pitcher with most 200 strikeout seasons in career since 2000

Since 2000, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander are tied for playing the most seasons with 200+ strikeouts, with 9 seasons.

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pitcher with most 200 or more strikeout seasons in career since 2000

	NAME	SEAS	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	9	2,330	285	149	58	.720	285	2.88	11	5	0	1852.1	1,407	593	626	203	444	66	0	15	7,360	40	11.32	2.16	5.25	0.99	31.7	6.0	1.00	.279	3.04	70	2.87	70	6.84	256
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	9	2,257	304	159	75	.679	304	2.97	22	6	0	2042.2	1,621	675	726	217	534	50	0	13	8,189	51	9.94	2.35	4.23	0.96	27.6	6.5	1.05	.274	3.20	70	3.13	74	7.14	251.4
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	8	1,929	232	106	65	.620	232	2.98	15	3	0	1521.0	1,219	503	545	154	325	98	0	6	6,094	33	11.41	1.92	5.94	0.91	31.7	5.3	1.02	.297	3.22	70	2.75	66	7.21	239.6
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	7	1,663	218	119	47	.717	218	2.25	22	12	0	1507.1	1,106	376	417	102	353	25	0	19	5,887	48	9.93	2.11	4.71	0.61	28.2	6.0	0.97	.268	2.49	60	2.51	65	6.60	225.7
5	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6	1,323	187	65	52	.556	187	3.52	4	4	0	1034.1	819	404	445	104	426	31	0	7	4,324	55	11.51	3.71	3.11	0.90	30.6	9.9	1.20	.293	3.87	85	3.22	77	7.13	111.2
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	6	1,526	193	98	38	.721	193	2.87	5	4	0	1211.2	930	387	419	136	295	31	0	1	4,788	31	11.33	2.19	5.17	1.01	31.9	6.2	1.01	.284	3.11	70	2.92	70	6.91	172.6
7	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	6	1,265	191	100	37	.730	191	2.79	8	3	0	1240.2	1,066	384	422	106	278	17	0	4	4,963	54	9.18	2.02	4.55	0.77	25.5	5.6	1.08	.291	3.06	70	2.89	72	7.73	156.5
8	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	6	1,358	199	86	56	.606	199	2.73	18	7	0	1394.1	1,176	423	486	96	356	43	0	3	5,616	87	8.77	2.30	3.81	0.62	24.2	6.3	1.10	.287	3.14	70	2.88	72	7.59	173.9
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	5	1,113	163	61	44	.581	163	3.68	3	2	0	994.0	836	406	423	121	251	37	0	8	4,032	11	10.08	2.27	4.43	1.10	27.6	6.2	1.09	.285	3.83	87	3.39	78	7.57	101
10	Robbie Ray R. Ray	5	1,131	157	60	47	.561	157	3.73	1	1	0	893.0	764	370	395	142	340	27	0	12	3,736	33	11.40	3.43	3.33	1.43	30.3	9.1	1.24	.297	3.98	87	3.92	94	7.70	24.8
11	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	5	1,228	160	83	45	.648	160	2.85	17	7	0	1091.1	886	345	377	104	223	32	0	9	4,316	20	10.13	1.84	5.51	0.86	28.5	5.2	1.02	.287	3.11	67	2.83	68	7.31	158.7
12	David Price D. Price	5	1,147	166	82	44	.651	166	3.17	10	2	0	1134.0	1,012	399	432	110	257	29	0	11	4,602	20	9.10	2.04	4.46	0.87	24.9	5.6	1.12	.295	3.43	79	3.10	77	8.03	114.2
13	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	5	1,044	161	65	44	.596	161	3.34	6	3	0	1057.0	955	392	419	117	302	38	0	17	4,356	23	8.89	2.57	3.46	1.00	24.0	6.9	1.19	.294	3.57	83	3.52	87	8.13	61.1
14	Johan Santana J. Santana	5	1,189	168	86	39	.688	168	2.82	9	6	0	1146.2	911	359	388	126	261	22	0	6	4,556	35	9.33	2.05	4.56	0.99	26.1	5.7	1.02	.265	3.05	64	3.20	74	7.15	143
15	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	5	1,057	167	99	44	.692	166	2.73	44	13	0	1235.1	1,146	375	420	100	171	36	0	9	4,947	19	7.70	1.25	6.18	0.73	21.4	3.5	1.07	.292	3.06	64	2.91	68	8.35	183.2
16	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	5	1,100	163	71	57	.555	163	3.57	15	4	0	1098.2	987	436	468	126	256	24	0	15	4,482	27	9.01	2.10	4.30	1.03	24.5	5.7	1.13	.289	3.83	80	3.35	75	8.09	133.7
17	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	5	1,554	174	97	40	.708	173	2.74	27	11	0	1229.2	964	375	431	118	309	59	1	7	4,914	22	11.37	2.26	5.03	0.86	31.6	6.3	1.04	.294	3.15	61	2.65	60	7.06	245.4
18	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	5	1,164	152	83	31	.728	152	2.60	17	6	0	1037.0	771	300	326	82	227	58	0	4	4,099	15	10.10	1.97	5.13	0.71	28.4	5.5	0.96	.268	2.83	57	2.64	61	6.69	202.5
19	Charlie Morton C. Morton	4	862	127	54	21	.720	127	3.45	0	0	0	719.1	569	276	296	77	242	63	0	1	2,969	18	10.78	3.03	3.56	0.96	29.0	8.2	1.13	.285	3.70	82	3.43	83	7.12	61.1
20	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	4	968	125	50	35	.588	125	2.53	2	0	0	813.1	635	229	253	73	187	16	0	11	3,217	17	10.71	2.07	5.18	0.81	30.1	5.8	1.01	.285	2.80	64	2.69	66	7.03	128.5
21	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	4	907	133	60	37	.619	133	3.12	12	5	0	870.0	745	302	332	98	179	31	0	8	3,498	12	9.38	1.85	5.07	1.01	25.9	5.1	1.06	.283	3.43	81	3.25	85	7.71	56.4
22	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	4	936	123	45	38	.542	123	3.62	0	0	0	766.1	600	308	322	100	283	35	0	4	3,154	38	10.99	3.32	3.31	1.17	29.7	9.0	1.15	.278	3.78	82	3.62	84	7.05	57.4
23	Yovani Gallardo Y. Gallardo	4	815	127	60	38	.612	127	3.68	4	3	0	782.0	706	320	345	86	309	9	0	14	3,321	33	9.38	3.56	2.64	0.99	24.5	9.3	1.30	.295	3.97	92	3.63	89	8.13	39.4
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	4	877	128	61	40	.604	128	3.10	6	1	0	836.0	730	288	320	66	242	25	0	0	3,417	23	9.44	2.61	3.62	0.71	25.7	7.1	1.16	.301	3.44	74	2.99	75	7.86	95.3
25	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	4	977	132	62	36	.633	131	2.81	8	5	0	881.2	720	275	299	54	314	23	0	15	3,630	46	9.97	3.21	3.11	0.55	26.9	8.7	1.17	.294	3.05	71	2.80	71	7.35	117.2

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Marlins	69	69	.500	13.0
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Tue 9/1	ATL	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 9/2	ATL	@	WSH	1:05 PM
Fri 9/4	WSH	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Sat 9/5	WSH	@	LAD	9:10 PM
Sun 9/6	WSH	@	LAD	10:10 PM

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Marlins	69	69	.500	13.0
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Mets	62	76	.449	20.0
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