which pitcher has the most strikeouts all-time for the 2018 season

Max Scherzer fanned the most batters in 2018, 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	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
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	290	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	62	2.78	67	6.56	33
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	276	2018	HOU	32	15	5	.750	32	2.88	1	1	0	200.1	143	64	68	19	64	7	0	0	799	9	12.40	2.88	4.31	0.85	34.5	8.0	1.03	.286	3.05	70	2.70	65	6.42	32.7
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	269	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	1.70	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
5	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	246	2018	ARI	33	11	7	.611	33	3.15	1	1	0	200.0	162	70	70	15	48	5	0	3	800	8	11.07	2.16	5.13	0.68	30.8	6.0	1.05	.302	3.15	78	2.47	62	7.29	34.2
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	237	2018	BOS	27	12	4	.750	27	2.11	0	0	0	158.0	102	37	39	11	34	14	0	0	617	4	13.50	1.94	6.97	0.63	38.4	5.5	0.86	.283	2.22	48	1.97	47	5.81	39.2
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	231	2018	CLE	32	17	10	.630	30	3.38	2	0	0	192.0	173	72	78	21	43	6	1	4	784	9	10.83	2.02	5.37	0.98	29.5	5.5	1.13	.315	3.66	77	2.94	69	8.11	27.6
8	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	230	2018	COL	33	14	11	.560	33	3.77	0	0	0	196.0	179	82	90	24	57	8	0	5	817	8	10.56	2.62	4.04	1.10	28.2	7.0	1.20	.311	4.13	82	3.39	80	8.22	18.4
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	224	2018	PHI	33	17	6	.739	33	2.37	0	0	0	212.1	149	56	57	17	58	7	0	3	831	4	9.49	2.46	3.86	0.72	27.0	7.0	0.97	.251	2.42	59	3.00	72	6.32	27.2
10	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	222	2018	CLE	33	20	7	.741	33	2.89	2	1	0	215.0	179	69	75	25	34	3	0	0	842	2	9.29	1.42	6.53	1.05	26.4	4.0	0.99	.276	3.14	66	3.12	74	7.49	26.5
11	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	221	2018	CLE	28	12	6	.667	27	2.21	0	0	1	175.1	134	43	51	9	57	9	1	2	717	12	11.34	2.93	3.88	0.46	30.8	7.9	1.09	.297	2.62	50	2.43	57	6.88	35
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	221	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	31	1.89	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	46	2.94	72	5.58	23.1
13	Luis Severino L. Severino	220	2018	NYY	32	19	8	.704	32	3.39	1	1	0	191.1	173	72	76	19	46	5	0	0	780	8	10.35	2.16	4.78	0.89	28.2	5.9	1.14	.314	3.57	79	2.95	68	8.14	28.6
14	James Paxton J. Paxton	208	2018	SEA	28	11	6	.647	28	3.76	2	1	0	160.1	134	67	67	23	42	1	0	0	645	8	11.68	2.36	4.95	1.29	32.2	6.5	1.10	.299	3.76	92	3.23	77	7.52	17.1
15	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	207	2018	CLE	32	13	8	.619	32	3.02	1	1	0	200.0	164	67	71	21	67	4	0	0	810	4	9.32	3.02	3.09	0.95	25.6	8.3	1.16	.280	3.20	69	3.52	83	7.38	15.9
16	José Berríos J. Berríos	202	2018	MIN	32	12	11	.522	32	3.84	2	1	0	192.1	159	82	83	25	61	13	0	1	797	2	9.45	2.85	3.31	1.17	25.3	7.7	1.14	.270	3.88	89	3.90	92	7.44	7.1
17	Mike Foltynewicz M. Foltynewicz	202	2018	ATL	31	13	10	.565	31	2.85	2	1	0	183.0	130	58	65	17	68	6	0	3	744	7	9.93	3.34	2.97	0.84	27.2	9.1	1.08	.251	3.20	69	3.37	84	6.39	13.3
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	201	2018	HOU	30	15	3	.833	30	3.13	0	0	0	167.0	130	58	63	18	64	16	0	0	695	4	10.83	3.45	3.14	0.97	28.9	9.2	1.16	.283	3.40	76	3.59	87	7.01	10.4
19	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	199	2018	ARI	33	15	11	.577	33	3.21	0	0	0	207.2	181	74	77	28	43	6	0	3	839	4	8.62	1.86	4.63	1.21	23.7	5.1	1.08	.272	3.34	79	3.70	93	7.84	6.4
20	J.A. Happ	193	2018	TOT	31	17	6	.739	31	3.65	0	0	0	177.2	150	72	81	27	51	9	0	0	733	4	9.78	2.58	3.78	1.37	26.3	7.0	1.13	.272	4.10	85	3.97	93	7.60	6.2
21	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	190	2018	BOS	33	17	7	.708	33	4.28	1	0	0	191.1	177	91	97	27	48	16	0	0	808	3	8.94	2.26	3.96	1.27	23.5	5.9	1.18	.285	4.56	97	4.01	96	8.33	3.8
22	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	188	2018	TOT	32	9	12	.429	32	3.78	1	0	0	190.2	176	80	93	29	65	19	0	0	806	7	8.87	3.07	2.89	1.37	23.3	8.1	1.26	.291	4.39	85	4.48	105	8.31	-4.4
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	188	2018	PHI	33	7	14	.333	32	4.77	0	0	0	164.0	163	87	91	24	51	5	1	0	694	8	10.32	2.80	3.69	1.32	27.1	7.3	1.30	.326	4.99	119	3.79	91	8.95	7.1
24	Zack Godley Z. Godley	185	2018	ARI	33	15	11	.577	32	4.74	0	0	0	178.1	177	94	103	16	81	12	0	2	791	17	9.34	4.09	2.28	0.81	23.4	10.2	1.45	.324	5.20	117	3.81	96	8.93	3.3
25	Dylan Bundy D. Bundy	184	2018	BAL	31	8	16	.333	31	5.45	1	0	0	171.2	188	104	116	41	54	6	0	1	750	6	9.65	2.83	3.41	2.15	24.5	7.2	1.41	.316	6.08	128	5.16	117	9.86	-13.8