most strikeouts per game by a pitcher 2015 to 2021 in the national league

Between the 2015 and 2021 seasons, Joan Adon had the most strikeouts per game pitched in the NL, with 9.

	NAME	SO/G	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	Joan Adon J. Adon	9	9	1	0	0		1	3.38	0	0	0	5.1	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	24	1	15.19	5.06	3.00	1.69	37.5	12.5	1.69	.500	3.38	80	4.47	104	10.13	-0.1
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	8.49	1,699	200	99	47	.678	200	2.75	11	4	0	1297.1	950	397	421	154	288	52	0	13	5,128	28	11.79	2.00	5.90	1.07	33.1	5.6	0.95	.271	2.92	65	2.87	68	6.59	192.1
3	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	8.3	332	40	22	9	.710	40	2.88	0	0	0	247.0	210	79	84	17	69	8	0	6	1,002	11	12.10	2.51	4.81	0.62	33.1	6.9	1.13	.335	3.06	74	2.28	58	7.65	46.7
4	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	8.03	305	38	15	14	.517	38	3.23	3	2	0	237.0	169	85	95	40	73	11	0	2	957	8	11.58	2.77	4.18	1.52	31.9	7.6	1.02	.244	3.61	73	3.86	87	6.42	15.8
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.73	1,361	176	68	47	.591	176	2.47	4	2	0	1121.1	864	308	341	101	252	20	0	11	4,413	25	10.92	2.02	5.40	0.81	30.8	5.7	1.00	.285	2.74	63	2.63	64	6.93	187.1
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	7.29	1,225	168	87	35	.713	167	2.50	8	6	0	1076.1	824	299	329	114	182	15	0	2	4,178	42	10.24	1.52	6.73	0.95	29.3	4.4	0.93	.269	2.75	62	2.81	67	6.89	159.9
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	7.09	972	137	70	31	.693	137	3.36	1	1	0	816.0	668	305	326	89	226	31	0	14	3,325	22	10.72	2.49	4.30	0.98	29.2	6.8	1.10	.288	3.60	79	3.14	74	7.37	98.9
8	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	7.01	631	90	27	28	.491	90	3.79	0	0	0	510.2	417	215	225	80	148	26	0	4	2,091	28	11.12	2.61	4.26	1.41	30.2	7.1	1.11	.279	3.97	91	3.77	88	7.35	30.3
9	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.79	998	147	47	46	.505	147	4.11	1	1	0	793.0	700	362	391	114	376	30	0	19	3,413	36	11.33	4.27	2.65	1.29	29.2	11.0	1.36	.309	4.44	95	4.05	97	7.94	11.3
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6.7	1,145	171	67	49	.578	171	3.68	3	2	0	1023.1	888	418	440	118	297	39	0	15	4,215	11	10.07	2.61	3.86	1.04	27.2	7.0	1.16	.294	3.87	87	3.41	79	7.81	103.3
11	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	6.42	777	121	47	31	.603	120	3.32	3	2	0	718.0	668	265	293	64	166	19	0	9	2,948	25	9.74	2.08	4.68	0.80	26.4	5.6	1.16	.314	3.67	85	2.93	72	8.37	92.6
12	Sonny Gray S. Gray	6.35	432	68	23	20	.535	68	3.49	0	0	0	366.2	279	142	152	40	144	17	0	2	1,518	23	10.60	3.53	3.00	0.98	28.5	9.5	1.15	.270	3.73	77	3.56	78	6.85	39.4
13	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	6.34	317	50	10	18	.357	50	3.46	1	1	0	273.1	225	105	111	36	110	11	0	2	1,148	13	10.44	3.62	2.88	1.19	27.6	9.6	1.23	.280	3.65	81	3.90	92	7.41	10.1
14	Vidal Nuno V. Nuno	6.33	19	3	0	1	.000	0	1.88	0	0	0	14.1	10	3	3	1	5	0	1	1	58	0	11.93	3.14	3.80	0.63	32.8	8.6	1.05	.273	1.88	46	2.43	62	6.28	2.3
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	6.3	170	27	7	6	.538	27	4.20	0	0	0	128.2	101	60	61	16	69	3	0	1	550	7	11.89	4.83	2.46	1.12	30.9	12.5	1.32	.291	4.27	106	3.82	91	7.06	5.5
16	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	6.29	755	120	44	34	.564	120	3.51	3	2	0	748.1	679	292	313	70	207	29	0	8	3,095	14	9.08	2.49	3.65	0.84	24.4	6.7	1.18	.299	3.76	86	3.32	78	8.17	76.4
17	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	6.26	770	123	40	49	.449	123	3.72	1	0	0	707.1	604	292	322	85	259	23	0	6	2,943	13	9.80	3.30	2.97	1.08	26.2	8.8	1.22	.287	4.10	85	3.75	85	7.69	53
18	James Shields J. Shields	6.2	273	44	15	14	.517	44	4.00	0	0	0	269.2	258	120	126	42	108	10	0	7	1,144	10	9.11	3.60	2.53	1.40	23.9	9.4	1.36	.304	4.21	106	4.44	115	8.61	-17.7
19	Chris Archer C. Archer	6.15	203	33	6	12	.333	33	4.92	0	0	0	172.0	167	94	100	33	73	6	0	5	751	9	10.62	3.82	2.78	1.73	27.0	9.7	1.40	.307	5.23	116	4.70	109	8.74	-7.4
20	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	6.14	632	103	40	13	.755	94	2.90	2	0	0	573.1	432	185	207	60	145	20	2	4	2,284	18	9.92	2.28	4.36	0.94	27.7	6.3	1.01	.261	3.25	71	3.19	75	6.78	68.7
21	Trevor Rogers T. Rogers	6.13	196	32	8	10	.444	32	3.24	0	0	0	161.0	139	58	66	11	59	7	0	2	680	4	10.96	3.30	3.32	0.61	28.8	8.7	1.23	.314	3.69	76	2.85	68	7.77	24.3
22	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	6.1	567	93	32	24	.571	90	3.34	0	0	0	487.1	356	181	193	67	166	28	0	7	1,973	17	10.47	3.07	3.42	1.24	28.7	8.4	1.07	.252	3.56	82	3.83	92	6.57	18.5
23	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	6.08	1,052	173	60	57	.513	173	3.53	10	4	0	1081.1	951	424	456	145	251	50	0	15	4,429	13	8.76	2.09	4.19	1.21	23.8	5.7	1.11	.275	3.80	87	3.79	95	7.92	22.1
24	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	6.05	883	146	74	32	.698	146	2.99	3	1	0	937.1	779	311	328	105	190	14	0	9	3,712	25	8.48	1.82	4.65	1.01	23.8	5.1	1.03	.267	3.15	70	3.38	82	7.48	76.3
25	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	5.93	356	60	17	18	.486	60	3.47	2	1	0	350.0	318	135	143	35	119	20	0	4	1,472	9	9.15	3.06	2.99	0.90	24.2	8.1	1.25	.300	3.68	84	3.62	86	8.18	21.5

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	28	13	.683
Phillies	19	22	.463	9.0
Nationals	19	22	.463	9.0
Marlins	19	22	.463	9.0
Mets	15	25	.375	12.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/12	WSH	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Wed 5/13	WSH	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Thu 5/14	WSH	@	CIN	12:40 PM
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RBI Leaders

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Abrams

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Olson

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Lopez

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Hit Leaders

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Lopez

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Langeliers

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Run Leaders

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Olson

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OBP Leaders

.422

Ward

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Turang

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SLG Leaders

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Rice

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Moniak

.654

Olson

SB Leaders

17

Nuñez

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Ramírez

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Ashby

6

Soriano

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Strikeout Leaders

70

Misiorowski

67

Sánchez

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Williams

ERA Leaders

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Schlittler

1.62

Martin

1.66

Soriano

WHIP Leaders

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Skenes

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Schlittler

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McGreevy

K/9 Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Cease

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K/BB Leaders

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Skubal

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6.57

Skenes

Walk Leaders

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Judge

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	28	13	.683
Phillies	19	22	.463	9.0
Marlins	19	22	.463	9.0
Nationals	19	22	.463	9.0
Mets	15	25	.375	12.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	27	14	.659
Brewers	22	16	.579	3.5
Cardinals	23	17	.575	3.5
Pirates	22	19	.537	5.0
Reds	22	19	.537	5.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Padres	24	16	.600
Dodgers	24	17	.585	0.5
Diamondbacks	20	20	.500	4.0
Giants	17	24	.415	7.5
Rockies	16	25	.390	8.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	27	13	.675
Yankees	26	16	.619	2.0
Orioles	19	23	.452	9.0
Blue Jays	18	23	.439	9.5
Red Sox	17	23	.425	10.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	22	21	.512
White Sox	19	21	.475	1.5
Tigers	19	22	.463	2.0
Royals	19	22	.463	2.0
Twins	18	23	.439	3.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	21	19	.525
Mariners	20	22	.476	2.0
Rangers	19	22	.463	2.5
Angels	16	26	.381	6.0
Astros	16	26	.381	6.0