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Pitching Strikeout Percentage 2018

The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Season

Minimum workload: one inning pitched per game. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. This is a general pitching minimum, not a relief-pitcher qualification rule. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Pitching Strikeout Percentage / 2018

Justin Verlander

HOU

34.8%

Season leader

Pitching Strikeout Percentage2018 season
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	K%
1	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	214.0	833	34.8%
2	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	220.2	866	34.6%
3	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	200.1	799	34.5%
4	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	217.0	835	32.2%
5	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	180.2	700	31.6%
6	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CLE	175.1	717	30.8%
7	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	200.0	800	30.8%
8	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	192.0	784	29.5%
9	C. MortonCharlie Morton	HOU	167.0	695	28.9%
10	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	191.1	780	28.2%
11	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	196.0	817	28.2%
12	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	ATL	183.0	744	27.2%
13	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	PHI	164.0	694	27.1%
14	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	212.1	831	27.0%
15	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	215.0	842	26.4%
16	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	177.2	733	26.3%
17	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	200.0	810	25.6%
18	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	192.1	797	25.3%
19	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	172.1	743	24.6%
20	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	171.2	750	24.5%
21	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	176.0	722	24.5%
22	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	182.1	744	24.1%
23	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	180.0	749	24.0%
24	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	207.2	839	23.7%
25	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	191.1	808	23.5%
26	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	178.1	791	23.4%
27	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	190.2	806	23.3%
28	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	169.2	708	23.3%
29	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	171.1	727	23.2%
30	S. NewcombSean Newcomb	ATL	164.0	696	23.0%
31	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	191.0	785	22.8%
32	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	164.1	711	22.8%
33	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	170.1	709	22.4%
34	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	175.2	724	22.4%
35	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	176.0	737	22.3%
36	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	196.2	826	21.7%
37	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	177.0	758	21.6%
38	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	174.1	739	21.4%
39	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	166.2	686	21.1%
40	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	202.1	844	20.5%
41	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	171.0	746	19.8%
42	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	199.0	812	19.8%
43	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	162.0	662	19.6%
44	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	192.2	796	19.6%
45	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	181.2	761	19.6%
46	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	172.0	714	19.5%
47	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	180.1	760	19.2%
48	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	183.2	776	19.1%
49	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	172.2	724	19.1%
50	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	188.2	799	18.9%

K%: The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Understanding Pitching Strikeout Percentage

The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Formula: 100 × SO ÷ BF

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.