2018 AL Strikeouts Leaders

Justin Verlander led the AL in strikeouts in 2018 with 290, 14 ahead of Gerrit Cole (276). It was one of 5 times Justin Verlander led in strikeouts.

Led the AL in 2018 Justin Verlander Houston Astros

290 Strikeouts 14 clear of Gerrit Cole

Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Justin Verlander	HOU	290	16	9	2.52	214.0
2	Gerrit Cole	HOU	276	15	5	2.88	200.1
3	Chris Sale	BOS	237	12	4	2.11	158.0
4	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	231	17	10	3.38	192.0
5	Corey Kluber	CLE	222	20	7	2.89	215.0
6	Blake Snell	TBA	221	21	5	1.89	180.2
7	Trevor Bauer	CLE	221	12	6	2.21	175.1
8	Luis Severino	NYA	220	19	8	3.39	191.1
9	James Paxton	SEA	208	11	6	3.76	160.1
10	Mike Clevinger	CLE	207	13	8	3.02	200.0
11	Jose Berrios	MIN	202	12	11	3.84	192.1
12	Charlie Morton	HOU	201	15	3	3.13	167.0
13	J. A. Happ	TOR +1	193	17	6	3.65	177.2
14	Rick Porcello	BOS	190	17	7	4.28	191.1
15	Cole Hamels	TEX +1	188	9	12	3.78	190.2
16	Dylan Bundy	BAL	184	8	16	5.45	171.2
17	Andrew Heaney	LAA	180	9	10	4.15	180.0
18	Kyle Gibson	MIN	179	10	13	3.62	196.2
19	David Price	BOS	177	16	7	3.58	176.0
20	Jakob Junis	KCA	164	9	12	4.37	177.0
21	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	162	7	10	4.49	164.1
22	Chris Archer	TBA +1	162	6	8	4.31	148.1
23	Lance Lynn	MIN +1	161	10	10	4.77	156.2
24	Matt Boyd	DET	159	9	13	4.39	170.1
25	Masahiro Tanaka	NYA	159	12	6	3.75	156.0
26	James Shields	CHA	154	7	16	4.53	204.2
27	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	153	12	11	3.74	204.2
28	Reynaldo Lopez	CHA	151	7	10	3.91	188.2
29	Kevin Gausman	BAL +1	148	10	11	3.92	183.2
30	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	146	13	5	3.82	129.2
31	Marco Gonzales	SEA	145	13	9	4.00	166.2
32	Lance McCullers	HOU	142	10	6	3.86	128.1
33	Danny Duffy	KCA	141	8	12	4.88	155.0
34	CC Sabathia	NYA	140	9	7	3.65	153.0
35	Mike Fiers	DET +1	139	12	8	3.56	172.0
36	Mike Minor	TEX	132	12	8	4.18	157.0
37	Wade LeBlanc	SEA	130	9	5	3.72	162.0
38	Tyler Skaggs	LAA	129	8	10	4.02	125.1
39	Ryan Yarbrough	TBA	128	16	6	3.91	147.1
40	Lucas Giolito	CHA	125	10	13	6.13	173.1
41	Felix Hernandez	SEA	125	8	14	5.55	155.2
42	Edwin Diaz	SEA	124	0	4	1.96	73.1
43	Sonny Gray	NYA	123	11	9	4.90	130.1
44	Mike Leake	SEA	119	10	10	4.36	185.2
45	Shane Bieber	CLE	118	11	5	4.55	114.2
46	Dellin Betances	NYA	115	4	6	2.70	66.2
47	Jordan Zimmermann	DET	111	7	8	4.52	131.1
48	Francisco Liriano	DET	110	5	12	4.58	133.2
49	Michael Fulmer	DET	110	3	12	4.69	132.1
50	Sean Manaea	OAK	108	12	9	3.59	160.2

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