How many strikeouts (pitching) did Max Scherzer have in 2021?
2362021 Regular Season
Max Scherzer recorded 236 strikeouts (pitching) in the 2021 regular season, 4th in the MLB.
- 8th-best of Max Scherzer's 19 seasons on file; the high is 300 in 2018.
- Up 144 from 92 in 2020.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |  ARI | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3.05 | 56.0 | 66 | 21 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 2009 | ARI | 30 | 9 | 11 | 4.12 | 170.1 | 174 | 63 | 1.34 | 0 |
| 2010 |  DET | 31 | 12 | 11 | 3.50 | 195.2 | 184 | 70 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2011 | DET | 33 | 15 | 9 | 4.43 | 195.0 | 174 | 56 | 1.35 | 0 |
| 2012 | DET | 32 | 16 | 7 | 3.74 | 187.2 | 231 | 60 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2013 | DET | 32 | 21 | 3 | 2.90 | 214.1 | 240 | 56 | 0.97 | 0 |
| 2014 | DET | 33 | 18 | 5 | 3.15 | 220.1 | 252 | 63 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2015 |  WSH | 33 | 14 | 12 | 2.79 | 228.2 | 276 | 34 | 0.92 | 0 |
| 2016 | WSH | 34 | 20 | 7 | 2.96 | 228.1 | 284 | 56 | 0.97 | 0 |
| 2017 | WSH | 31 | 16 | 6 | 2.51 | 200.2 | 268 | 55 | 0.90 | 0 |
| 2018 | WSH | 33 | 18 | 7 | 2.53 | 220.2 | 300 | 51 | 0.91 | 0 |
| 2019 | WSH | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2.92 | 172.1 | 243 | 33 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 2020 | WSH | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3.74 | 67.1 | 92 | 23 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 2021 |  WSH/LAD | 30 | 15 | 4 | 2.46 | 179.1 | 236 | 36 | 0.86 | 0 |
| 2022 |  NYM | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2.29 | 145.1 | 173 | 24 | 0.91 | 0 |
| 2023 |  NYM/TEX | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3.77 | 152.2 | 174 | 45 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 2024 | TEX | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3.95 | 43.1 | 40 | 10 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 2025 |  TOR | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5.19 | 85.0 | 82 | 23 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 2026 | TOR | 16 | 3 | 8 | 6.07 | 72.2 | 54 | 31 | 1.36 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV
