pitchers with most strikeouts in a season since 2020

Since 2020, Spencer Strider has struck out the most hitters in a season, with 281 strikeouts in 2023.

	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	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
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	257	2022	NYY	33	13	8	.619	33	3.50	0	0	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	92	3.46	87	6.91	11.5
3	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	255	2025	BOS	32	18	5	.783	32	2.59	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	11.18	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	61	2.88	69	7.23	29.5
4	Robbie Ray R. Ray	248	2021	TOR	32	13	7	.650	32	2.84	0	0	0	193.1	150	61	62	33	52	4	0	0	773	5	11.54	2.42	4.77	1.54	32.1	6.7	1.04	.268	2.89	63	3.68	87	6.98	11.8
5	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
6	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	243	2022	MIL	33	12	8	.600	33	2.94	0	0	0	202.0	144	66	73	23	51	13	0	0	797	10	10.83	2.27	4.76	1.02	30.5	6.4	0.97	.259	3.25	73	3.13	78	6.42	20
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	243	2021	NYY	30	16	8	.667	30	3.23	2	1	0	181.1	151	65	69	24	41	2	0	0	726	5	12.06	2.03	5.93	1.19	33.5	5.6	1.06	.305	3.42	76	2.91	67	7.49	28.1
8	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	241	2025	DET	31	13	6	.684	31	2.21	1	1	0	195.1	141	48	55	18	33	5	0	0	748	3	11.10	1.52	7.30	0.83	32.2	4.4	0.89	.273	2.53	54	2.44	59	6.50	37.5
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	237	2023	TOR	31	12	9	.571	31	3.16	0	0	0	185.0	163	65	72	19	55	3	0	0	763	3	11.53	2.68	4.31	0.92	31.1	7.2	1.18	.321	3.50	75	2.97	69	7.93	27.1
10	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	237	2022	SFG	31	14	8	.636	31	2.88	1	0	0	178.0	131	57	59	12	52	3	0	0	710	10	11.98	2.63	4.56	0.61	33.4	7.3	1.03	.293	2.98	74	2.25	59	6.62	32.2
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	236	2021	TOT	30	15	4	.789	30	2.46	1	0	0	179.1	119	49	53	23	36	10	0	0	693	2	11.84	1.81	6.56	1.15	34.1	5.2	0.86	.247	2.66	59	2.97	69	5.97	26
12	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
13	Pablo López P. López	234	2023	MIN	32	11	8	.579	32	3.66	1	1	0	194.0	176	79	81	24	48	9	0	1	801	7	10.86	2.23	4.88	1.11	29.2	6.0	1.15	.313	3.76	86	3.33	78	8.16	20.5
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	234	2023	SDP	32	14	9	.609	32	2.25	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	54	3.43	79	5.75	18
15	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	234	2021	MIL	28	11	5	.688	28	2.43	0	0	0	167.0	123	45	47	7	34	6	0	0	657	5	12.61	1.83	6.88	0.38	35.6	5.2	0.94	.309	2.53	58	1.62	38	6.63	48.9
16	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	228	2024	DET	31	18	4	.818	31	2.39	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	10.69	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	60	2.49	61	6.66	33.5
17	Dylan Cease D. Cease	227	2022	CWS	32	14	8	.636	32	2.20	1	1	0	184.0	126	45	55	16	78	3	0	2	747	7	11.10	3.82	2.91	0.78	30.4	10.4	1.11	.260	2.69	56	3.09	75	6.16	20.1
18	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	227	2021	SFG	33	14	6	.700	33	2.81	0	0	0	192.0	150	60	66	20	50	4	0	1	775	7	10.64	2.34	4.54	0.94	29.3	6.5	1.04	.274	3.09	70	3.00	74	7.03	23.5
19	Dylan Cease D. Cease	226	2021	CWS	32	13	7	.650	32	3.91	1	1	0	165.2	139	72	77	20	68	9	0	0	708	13	12.28	3.69	3.32	1.09	31.9	9.6	1.25	.309	4.18	90	3.40	76	7.55	18.9
20	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	57	2.08	52	7.14	38.1
21	Logan Webb L. Webb	224	2025	SFG	34	15	11	.577	34	3.22	0	0	0	207.0	210	74	82	14	46	6	0	0	856	2	9.74	2.00	4.87	0.61	26.2	5.4	1.24	.346	3.57	79	2.60	65	9.13	32.5
22	Dylan Cease D. Cease	224	2024	SDP	33	14	11	.560	33	3.47	1	1	0	189.1	137	73	80	18	65	2	0	0	762	12	10.65	3.09	3.45	0.86	29.4	8.5	1.07	.263	3.80	88	3.09	77	6.51	19.6
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	62	3.12	75	6.26	22.4
24	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	223	2024	KCR	32	11	9	.550	32	3.14	1	0	0	186.1	146	65	71	15	67	6	0	1	762	11	10.77	3.24	3.33	0.72	29.3	8.8	1.14	.290	3.43	75	2.99	73	7.05	22.8
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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RBI

37

Olson

AVG

.363

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Sale

56

Sale

ERA

1.81

Elder

Team Rankings

2nd

233

1st

368

11th

ERA

3.11

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	29	13	.690
Phillies	20	22	.476	9.0
Nationals	20	22	.476	9.0
Marlins	19	23	.452	10.0
Mets	16	25	.390	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/13	CHC	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Thu 5/14	CHC	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Fri 5/15	BOS	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Sat 5/16	BOS	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Sun 5/17	BOS	@	ATL	1:35 PM

Last Game

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27 - 15

Final

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29 - 13

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

17

Schwarber

16

Judge

15

Murakami

RBI Leaders

37

Olson

36

Abrams

35

Pages

Batting Average Leaders

.350

Marsh

.340

Langeliers

.337

Lopez

Hit Leaders

55

Lopez

52

Langeliers

51

Witt

Run Leaders

36

Baldwin

36

Wood

36

Olson

OBP Leaders

.424

Turang

.424

Ward

.419

Trout

SLG Leaders

.682

Rice

.648

Moniak

.644

Olson

SB Leaders

17

Nuñez

16

Ramírez

15

Cruz

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

7

Ashby

6

Skenes

6

Soriano

Strikeout Leaders

70

Misiorowski

67

Sánchez

66

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.35

Schlittler

1.62

Martin

1.66

Soriano

WHIP Leaders

0.64

Skenes

0.81

Schlittler

0.86

McGreevy

K/9 Leaders

14.32

Misiorowski

13.10

Cease

11.75

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K/BB Leaders

8.00

Skenes

7.50

Skubal

7.13

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Walk Leaders

6

Skubal

7

Skenes

7

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MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

724.9

Ohtani

649.2

Judge

633.7

Wood

DraftKings Points Leaders

495.5

Ohtani

481

Judge

467

Olson

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

29-13

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26-15

26-16

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Worst Record ATS

11-31

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16-27

18-24

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	29	13	.690
Phillies	20	22	.476	9.0
Nationals	20	22	.476	9.0
Marlins	19	23	.452	10.0
Mets	16	25	.390	12.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	27	15	.643
Brewers	23	16	.590	2.5
Cardinals	24	17	.585	2.5
Pirates	23	19	.548	4.0
Reds	22	20	.524	5.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Padres	24	17	.585
Dodgers	24	18	.571	0.5
Diamondbacks	20	21	.488	4.0
Giants	18	24	.429	6.5
Rockies	16	26	.381	8.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	28	13	.683
Yankees	27	16	.628	2.0
Orioles	19	24	.442	10.0
Blue Jays	18	24	.429	10.5
Red Sox	17	24	.415	11.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	23	21	.523
White Sox	20	21	.488	1.5
Twins	19	23	.452	3.0
Royals	19	23	.452	3.0
Tigers	19	23	.452	3.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	21	20	.512
Mariners	21	22	.488	1.0
Rangers	20	22	.476	1.5
Angels	16	27	.372	6.0
Astros	16	27	.372	6.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 4/27	SEA	@	MIN	4-11
Tue 4/28	TBR	@	CLE	1-0
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Tue 4/28	STL	@	PIT	11-7
Tue 4/28	COL	@	CIN	2-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/13	NYY	@	BAL	1:05 PM
Wed 5/13	LAA	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Wed 5/13	COL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 5/13	WSH	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Wed 5/13	PHI	@	BOS	6:45 PM

Since 2020, Spencer Strider has struck out the most hitters in a season, with 281 strikeouts in 2023.

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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633.7

495.5

481

467

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