what pitcher had the most strikeouts last season

Spencer Strider fanned the most hitters in 2023, with 281 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	Spencer Strider S. Strider	281	2023	ATL	32	19	5	.792	32	3.86	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	31
2	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	237	2023	TOR	31	12	9	.571	31	3.16	0	0	0	185.0	163	65	72	19	55	3	0	0	763	3	11.53	2.68	4.31	0.92	31.1	7.2	1.18	.321	3.50	75	2.97	68	7.93	28.4
3	Pablo López P. López	234	2023	MIN	32	11	8	.579	32	3.66	1	1	0	194.0	176	79	81	24	48	9	0	1	801	7	10.86	2.23	4.88	1.11	29.2	6.0	1.15	.313	3.76	87	3.33	79	8.16	19.7
4	Blake Snell B. Snell	234	2023	SDP	32	14	9	.609	32	2.25	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	55	3.44	79	5.75	18
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	222	2023	NYY	33	15	4	.789	33	2.63	2	2	0	209.0	157	61	64	20	48	7	0	0	821	4	9.56	2.07	4.63	0.86	27.0	5.8	0.98	.261	2.76	63	3.16	73	6.76	26.8
6	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	220	2023	ARI	34	17	8	.680	34	3.47	1	1	0	210.0	188	81	87	22	47	5	0	0	846	8	9.43	2.01	4.68	0.94	26.0	5.6	1.12	.301	3.73	79	3.26	77	8.06	23.4
7	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	219	2023	SEA	33	13	9	.591	33	3.34	0	0	0	197.0	160	73	81	28	56	5	0	0	802	3	10.01	2.56	3.91	1.28	27.3	7.0	1.10	.267	3.70	81	3.80	92	7.31	7.6
8	Dylan Cease D. Cease	214	2023	CWS	33	7	9	.438	33	4.58	0	0	0	177.0	172	90	98	19	79	9	0	3	784	13	10.88	4.02	2.71	0.97	27.3	10.1	1.42	.330	4.98	106	3.72	84	8.75	14.1
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	212	2023	PHI	32	13	6	.684	32	3.61	0	0	0	192.0	168	77	82	20	39	9	0	0	787	1	9.94	1.83	5.44	0.94	26.9	5.0	1.08	.292	3.84	82	3.15	71	7.88	27.7
10	Mitch Keller M. Keller	210	2023	PIT	32	13	9	.591	32	4.21	1	1	0	194.1	187	91	97	25	55	12	0	0	825	5	9.73	2.55	3.82	1.16	25.5	6.7	1.25	.310	4.49	95	3.80	87	8.66	12.5
11	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	210	2023	MIL	30	12	10	.545	30	3.86	0	0	0	165.2	131	71	77	26	54	6	0	0	680	6	11.41	2.93	3.89	1.41	30.9	7.9	1.12	.273	4.18	88	3.84	87	7.12	10.6
12	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	208	2023	MIA	32	10	10	.500	32	3.58	0	0	0	178.2	162	71	79	22	55	6	0	1	741	7	10.48	2.77	3.78	1.11	28.1	7.4	1.21	.311	3.98	82	3.55	83	8.16	14.8
13	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	204	2023	TOT	33	7	15	.318	33	4.88	0	0	0	184.1	169	100	110	41	73	9	0	2	794	5	9.96	3.56	2.79	2.00	25.7	9.2	1.31	.274	5.37	114	5.26	120	8.25	-17.7
14	Aaron Nola A. Nola	202	2023	PHI	32	12	9	.571	32	4.46	0	0	0	193.2	178	96	105	32	45	1	0	0	793	2	9.39	2.09	4.49	1.49	25.5	5.7	1.15	.285	4.88	102	4.03	90	8.27	9.4
15	Kodai Senga K. Senga	202	2023	NYM	29	12	7	.632	29	2.98	0	0	0	166.1	126	55	60	17	77	5	0	0	694	14	10.93	4.17	2.62	0.92	29.1	11.1	1.22	.277	3.25	72	3.63	84	6.82	13
16	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	200	2023	MIL	32	10	8	.556	32	3.39	0	0	0	193.2	141	73	77	22	66	8	0	0	784	10	9.29	3.07	3.03	1.02	25.5	8.4	1.07	.244	3.58	77	3.81	86	6.55	13.1
17	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	200	2023	HOU	31	12	11	.522	31	3.45	2	2	0	198.0	166	76	86	19	57	10	0	0	808	6	9.09	2.59	3.51	0.86	24.8	7.1	1.13	.282	3.91	82	3.49	82	7.55	16.5
18	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	197	2023	MIN	29	11	10	.524	29	4.51	1	1	0	161.2	155	81	83	32	34	6	0	0	672	3	10.97	1.89	5.79	1.78	29.3	5.1	1.17	.305	4.62	106	4.13	97	8.63	1.9
19	Logan Webb L. Webb	194	2023	SFG	33	10	11	.476	33	3.25	2	1	0	216.0	201	78	83	20	31	5	0	0	850	1	8.08	1.29	6.26	0.83	22.8	3.6	1.07	.302	3.46	77	3.16	75	8.38	25.7
20	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	191	2023	TOT	32	13	11	.542	32	5.73	0	0	0	183.2	189	117	127	44	67	9	0	1	808	3	9.36	3.28	2.85	2.16	23.6	8.3	1.39	.292	6.22	133	5.53	125	9.26	-21.5
21	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	189	2023	SEA	32	12	7	.632	32	3.73	1	1	0	190.2	169	79	82	29	36	2	0	1	770	6	8.92	1.70	5.25	1.37	24.5	4.7	1.08	.272	3.87	91	3.84	93	7.98	6.5
22	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	187	2023	ARI	30	12	8	.600	30	3.29	0	0	0	177.2	143	65	71	20	69	4	0	0	722	3	9.47	3.50	2.71	1.01	25.9	9.6	1.19	.278	3.60	75	3.84	91	7.24	8
23	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	186	2023	TOR	33	16	8	.667	33	3.60	1	1	0	200.0	176	80	88	28	59	12	0	2	826	4	8.37	2.66	3.15	1.26	22.5	7.1	1.18	.274	3.96	85	4.28	98	7.92	2.1
24	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	186	2023	TBR	31	16	8	.667	31	3.50	0	0	0	177.2	158	69	69	19	24	3	0	1	703	0	9.42	1.22	7.75	0.96	26.5	3.4	1.02	.295	3.50	86	3.00	73	8.00	22.5
25	José Berríos J. Berríos	184	2023	TOR	32	11	12	.478	32	3.65	0	0	0	189.2	173	77	82	25	52	9	0	3	782	4	8.73	2.47	3.54	1.19	23.5	6.6	1.19	.289	3.89	86	3.99	91	8.21	7.9