How many strikeouts (pitching) did Tarik Skubal have in 2021?
1642021 Regular Season
Tarik Skubal recorded 164 strikeouts (pitching) in the 2021 regular season, 33rd in the MLB.
- 4th-best of Tarik Skubal's 7 seasons on file; the high is 241 in 2025.
- Up 127 from 37 in 2020.
- 16% of the Detroit Tigers' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |  DET | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5.63 | 32.0 | 37 | 11 | 1.22 | 0 |
| 2021 | DET | 31 | 8 | 12 | 4.34 | 149.1 | 164 | 47 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 2022 | DET | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3.52 | 117.2 | 117 | 32 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 2023 | DET | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2.80 | 80.1 | 102 | 14 | 0.90 | 0 |
| 2024 | DET | 31 | 18, led the MLB | 4 | 2.39 | 192.0 | 228, led the MLB | 35 | 0.92 | 0 |
| 2025 | DET | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2.21 | 195.1 | 241 | 33 | 0.89 | 0 |
| 2026 |  DET/LAD | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2.85 | 151.2 | 176 | 27 | 0.99 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV
Bold marks the best figure in the MLB that season, among players with at least 30 games.
