pitchers with most strikeouts in a season since 2000 nl east

Since 2000, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters in the NL East in a season, with 300 strikeouts in 2018.

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	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	300	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	284	2016	WSH	34	20	7	.741	34	2.96	1	0	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	11.19	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	70	3.23	78	6.50	22.7
3	Spencer Strider S. Strider	281	2023	ATL	32	19	5	.792	32	3.86	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	30.3
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	276	2015	WSH	33	14	12	.538	33	2.79	4	3	0	228.2	176	71	74	27	34	5	0	2	899	10	10.86	1.34	8.12	1.06	30.7	3.8	0.92	.268	2.91	71	2.76	72	6.93	27.6
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	269	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	1.70	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	268	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	2.89	66	5.65	33.2
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	255	2019	NYM	32	11	8	.579	32	2.43	0	0	0	204.0	154	55	59	19	44	7	0	1	804	2	11.25	1.94	5.80	0.84	31.7	5.5	0.97	.282	2.60	60	2.66	62	6.79	37.8
8	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	253	2016	MIA	29	16	8	.667	29	2.86	0	0	0	182.1	149	58	63	13	55	6	0	6	737	9	12.49	2.71	4.60	0.64	34.3	7.5	1.12	.332	3.11	72	2.29	57	7.35	35.4
9	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	251	2019	WSH	33	18	6	.750	33	3.32	0	0	0	209.0	161	77	79	24	56	10	0	4	841	8	10.81	2.41	4.48	1.03	29.8	6.7	1.04	.274	3.40	75	3.24	73	6.93	28.3
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	247	2021	PHI	32	14	10	.583	32	2.78	3	2	0	213.1	169	66	72	16	46	8	0	1	849	6	10.42	1.94	5.37	0.68	29.1	5.4	1.01	.288	3.04	66	2.58	60	7.13	40.7
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	243	2019	WSH	27	11	7	.611	27	2.92	0	0	0	172.1	144	56	59	18	33	7	0	2	693	0	12.69	1.72	7.36	0.94	35.1	4.8	1.03	.321	3.08	66	2.44	55	7.52	38.6
12	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	242	2014	WSH	34	14	11	.560	34	3.14	0	0	0	215.0	198	75	86	23	43	5	0	4	868	7	10.13	1.80	5.63	0.96	27.9	5.0	1.12	.315	3.60	86	2.94	80	8.29	17.1
13	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	241	2003	MON	34	13	12	.520	34	3.24	4	1	0	230.2	198	83	93	28	57	4	0	5	938	11	9.40	2.22	4.23	1.09	25.7	6.1	1.11	.280	3.63	73	3.31	75	7.73	28.2
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	239	2017	NYM	31	15	10	.600	31	3.53	1	0	0	201.1	180	79	87	28	59	2	0	5	827	7	10.68	2.64	4.05	1.25	28.9	7.1	1.19	.305	3.89	87	3.49	83	8.05	16.7
15	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	238	2019	WSH	33	14	7	.667	33	3.25	1	1	0	202.0	169	73	81	24	70	3	0	2	835	4	10.60	3.12	3.40	1.07	28.5	8.4	1.18	.290	3.61	73	3.48	78	7.53	22.2
16	Cliff Lee C. Lee	238	2011	PHI	32	17	8	.680	32	2.40	6	6	0	232.2	197	62	66	18	42	6	0	0	920	0	9.21	1.62	5.67	0.70	25.9	4.6	1.03	.291	2.55	62	2.60	67	7.62	33
17	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	238	2009	ATL	32	15	10	.600	32	2.87	3	0	0	219.1	181	70	75	20	44	4	0	2	874	6	9.77	1.81	5.41	0.82	27.2	5.0	1.03	.283	3.08	69	2.76	65	7.43	35.8
18	Aaron Nola A. Nola	235	2022	PHI	32	11	13	.458	32	3.25	2	1	0	205.0	168	74	75	19	29	9	0	1	807	2	10.32	1.27	8.10	0.83	29.1	3.6	0.96	.289	3.29	80	2.57	63	7.38	33.5
19	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	231	2026	PHI	33	18	7	.720	33	2.91	1	1	0	207.0	204	67	73	19	45	6	0	0	857	4	10.04	1.96	5.13	0.83	27.0	5.3	1.20	.333	3.17	67	2.79	64	8.87	34.6
20	R.A. Dickey	230	2012	NYM	34	20	6	.769	33	2.73	5	3	0	233.2	192	71	78	24	54	9	1	2	927	4	8.86	2.08	4.26	0.92	24.8	5.8	1.05	.275	3.00	73	3.26	84	7.40	16.6
21	Aaron Nola A. Nola	229	2019	PHI	34	12	7	.632	34	3.87	0	0	0	202.1	176	87	91	27	80	11	0	3	852	3	10.19	3.56	2.86	1.20	26.9	9.4	1.27	.295	4.05	87	4.02	88	7.83	11.9
22	Chris Sale C. Sale	225	2024	ATL	29	18	3	.857	29	2.38	0	0	0	177.2	141	47	48	9	39	8	0	0	702	4	11.40	1.98	5.77	0.46	32.1	5.6	1.01	.314	2.43	58	2.08	52	7.14	38.1
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	224	2024	PHI	32	16	7	.696	32	2.57	0	0	0	200.0	139	57	62	20	52	8	0	0	787	8	10.08	2.34	4.31	0.90	28.5	6.6	0.96	.246	2.79	61	3.12	75	6.26	22.4
24	Aaron Nola A. Nola	224	2018	PHI	33	17	6	.739	33	2.37	0	0	0	212.1	149	56	57	17	58	7	0	3	831	4	9.49	2.46	3.86	0.72	27.0	7.0	0.97	.251	2.42	59	3.00	72	6.32	27.2
25	Aaron Nola A. Nola	223	2021	PHI	32	9	9	.500	32	4.63	1	1	0	180.2	165	93	95	26	39	9	0	1	749	0	11.11	1.94	5.72	1.30	29.8	5.2	1.13	.308	4.73	110	3.36	78	8.22	19.1

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Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
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Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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