pitcher with most strikeouts in the 7th inning since 2015

Since 2015, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters in the 7th inning, with 161 strikeouts.

NAMESOGHHRBBHBPIBBK/BB
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
161
138
101
21
29
4
2
5.55
2Justin Wilson
J. Wilson
159
200
119
18
51
4
4
3.12
3Aaron Bummer
A. Bummer
157
185
121
10
63
10
5
2.49
4Jake Diekman
J. Diekman
154
178
92
13
85
12
3
1.81
5Andrew Chafin
A. Chafin
153
242
132
15
75
4
2
2.04
6Phil Maton
P. Maton
151
157
102
15
47
15
1
3.21
7Chris Sale
C. Sale
146
116
86
13
19
4
0
7.68
8Scott Barlow
S. Barlow
144
127
77
10
52
7
2
2.77
9Luis García
L. García
141
180
134
18
51
7
5
2.76
10Mychal Givens
M. Givens
140
150
94
10
55
8
3
2.55
11Ryne Stanek
R. Stanek
139
135
91
17
49
4
4
2.84
12Chad Green
C. Green
139
147
85
18
33
3
0
4.21
13Matt Strahm
M. Strahm
137
155
103
13
42
7
3
3.26
14Tommy Kahnle
T. Kahnle
134
141
68
8
49
3
0
2.73
15Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
134
120
84
14
20
1
1
6.70
16Héctor Neris
H. Neris
131
117
71
16
34
2
3
3.85
17Seth Lugo
S. Lugo
126
118
89
14
34
3
3
3.71
18Jesse Chavez
J. Chavez
124
152
124
17
34
4
1
3.65
19Tyler Duffey
T. Duffey
122
134
113
12
34
2
4
3.59
20José Leclerc
J. Leclerc
121
117
60
5
47
5
0
2.57
21Adam Ottavino
A. Ottavino
121
141
67
7
51
5
5
2.37
22Joe Kelly
J. Kelly
120
138
91
4
51
4
2
2.35
23Steve Cishek
S. Cishek
118
166
94
10
61
13
5
1.93
24Bryan Shaw
B. Shaw
118
190
145
22
63
8
2
1.87
25Hansel Robles
H. Robles
117
128
76
9
45
4
3
2.60
StatMuse has event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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Team Rankings

HR

161

24th

R

687

20th

SO

1,248

28th

ERA

5.35

29th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
Phillies Phillies
96
66
.593
Mets Mets
83
79
.512
13.0
Marlins Marlins
79
83
.488
17.0
Braves Braves
76
86
.469
20.0
Nationals Nationals
66
96
.407
30.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
4:00 AM
Sat
3/28
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
4:00 AM
Sun
3/29
WSH WSH
@
CHC CHC
4:00 AM
Mon
3/30
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
4:00 AM
Tue
3/31
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
4:00 AM
Last Game
CWS White Sox

60 - 102

8

Final

0

WSH Nationals

66 - 96

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
Phillies Phillies
96
66
.593
Mets Mets
83
79
.512
13.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
Brewers Brewers
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs
92
70
.568
5.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
Dodgers Dodgers
93
69
.574
Padres Padres
90
72
.556
3.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
Blue Jays Blue Jays
94
68
.580
Yankees Yankees
94
68
.580
AL CentralWLPCTGB
Guardians Guardians
88
74
.543
Tigers Tigers
87
75
.537
1.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
Mariners Mariners
90
72
.556
Astros Astros
87
75
.537
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
CIN CIN
@
STL STL
6-2
Tue
9/16
ATL ATL
@
WSH WSH
9-4
Tue
9/16
ATH ATH
@
BOS BOS
4-5
Tue
9/16
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Tue
9/16
SEA SEA
@
KCR KCR
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
LAA LAA
@
HOU HOU
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
DET DET
@
SDP SDP
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
4:00 AM