most strikeouts allowed since january 1, 2008

Since January 1, 2008, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters, with 3,499 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player since January 1, 2008

	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	3,499	488	221	120	.648	479	3.26	12	5	0	2981.2	2,455	1,079	1,152	361	787	115	2	20	12,071	80	10.56	2.38	4.45	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	7.41
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,240	492	231	142	.619	492	3.28	24	7	0	3172.1	2,669	1,156	1,258	330	874	95	0	24	12,930	77	9.19	2.48	3.71	0.94	25.1	6.8	1.12	.279	3.57	7.57
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.91
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,665	405	153	92	.624	324	2.98	16	3	12	2156.2	1,748	715	770	219	506	137	25	15	8,683	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	7.29
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,654	474	204	121	.628	470	3.31	15	5	0	2933.0	2,702	1,080	1,166	305	644	55	0	15	11,914	93	8.14	1.98	4.12	0.94	22.3	5.4	1.14	.290	3.58	8.29
6	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,378	425	189	115	.622	425	3.60	15	4	0	2595.2	2,458	1,039	1,139	277	818	84	0	12	10,845	57	8.25	2.84	2.91	0.96	21.9	7.5	1.26	.299	3.95	8.52
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,265	320	154	81	.655	320	3.17	8	5	0	1972.0	1,639	694	744	220	504	61	0	7	7,929	58	10.34	2.30	4.49	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.291	3.40	7.48
8	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,238	372	139	109	.560	371	3.39	15	7	0	2382.1	2,144	898	965	266	676	94	0	35	9,814	47	8.45	2.55	3.31	1.00	22.8	6.9	1.18	.287	3.65	8.10
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	8.51
10	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,106	346	139	111	.556	345	3.31	22	9	0	2264.0	2,022	833	938	216	669	94	0	10	9,332	135	8.37	2.66	3.15	0.86	22.6	7.2	1.19	.289	3.73	8.04
11	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	8.10
12	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
13	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	8.18
14	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,033	375	116	117	.498	336	3.81	4	2	0	1991.0	1,908	842	900	242	549	39	11	11	8,311	65	9.19	2.48	3.70	1.09	24.5	6.6	1.23	.306	4.07	8.62
15	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
16	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,994	383	184	115	.615	379	3.52	27	11	0	2389.1	2,299	935	995	213	643	68	2	34	9,916	42	7.51	2.42	3.10	0.80	20.1	6.5	1.23	.298	3.75	8.66
17	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,969	350	132	103	.562	341	3.57	7	5	0	1974.1	1,729	783	857	198	637	60	2	5	8,185	106	8.98	2.90	3.09	0.90	24.1	7.8	1.20	.288	3.91	7.88
18	CC Sabathia	1,951	342	151	98	.606	341	3.68	22	7	0	2171.0	2,086	887	977	251	635	80	0	30	9,116	45	8.09	2.63	3.07	1.04	21.4	7.0	1.25	.296	4.05	8.65
19	James Shields J. Shields	1,946	355	127	123	.508	353	3.99	21	9	0	2276.1	2,238	1,008	1,100	315	672	82	1	17	9,579	89	7.69	2.66	2.90	1.25	20.3	7.0	1.28	.293	4.35	8.85
20	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,944	298	112	93	.546	298	3.90	6	4	0	1781.2	1,596	773	812	228	471	56	0	16	7,326	19	9.82	2.38	4.13	1.15	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.10	8.06
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,935	261	101	69	.594	261	2.60	4	2	0	1610.1	1,228	465	502	159	360	25	0	14	6,327	32	10.81	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.81	6.86
22	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,900	385	112	145	.436	366	4.51	7	2	2	2105.0	2,242	1,054	1,131	291	650	56	10	24	9,061	68	8.12	2.78	2.92	1.24	21.0	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	9.59
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,868	291	118	76	.608	291	3.25	5	3	0	1779.0	1,505	643	696	172	502	77	0	14	7,275	41	9.45	2.54	3.72	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.52	7.61
24	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,860	344	131	101	.565	328	3.70	4	2	0	1933.0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	8.66	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	8.12
25	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,857	370	144	113	.560	365	3.52	18	8	0	2256.1	2,094	883	955	253	637	120	1	22	9,373	36	7.41	2.54	2.92	1.01	19.8	6.8	1.21	.283	3.81	8.35

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Abrams

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	45	21	.682
Phillies	36	30	.545	9.0
Nationals	34	33	.507	11.5
Marlins	31	35	.470	14.0
Mets	29	36	.446	15.5

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Tue 6/9	WSH	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Wed 6/10	WSH	@	SFG	3:45 PM
Fri 6/12	SEA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 6/13	SEA	@	WSH	4:05 PM
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23

Schwarber

22

Alvarez

20

Murakami

RBI Leaders

53

Pages

51

Abrams

48

Kurtz

Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

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Hit Leaders

86

Lopez

82

Arraez

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Run Leaders

58

Wood

52

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OBP Leaders

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Kurtz

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SLG Leaders

.641

Rice

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Alvarez

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23

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23

Ramírez

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Sánchez

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Skenes

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	45	21	.682
Phillies	36	30	.545	9.0
Nationals	34	33	.507	11.5
Marlins	31	35	.470	14.0
Mets	29	36	.446	15.5
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Brewers	41	23	.641
Cardinals	35	28	.556	5.5
Pirates	34	32	.515	8.0
Cubs	34	32	.515	8.0
Reds	31	34	.477	10.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	42	24	.636
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Padres	34	31	.523	7.5
Giants	27	40	.403	15.5
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Rays	38	25	.603
Yankees	39	26	.600
Blue Jays	32	35	.478	8.0
Orioles	31	36	.463	9.0
Red Sox	27	37	.422	11.5
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Guardians	37	31	.544
White Sox	34	31	.523	1.5
Twins	30	37	.448	6.5
Tigers	27	39	.409	9.0
Royals	27	39	.409	9.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	35	32	.522
Rangers	32	33	.492	2.0
Athletics	31	35	.470	3.5
Astros	31	37	.456	4.5
Angels	25	42	.373	10.0