Player stats

Strikeouts 2018

Batters struck out by the pitcher.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Strikeouts / 2018

Max Scherzer

WSH

300

Season leader

Strikeouts2018 season
#	Player	Team	SO
1	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	300
2	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	290
3	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	276
4	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	269
5	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	246
6	C. SaleChris Sale	BOS	237
7	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	231
8	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	230
9	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	224
10	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	222
11	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	221
12	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CLE	221
13	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	220
14	J. PaxtonJames Paxton	SEA	208
15	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	207
16	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	ATL	202
17	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	202
18	C. MortonCharlie Morton	HOU	201
19	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	199
20	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	193
21	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	190
22	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	188
23	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	PHI	188
24	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	185
25	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	184
26	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	183
27	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	STL	182
28	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	180
29	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	179
30	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	179
31	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	179
32	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	177
33	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	173
34	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	169
35	R. RayRobbie Ray	AZ	165
36	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	165
37	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	164
38	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	164
39	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	162
40	C. ArcherChris Archer	PIT	162
41	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	162
42	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	161
43	L. LynnLance Lynn	NYY	161
44	V. VelasquezVince Velasquez	PHI	161
45	S. NewcombSean Newcomb	ATL	160
46	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	159
47	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	159
48	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	158
49	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	156
50	S. StrasburgStephen Strasburg	WSH	156

SO: Batters struck out by the pitcher.

Understanding Strikeouts

Batters struck out by the pitcher.

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.