strikeout leaders this week

This week, 4 pitchers are tied for striking out the most batters, with 10 strikeouts. The first three are Shota Imanaga, Jack Flaherty and Cristopher Sánchez.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Shota Imanaga
S. Imanaga
10
1
1
0
1.000
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
6
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
28
0
15.00
4.50
3.33
1.50
35.7
10.7
1.50
.357
1.50
9.00
2Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
10
1
0
1
.000
1
3.60
0
0
0
5.0
3
2
4
0
1
1
0
0
21
0
18.00
1.80
10.00
0.00
47.6
4.8
0.80
.333
7.20
5.40
3Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
10
1
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
29
0
11.25
1.13
10.00
0.00
34.5
3.4
0.50
.176
0.00
3.38
4Davis Martin
D. Martin
10
1
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
12.86
0.00
0.00
40.0
0.0
0.71
.333
0.00
6.43
5Bryan Woo
B. Woo
9
1
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
21
0
13.50
3.00
4.50
0.00
42.9
9.5
0.50
.100
0.00
1.50
6Bryce Elder
B. Elder
9
1
0
0
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
23
0
13.50
4.50
3.00
1.50
39.1
13.0
0.83
.100
3.00
3.00
7J.T. Ginn
J.T. Ginn
8
1
1
0
1.000
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
4
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
9.00
1.13
8.00
1.13
29.6
3.7
0.63
.176
1.13
4.50
8Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
8
1
1
0
1.000
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
27
0
9.00
0.00
1.13
29.6
0.0
0.38
.118
1.13
3.38
9Taj Bradley
T. Bradley
8
1
1
0
1.000
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
12.00
3.00
4.00
0.00
32.0
8.0
1.00
.267
3.00
6.00
10Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
8
1
0
1
.000
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
26
0
10.29
0.00
2.57
30.8
0.0
0.57
.133
2.57
5.14
11Trevor McDonald
T. McDonald
8
1
1
0
1.000
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
24
0
10.29
0.00
1.29
33.3
0.0
0.29
.071
1.29
2.57
12Edward Cabrera
E. Cabrera
8
1
0
0
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
9
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
27
0
12.00
3.00
4.00
3.00
29.6
7.4
1.83
.467
4.50
13.50
13Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
8
1
1
0
1.000
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
5
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
23
1
12.00
1.50
8.00
1.50
34.8
4.3
1.00
.308
4.50
7.50
14Payton Tolle
P. Tolle
8
1
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
25
0
10.29
1.29
8.00
0.00
32.0
4.0
0.29
.067
2.57
1.29
15Matt Waldron
M. Waldron
7
1
1
0
1.000
0
1.80
0
0
0
5.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
17
0
12.60
0.00
1.80
41.2
0.0
0.40
.111
1.80
3.60
16Will Warren
W. Warren
7
1
0
1
.000
1
13.50
0
0
0
4.0
7
6
6
2
3
0
0
0
22
0
15.75
6.75
2.33
4.50
31.8
13.6
2.50
.500
13.50
15.75
17Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
7
1
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
7.88
0.00
0.00
26.9
0.0
0.25
.105
0.00
2.25
18Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
7
1
0
1
.000
1
8.53
0
0
0
6.1
7
6
6
2
1
0
0
0
27
0
9.95
1.42
7.00
2.84
25.9
3.7
1.26
.294
8.53
9.95
19Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
7
1
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
26
0
9.00
3.86
2.33
0.00
26.9
11.5
0.71
.125
0.00
2.57
20Gavin Williams
G. Williams
7
1
0
1
.000
1
7.50
0
0
0
6.0
8
5
5
2
2
0
0
0
27
0
10.50
3.00
3.50
3.00
25.9
7.4
1.67
.375
7.50
12.00
21Brayan Bello
B. Bello
7
1
1
0
1.000
0
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
9.00
1.29
7.00
0.00
28.0
4.0
0.71
.235
1.29
5.14
22Ty Madden
T. Madden
7
1
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
0
12.60
0.00
0.00
35.0
0.0
0.80
.308
0.00
7.20
23Juan Mejia
J. Mejia
7
2
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
3.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
11
0
21.00
6.00
3.50
0.00
63.6
18.2
0.67
.000
0.00
0.00
24Michael King
M. King
6
1
0
0
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
21
0
9.00
3.00
3.00
1.50
28.6
9.5
0.50
.000
1.50
1.50
25Matthew Liberatore
M. Liberatore
6
1
1
0
1.000
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
3
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
21
0
9.00
4.50
2.00
0.00
28.6
14.3
1.00
.250
1.50
4.50
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16
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AL CentralWLPCTGB
20
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.513
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.474
1.5
17
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.459
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17
21
.447
2.5
16
22
.421
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AL WestWLPCTGB
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.474
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.459
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.395
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