Player stats

Strikeouts 2019

Batters struck out by the pitcher.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Strikeouts / 2019

Gerrit Cole

HOU

326

Season leader

Strikeouts2019 season
#	Player	Team	SO
1	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	326
2	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	300
3	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	259
4	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	255
5	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	253
6	S. StrasburgStephen Strasburg	WSH	251
7	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	246
8	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	243
9	C. MortonCharlie Morton	TB	240
10	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	238
11	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	238
12	R. RayRobbie Ray	AZ	235
13	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	STL	231
14	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	229
15	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	229
16	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	228
17	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	226
18	C. SaleChris Sale	BOS	218
19	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	215
20	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	213
21	S. GraySonny Gray	CIN	205
22	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	SF	203
23	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	202
24	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	200
25	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	195
26	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	195
27	C. KershawClayton Kershaw	LAD	189
28	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	187
29	J. PaxtonJames Paxton	NYY	186
30	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	178
31	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	175
32	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	173
33	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	169
34	K. MaedaKenta Maeda	LAD	169
35	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	169
36	C. SmithCaleb Smith	MIA	168
37	A. DeSclafaniAnthony DeSclafani	CIN	167
38	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	165
39	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	164
40	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	LAD	163
41	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	162
42	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	162
43	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	160
44	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	159
45	J. LucchesiJoey Lucchesi	SD	158
46	T. RoarkTanner Roark	OAK	158
47	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	158
48	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	PIT	157
49	C. PaddackChris Paddack	SD	153
50	D. GermánDomingo Germán	NYY	153

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.