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Tied Major League Record for Consecutive Seasons with 250 or more Strikeouts The ability to strike out another team’s batters is one of the measurements used to determine the success of a pitcher. Scherzer, through the 2019 season, has struck out 2,692 batters. This places him third among active pitchers and 24th on the career strikeout list. From his last season with the Detroit Tigers through the 2018 season, he struck out at least 250 players in each season. With an average of 276 strikeouts, he threw nearly half of his career total over that five- year span. He became only the fourth pitcher inmajor league history (along with Ferguson Jenkins, Pedro Martinez, and Randy Johnson) to have pitched five consecutive seasons with 250 or more strikeouts in each.

Take a look at the five seasons, 2014–2018, in which Scherzer recorded at least 250 strikeouts in a season, to join an exclusive club of pitchers.

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CHAPTER 1: GREATEST MOMENTS