fastest pitcher to 300+ strikeouts in a season

Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Curt Schilling are tied for striking out the fewest batters with 300+ strikeouts in a season, with 300 strikeouts.

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	300	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	5.53	31.5
2	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
3	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	300	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	3.25	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	65	7.91	45.1
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	301	1989	TEX	32	16	10	.615	32	3.20	6	2	0	239.1	162	85	96	17	98	9	0	3	988	19	11.32	3.69	3.07	0.64	30.5	9.9	1.09	.258	3.61	82	2.50	65	6.09	35.1
6	Vida Blue V. Blue	301	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	1.82	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
7	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	302	1903	PHA	39	21	16	.568	38	2.44	34	4	0	324.0	274	88	109	3	85	8	1		1,291	9	8.39	2.36	3.55	0.08	23.4	6.6	1.11	.303	3.03	80	1.87	62	7.61	41.9
8	Ed Morris E. Morris	302	1884	COL	52	34	13	.723	52	2.18	47	3	0	429.2	335	104	159	3	51	13	0		1,703	22	6.33	1.07	5.92	0.06	17.7	3.0	0.90	.249	3.33	71	2.41	80	7.02	23.3
9	J.R. Richard	303	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	36	3.11	16	3	0	275.1	192	95	104	12	141	2	0	4	1,139	16	9.90	4.61	2.15	0.39	26.6	12.4	1.21	.264	3.40	94	2.50	74	6.28	26.9
10	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	303	1912	WSH	50	33	12	.733	37	1.39	34	7	2	369.0	259	57	89	2	76	16	13		1,413	11	7.39	1.85	3.99	0.05	21.4	5.4	0.91	.253	2.17	42	2.03	63	6.32	49.6
11	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	304	1970	CLE	39	20	12	.625	39	2.92	19	1	0	305.0	236	99	108	25	131	7	2	10	1,257	17	8.97	3.87	2.32	0.74	24.2	10.4	1.20	.267	3.19	76	3.06	75	6.96	33.8
12	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	304	1892	NYG	65	32	31	.508	62	2.84	59	2	0	541.0	410	171	290	7	270	12	3		2,314	24	5.06	4.49	1.13	0.12	13.1	11.7	1.26	.234	4.82	89	3.04	96	6.82	5.2
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	305	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
14	Mike Scott M. Scott	306	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	2.22	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	2.15	61	5.95	43.6
15	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	306	1963	LAD	40	25	5	.833	40	1.88	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	68	18	58	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	62	1.85	62	6.19	41.9
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	308	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	32	2.90	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	63	2.45	56	6.93	45.5
17	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	308	1993	SEA	35	19	8	.704	34	3.24	10	3	1	255.1	185	92	97	22	99	16	1	1	1,043	8	10.86	3.49	3.11	0.78	29.5	9.5	1.11	.273	3.42	74	3.04	70	6.52	36.2
18	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	308	1971	DET	45	25	14	.641	45	2.92	29	4	0	376.0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	7.37	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	83	2.84	78	8.04	32.5
19	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	308	1885	CWS	70	53	16	.768	70	1.85	68	10	0	623.0	497	128	255	21	97		0		2,487	14	4.45	1.40	3.18	0.30	12.4	3.9	0.95		3.68	61	2.80	86	7.18	38.8
20	Larry McKeon L. McKeon	308	1884	IND	61	18	41	.305	60	3.50	59	2	0	512.0	488	199	350	20	94	18	1		2,185	36	5.41	1.65	3.28	0.35	14.1	4.3	1.14	.268	6.15	108	3.24	101	8.58	-1.7
21	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	310	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	1.97	30	8	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
22	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	313	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	2.07	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
23	J.R. Richard	313	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	38	2.71	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	2.19	62	6.77	45.6
24	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	313	1910	WSH	45	25	17	.595	42	1.36	38	8	1	370.0	262	56	92	1	76	13	3		1,367	21	7.61	1.85	4.12	0.02	22.9	5.6	0.91	.271	2.24	56	1.39	56	6.37	45.2
25	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	313	1886	CWS	55	36	17	.679	55	2.41	50	3	0	466.2	419	125	248	19	86		0		1,914	17	6.04	1.66	3.64	0.37	16.4	4.5	1.08		4.78	69	2.84	80	8.08	41.6

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	21	18	.538
Mariners	19	21	.475	2.5
Rangers	18	21	.462	3.0
Astros	16	24	.400	5.5
Angels	15	25	.375	6.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/11	SEA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Tue 5/12	SEA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 5/13	SEA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 5/14	SEA	@	HOU	2:10 PM
Fri 5/15	TEX	@	HOU	8:10 PM

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Pages

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	27	13	.675
Nationals	19	21	.475	8.0
Phillies	18	22	.450	9.0
Marlins	18	22	.450	9.0
Mets	15	24	.385	11.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	27	13	.675
Cardinals	23	16	.590	3.5
Brewers	21	16	.568	4.5
Pirates	22	18	.550	5.0
Reds	21	19	.525	6.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	24	15	.615
Padres	23	16	.590	1.0
Diamondbacks	18	20	.474	5.5
Rockies	16	24	.400	8.5
Giants	15	24	.385	9.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	25	13	.658
Yankees	26	14	.650
Blue Jays	18	21	.462	7.5
Red Sox	17	22	.436	8.5
Orioles	17	23	.425	9.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	21	20	.512
Royals	19	21	.475	1.5
White Sox	18	21	.462	2.0
Tigers	18	22	.450	2.5
Twins	17	23	.425	3.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	21	18	.538
Mariners	19	21	.475	2.5
Rangers	18	21	.462	3.0
Astros	16	24	.400	5.5
Angels	15	25	.375	6.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 4/25	BOS	@	BAL	17-1
Sat 4/25	SEA	@	STL	11-9
Sat 4/25	CLE	@	TOR	3-5
Sat 4/25	MIA	@	SFG	2-6
Sat 4/25	WSH	@	CWS	6-3

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/10	PIT	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Sun 5/10	NYM	@	AZ	4:10 PM
Sun 5/10	ATL	@	LAD	4:10 PM
Sun 5/10	STL	@	SDP	4:10 PM
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