most pitcher strikeouts since august 6, 2010

Since August 6, 2010, Max Scherzer has fanned the most batters, with 3,177 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	H/9
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,177	429	206	101	.671	429	3.18	12	5	0	2669.0	2,151	943	989	326	671	95	0	17	10,734	71	10.71	2.26	4.73	1.10	29.6	6.3	1.06	.282	3.33	7.25
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,756	417	158	97	.620	336	2.95	17	4	12	2228.0	1,808	730	788	221	515	142	25	15	8,965	48	11.13	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.18	7.30
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,670	402	189	110	.632	402	3.12	18	6	0	2587.0	2,132	896	979	283	672	71	0	11	10,469	57	9.29	2.34	3.97	0.98	25.5	6.4	1.08	.273	3.41	7.42
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,623	380	200	77	.722	378	2.42	25	15	0	2439.0	1,855	655	725	210	510	37	0	14	9,531	86	9.68	1.88	5.14	0.77	27.5	5.4	0.97	.267	2.68	6.85
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,361	335	161	87	.649	335	3.18	8	5	0	2058.0	1,720	728	779	230	522	63	0	7	8,287	58	10.33	2.28	4.52	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.292	3.41	7.52
6	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,110	389	120	124	.492	350	3.87	4	2	0	2066.1	1,990	888	950	253	578	39	11	12	8,642	65	9.19	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.307	4.14	8.67
7	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,103	387	168	93	.644	383	3.37	6	2	0	2356.1	2,164	883	940	259	506	42	0	14	9,547	78	8.03	1.93	4.16	0.99	22.0	5.3	1.13	.287	3.59	8.27
8	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	7.39
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,053	364	141	106	.571	355	3.53	7	5	0	2061.2	1,807	808	882	207	658	62	2	5	8,538	107	8.96	2.87	3.12	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.20	.288	3.85	7.89
10	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,051	372	137	108	.559	366	3.92	2	1	0	2052.2	1,895	895	982	198	762	189	1	22	8,775	62	8.99	3.34	2.69	0.87	23.4	8.7	1.29	.304	4.31	8.31
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,033	313	115	99	.537	313	3.92	6	4	0	1863.2	1,678	811	852	249	500	57	0	18	7,677	20	9.82	2.41	4.07	1.20	26.5	6.5	1.17	.295	4.11	8.10
12	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,021	346	130	120	.520	346	3.49	16	7	0	2148.2	1,949	833	911	250	528	86	0	36	8,847	29	8.47	2.21	3.83	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.82	8.16
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2,018	274	106	74	.589	274	2.69	4	2	0	1677.0	1,291	501	538	163	382	25	0	16	6,606	33	10.83	2.05	5.28	0.87	30.5	5.8	1.00	.281	2.89	6.93
14	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	8.33
15	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,974	306	124	80	.608	306	3.28	5	3	0	1858.2	1,576	678	732	185	531	80	0	14	7,610	43	9.56	2.57	3.72	0.90	25.9	7.0	1.13	.287	3.54	7.63
16	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,923	392	113	146	.436	369	4.54	7	2	3	2127.2	2,277	1,074	1,152	296	655	57	11	24	9,169	68	8.13	2.77	2.94	1.25	21.0	7.1	1.38	.318	4.87	9.63
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,860	292	99	88	.529	287	3.87	2	1	0	1590.0	1,371	683	734	236	681	52	1	19	6,719	65	10.53	3.85	2.73	1.34	27.7	10.1	1.29	.292	4.15	7.76
18	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,847	338	147	94	.610	338	3.70	9	2	0	2035.1	1,952	837	926	233	636	64	0	11	8,526	47	8.17	2.81	2.90	1.03	21.7	7.5	1.27	.299	4.09	8.63
19	David Price D. Price	1,838	351	133	70	.655	277	3.29	15	2	3	1860.2	1,685	680	738	193	449	54	19	15	7,608	35	8.89	2.17	4.09	0.93	24.2	5.9	1.15	.294	3.57	8.15
20	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,836	392	115	113	.504	366	3.79	2	2	0	2142.1	2,088	901	976	225	658	59	7	23	8,993	76	7.71	2.76	2.79	0.95	20.4	7.3	1.28	.300	4.10	8.77
21	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,736	285	108	81	.571	284	3.32	11	3	0	1822.1	1,614	672	723	193	534	82	0	21	7,500	44	8.57	2.64	3.25	0.95	23.1	7.1	1.18	.287	3.57	7.97
22	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,725	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	18	8	1	1641.2	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	9.46	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	8.15
23	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,692	338	112	101	.526	281	4.18	11	4	2	1681.2	1,654	781	820	218	460	58	29	20	7,034	61	9.06	2.46	3.68	1.17	24.1	6.5	1.26	.312	4.39	8.85
24	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,648	238	108	60	.643	238	3.28	2	2	0	1415.2	1,174	516	567	146	379	53	0	20	5,745	42	10.48	2.41	4.35	0.93	28.7	6.6	1.10	.292	3.60	7.46
25	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,624	338	112	93	.546	319	3.91	5	3	0	1835.0	1,789	798	845	212	498	62	5	17	7,679	59	7.97	2.44	3.26	1.04	21.1	6.5	1.25	.299	4.14	8.77

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30

Wood

RBI

94

Abrams

AVG

.283

García

Team Pitching Leaders

12

Cavalli

177

Cavalli

ERA

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	83	57	.593
Phillies	79	61	.564	4.0
Marlins	71	69	.507	12.0
Nationals	67	75	.472	17.0
Mets	63	77	.450	20.0

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Fri 9/4	WSH	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Sat 9/5	WSH	@	LAD	9:10 PM
Sun 9/6	WSH	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Mon 9/7	WSH	@	SDP	5:10 PM
Tue 9/8	WSH	@	SDP	9:40 PM

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Final

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

38

Crow-Armstrong

37

Caminero

RBI Leaders

105

Stewart

101

Burleson

99

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

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Arraez

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Hit Leaders

166

Lopez

166

Arraez

160

Díaz

Run Leaders

102

Crow-Armstrong

100

Wood

94

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.394

Harper

SLG Leaders

.604

Alvarez

.568

Crow-Armstrong

.547

García

SB Leaders

44

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

38

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

227

Misiorowski

221

Cease

217

Williams

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1.97

Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

2.06

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WHIP Leaders

0.79

Misiorowski

0.90

Yamamoto

0.93

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K/9 Leaders

13.18

Misiorowski

12.72

Cease

11.98

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.32

Sale

5.82

Misiorowski

5.52

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

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Martinez

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Rasmussen

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Crow-Armstrong

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Crow-Armstrong

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81-61

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	83	57	.593
Phillies	79	61	.564	4.0
Marlins	71	69	.507	12.0
Nationals	67	75	.472	17.0
Mets	63	77	.450	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	87	53	.621
Cubs	78	62	.557	9.0
Cardinals	70	70	.500	17.0
Pirates	68	72	.486	19.0
Reds	67	73	.479	20.0
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Dodgers	82	57	.590
Diamondbacks	74	67	.525	9.0
Padres	73	67	.521	9.5
Giants	58	82	.414	24.5
Rockies	54	86	.386	28.5

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Rays	83	56	.597
Yankees	80	60	.571	3.5
Red Sox	75	65	.536	8.5
Blue Jays	69	71	.493	14.5
Orioles	69	71	.493	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	73	66	.525
Guardians	70	69	.504	3.0
Twins	67	73	.479	6.5
Tigers	64	75	.460	9.0
Royals	62	78	.443	11.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	71	69	.507
Rangers	69	71	.493	2.0
Mariners	66	74	.471	5.0
Athletics	54	86	.386	17.0
Angels	53	87	.379	18.0