most so/(tbf/ip) by a pitcher between 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most strikeouts / total batters faced per inning pitched, with 217.24.

	NAME	SO/(TBF/IP)	SO	TBF	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	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	217.24	852	2,548	649.2	98	54	20	.730	98	2.67	5	1	0	441	193	205	76	162	29	0	8	10	11.80	2.24	5.26	1.05	33.4	6.4	0.93	.255	2.84	63	2.93	70	6.11	91.9
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	196.22	778	2,375	599.0	91	46	22	.676	91	2.85	7	1	0	457	190	200	62	122	39	0	2	9	11.69	1.83	6.38	0.93	32.8	5.1	0.97	.287	3.01	65	2.70	63	6.87	104.6
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	191.17	763	2,585	647.2	101	47	26	.644	101	2.97	3	1	0	497	214	224	85	166	20	0	5	16	10.60	2.31	4.60	1.18	29.5	6.4	1.02	.266	3.11	70	3.36	78	6.91	66.6
4	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	182.51	714	2,479	633.2	94	56	20	.737	94	2.77	10	6	0	490	195	213	68	127	15	0	3	11	10.14	1.80	5.62	0.97	28.8	5.1	0.97	.271	3.03	63	2.96	69	6.96	93.9
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	162.7	651	2,266	566.1	87	32	27	.542	87	2.70	3	1	0	474	170	188	53	141	10	0	8	13	10.35	2.24	4.62	0.84	28.7	6.2	1.09	.298	2.99	68	2.87	70	7.53	77.8
6	Chris Archer C. Archer	151.55	644	2,340	550.2	94	25	39	.391	94	4.12	0	0	0	531	252	278	76	176	14	0	3	32	10.53	2.88	3.66	1.24	27.5	7.5	1.28	.318	4.54	100	3.64	88	8.68	31.7
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	149.83	607	2,181	538.1	89	46	24	.657	87	3.33	4	1	0	480	199	215	63	123	19	1	8	23	10.15	2.06	4.93	1.05	27.8	5.6	1.12	.305	3.59	75	3.21	75	8.02	65.5
8	Robbie Ray R. Ray	140.55	601	1,967	460.0	84	29	22	.569	84	3.93	1	1	0	398	201	217	66	212	16	0	10	21	11.76	4.15	2.83	1.29	30.6	10.8	1.33	.310	4.25	91	3.89	93	7.79	14.9
9	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	139.16	585	2,277	541.2	95	41	23	.641	86	3.57	1	0	1	494	215	231	54	187	23	5	3	18	9.72	3.11	3.13	0.90	25.7	8.2	1.26	.308	3.84	80	3.45	80	8.21	51.3
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	137.43	570	2,154	519.1	86	34	27	.557	86	3.64	2	1	0	473	210	223	57	155	17	0	4	21	9.88	2.69	3.68	0.99	26.5	7.2	1.21	.307	3.86	87	3.37	80	8.20	48
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	137.07	529	1,873	485.1	74	39	13	.750	74	2.26	4	3	0	372	122	135	48	70	4	0	1	19	9.81	1.30	7.56	0.89	28.2	3.7	0.91	.265	2.50	57	2.71	66	6.90	76.1
12	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	135.08	548	2,307	568.2	91	45	25	.643	91	3.53	2	1	0	514	223	237	76	129	6	0	6	17	8.67	2.04	4.25	1.20	23.8	5.6	1.13	.283	3.75	82	3.67	88	8.13	31.2
13	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	133.91	560	2,583	617.2	99	50	28	.641	99	3.99	6	0	0	606	274	307	88	128	35	0	1	11	8.16	1.87	4.38	1.28	21.7	5.0	1.19	.292	4.47	89	3.98	94	8.83	18
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	133.47	543	1,843	453.0	74	40	15	.727	74	3.22	1	1	0	368	162	173	46	129	17	0	8	10	10.79	2.56	4.21	0.91	29.5	7.0	1.10	.291	3.44	76	3.04	72	7.31	59.8
15	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	131.77	546	2,366	571.0	96	37	34	.521	96	3.77	1	1	0	524	239	249	70	179	17	0	8	21	8.61	2.82	3.05	1.10	23.1	7.6	1.23	.292	3.92	91	3.86	92	8.26	22.7
16	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	130.06	555	2,327	545.1	102	30	33	.476	89	4.03	1	1	1	547	244	276	65	175	13	6	13	27	9.16	2.89	3.17	1.07	23.9	7.5	1.32	.317	4.56	93	3.70	88	9.03	29
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	129.5	529	2,007	491.1	80	35	26	.574	80	3.32	0	0	0	419	181	192	45	136	15	0	8	7	9.69	2.49	3.89	0.82	26.4	6.8	1.13	.292	3.52	80	3.11	73	7.68	61.9
18	Jon Lester J. Lester	128.1	526	2,320	565.0	96	50	19	.725	96	3.33	3	0	0	507	209	233	71	176	16	0	4	11	8.38	2.80	2.99	1.13	22.7	7.6	1.21	.285	3.71	80	3.94	95	8.08	13.2
19	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	126.19	518	2,192	534.0	88	39	22	.639	88	3.83	2	2	0	500	227	243	82	112	17	0	1	17	8.73	1.89	4.63	1.38	23.6	5.1	1.15	.286	4.10	89	3.93	89	8.43	27.8
20	Luis Severino L. Severino	125.4	516	1,875	455.2	85	36	22	.621	74	3.59	1	1	0	401	182	197	51	122	14	3	1	17	10.19	2.41	4.23	1.01	27.5	6.5	1.15	.299	3.89	84	3.24	74	7.92	58
21	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	120.5	508	2,188	519.0	96	36	26	.581	81	3.29	2	2	5	448	190	209	47	201	30	9	8	22	8.81	3.49	2.53	0.82	23.2	9.2	1.25	.286	3.62	81	3.70	90	7.77	24
22	J.A. Happ	119.7	498	2,155	518.0	88	47	21	.691	88	3.44	0	0	0	463	198	217	67	157	15	0	1	11	8.65	2.73	3.17	1.16	23.1	7.3	1.20	.279	3.77	80	3.90	91	8.04	23.4
23	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	119.12	507	2,338	549.1	96	36	31	.537	96	3.87	0	0	0	504	236	251	57	218	18	0	9	19	8.31	3.57	2.33	0.93	21.7	9.3	1.31	.291	4.11	91	3.94	93	8.26	17.6
24	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	118.74	491	2,226	538.1	92	42	29	.592	92	3.51	1	1	0	453	210	247	60	188	23	0	4	41	8.21	3.14	2.61	1.00	22.1	8.4	1.19	.268	4.13	84	3.95	94	7.57	15.4
25	James Paxton J. Paxton	117.53	481	1,708	417.1	72	29	18	.617	72	3.52	2	1	0	381	163	176	41	103	5	0	4	28	10.37	2.22	4.67	0.88	28.2	6.0	1.16	.315	3.80	86	2.90	69	8.22	61.9

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RBI

95

Abrams

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Cavalli

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	86	61	.585
Phillies	82	65	.558	4.0
Marlins	72	75	.490	14.0
Mets	68	78	.466	17.5
Nationals	67	81	.453	19.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/11	LAA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 9/12	LAA	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 9/13	LAA	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Tue 9/15	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 9/16	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM

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Final

Padres

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HR Leaders

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Schwarber

41

Crow-Armstrong

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Caminero

RBI Leaders

107

Stewart

104

Burleson

100

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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Alvarez

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Simpson

Hit Leaders

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Arraez

173

Lopez

171

Díaz

Run Leaders

110

Crow-Armstrong

101

Wood

98

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Bauers

.392

Wood

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

.572

Crow-Armstrong

.550

García

SB Leaders

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Nuñez

41

Simpson

40

Chisholm

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Win Leaders

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Sánchez

17

Gray

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Burns

Strikeout Leaders

236

Misiorowski

228

Williams

227

Cease

ERA Leaders

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Misiorowski

2.01

Schlittler

2.10

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.17

Misiorowski

12.66

Cease

12.14

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Sale

5.78

Rasmussen

5.76

Misiorowski

Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

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Rasmussen

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FanDuel Points Leaders

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Braves	86	61	.585
Phillies	82	65	.558	4.0
Marlins	72	75	.490	14.0
Mets	68	78	.466	17.5
Nationals	67	81	.453	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	91	56	.619
Cubs	81	66	.551	10.0
Pirates	73	73	.500	17.5
Cardinals	72	75	.490	19.0
Reds	69	77	.473	21.5
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Diamondbacks	78	69	.531	11.5
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Yankees	83	62	.572	3.5
Red Sox	80	67	.544	7.5
Blue Jays	73	74	.497	14.5
Orioles	71	76	.483	16.5
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White Sox	75	70	.517
Guardians	74	73	.503	2.0
Twins	69	77	.473	6.5
Tigers	67	79	.459	8.5
Royals	65	82	.442	11.0
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Astros	75	72	.510
Rangers	72	75	.490	3.0
Mariners	69	78	.469	6.0
Athletics	59	88	.401	16.0
Angels	56	90	.384	18.5