who had the most strikouts between 2017 to 2018 as pitcher

Between the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 568 strikeouts.

	NAME	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	568	64	34	13	.723	64	2.52	4	1	0	421.1	276	118	128	45	106	23	0	6	1,646	8	12.13	2.26	5.36	0.96	34.5	6.4	0.91	.256	2.73	59	2.76	65	5.90	69.3
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	545	59	29	12	.707	59	2.56	1	0	0	372.1	267	106	112	35	77	22	0	0	1,468	7	13.17	1.86	7.08	0.85	37.1	5.2	0.92	.294	2.71	57	2.24	52	6.45	84.7
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	509	67	31	17	.646	67	2.94	1	1	0	420.0	326	137	143	55	109	12	0	4	1,682	10	10.91	2.34	4.67	1.18	30.3	6.5	1.04	.272	3.06	69	3.30	77	6.99	46.3
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	508	63	25	19	.568	63	2.58	2	0	0	418.1	332	120	135	38	105	7	0	8	1,662	9	10.93	2.26	4.84	0.82	30.6	6.3	1.04	.293	2.90	65	2.71	66	7.14	65.7
5	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	487	62	38	11	.776	62	2.58	7	4	0	418.2	320	120	131	46	70	8	0	2	1,619	6	10.47	1.50	6.96	0.99	30.1	4.3	0.93	.272	2.82	58	2.81	66	6.88	69.4
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	472	65	27	17	.614	65	3.57	1	1	0	403.1	342	160	166	50	119	11	0	1	1,648	16	10.53	2.66	3.97	1.12	28.6	7.2	1.14	.293	3.70	85	3.39	80	7.63	38.1
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	457	64	35	16	.686	62	3.33	3	0	0	392.0	346	145	151	42	89	16	1	6	1,582	19	10.49	2.04	5.13	0.96	28.9	5.6	1.11	.311	3.47	75	3.02	70	7.94	56.2
8	Luis Severino L. Severino	450	63	33	14	.702	63	3.18	1	1	0	384.2	323	136	149	40	97	11	0	0	1,563	14	10.53	2.27	4.64	0.94	28.8	6.2	1.09	.293	3.49	74	3.01	68	7.56	58.4
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	424	66	25	20	.556	65	3.58	1	1	0	389.2	370	155	167	41	109	8	0	11	1,626	18	9.79	2.52	3.89	0.95	26.1	6.7	1.23	.315	3.86	83	3.25	77	8.55	40.3
10	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	417	60	29	15	.659	58	3.20	0	0	1	351.2	315	125	135	34	117	14	2	2	1,466	15	10.67	2.99	3.56	0.87	28.4	8.0	1.23	.318	3.45	71	3.16	73	8.06	45
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	414	65	32	18	.640	65	3.20	1	0	0	410.0	353	146	157	53	88	6	0	3	1,640	16	9.09	1.93	4.70	1.16	25.2	5.4	1.08	.278	3.45	75	3.50	84	7.75	30.1
12	Chris Archer C. Archer	411	61	16	20	.444	61	4.17	0	0	0	349.1	348	162	178	46	109	11	0	3	1,490	21	10.59	2.81	3.77	1.19	27.6	7.3	1.31	.331	4.59	101	3.54	85	8.97	24.9
13	Aaron Nola A. Nola	408	60	29	17	.630	60	2.89	0	0	0	380.1	303	122	124	35	107	9	0	5	1,524	5	9.65	2.53	3.81	0.83	26.8	7.0	1.08	.278	2.93	69	3.12	73	7.17	48.2
14	Robbie Ray R. Ray	383	52	21	7	.750	52	3.34	1	1	0	285.2	213	106	112	42	141	10	0	6	1,191	13	12.07	4.44	2.72	1.32	32.2	11.8	1.24	.278	3.53	78	3.97	95	6.71	7
15	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	377	62	25	18	.581	62	4.05	0	0	0	358.0	353	161	172	49	106	16	0	8	1,518	14	9.48	2.66	3.56	1.23	24.8	7.0	1.28	.313	4.32	85	3.85	87	8.87	21.7
16	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	371	66	28	24	.538	66	4.47	3	0	0	394.2	413	196	222	65	96	22	0	1	1,693	8	8.46	2.19	3.86	1.48	21.9	5.7	1.29	.306	5.06	99	4.31	101	9.42	-2.1
17	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	365	64	24	22	.522	64	4.09	1	1	0	363.0	332	165	173	48	129	13	0	7	1,529	11	9.05	3.20	2.83	1.19	23.9	8.4	1.27	.292	4.29	99	4.03	96	8.23	6.8
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	364	55	29	10	.744	55	3.36	0	0	0	313.2	255	117	128	32	114	29	0	1	1,312	8	10.44	3.27	3.19	0.92	27.7	8.7	1.18	.288	3.67	81	3.53	83	7.32	24.9
19	James Paxton J. Paxton	364	52	23	11	.676	52	3.40	2	1	0	296.1	247	112	114	32	79	4	0	1	1,197	23	11.06	2.40	4.61	0.97	30.4	6.6	1.10	.299	3.46	82	2.94	69	7.50	43.2
20	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	360	50	25	11	.694	50	3.04	1	1	0	305.1	249	103	114	31	85	15	0	7	1,245	8	10.61	2.51	4.24	0.91	28.9	6.8	1.09	.289	3.36	71	3.10	73	7.34	40
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	357	53	27	9	.750	53	2.52	1	0	0	336.1	275	94	104	40	59	2	0	0	1,329	14	9.55	1.58	6.05	1.07	26.9	4.4	0.99	.270	2.78	63	3.12	76	7.36	38.1
22	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	353	57	25	18	.581	57	4.28	2	2	0	334.1	321	159	168	60	76	14	0	1	1,387	10	9.50	2.05	4.64	1.62	25.5	5.5	1.19	.295	4.52	99	4.18	95	8.64	8.2
23	Zack Godley Z. Godley	350	59	23	20	.535	57	4.10	0	0	0	333.1	301	152	164	31	134	17	1	4	1,418	30	9.45	3.62	2.61	0.84	24.7	9.4	1.31	.305	4.43	97	3.62	88	8.13	19.6
24	Mike Foltynewicz M. Foltynewicz	345	60	23	23	.500	59	3.74	2	1	0	337.0	299	140	151	37	127	16	0	5	1,436	11	9.21	3.39	2.72	0.99	24.0	8.8	1.26	.288	4.03	87	3.81	92	7.99	12.3
25	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	344	59	25	14	.641	53	3.05	1	1	0	321.2	256	109	117	34	127	7	1	2	1,312	7	9.62	3.55	2.71	0.95	26.2	9.7	1.19	.278	3.27	69	3.64	85	7.16	23.2