1,886	6	9.75	3.39	2.87	1.04	26.4	9.2	1.19	.279	3.57	7.31
20	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	492	83	40	25	.615	83	3.73	0	0	0	456.0	360	189	206	63	169	22	0	0	1,893	13	9.71	3.34	2.91	1.24	26.0	8.9	1.16	.259	4.07	7.11
21	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	481	93	28	32	.467	90	4.09	0	0	0	510.2	497	232	249	76	149	19	2	3	2,156	5	8.48	2.63	3.23	1.34	22.3	6.9	1.27	.294	4.39	8.76
22	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	480	85	23	26	.469	83	4.44	0	0	0	458.0	405	226	240	70	179	10	0	0	1,940	20	9.43	3.52	2.68	1.38	24.7	9.2	1.28	.279	4.72	7.96
23	Aaron Nola A. Nola	475	82	24	29	.453	82	4.63	1	1	0	463.0	471	238	248	83	131	8	0	2	1,954	6	9.23	2.55	3.63	1.61	24.3	6.7	1.30	.309	4.82	9.16
24	George Kirby G. Kirby	472	87	35	31	.530	87	3.86	1	0	0	499.0	497	214	227	59	91	19	0	2	2,058	9	8.51	1.64	5.19	1.06	22.9	4.4	1.18	.309	4.09	8.96
25	Gavin Williams G. Williams	469	77	29	22	.569	77	3.72	0	0	0	416.2	338	172	181	58	174	9	0	1	1,738	18	10.13	3.76	2.70	1.25	27.0	10.0	1.23	.272	3.91	7.30

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Dodgers	82	55	.599
Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.5
Padres	72	65	.526	10.0
Giants	56	81	.409	26.0
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Mon 8/31	SDP	@	CIN	6:40 PM
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Brewers	85	52	.620
Cubs	77	59	.566	7.5
Cardinals	68	70	.493	17.5
Pirates	67	71	.486	18.5
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Rangers	67	70	.489	1.5
Mariners	64	73	.467	4.5
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