The Texas hurler took his place among the game's elite.
The nine pitchers ahead of Scherzer are Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, Steve Carlton, Bert Blyleven, Tom Seaver, Don Sutton, Gaylord Perry and Walter Johnson. All but Clemens are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Scherzer accomplished the feat in his 17th season, an extraordinarily fast clip. For comparison, the 12th-place pitcher on the list—Hall of Famer Greg Maddux—struck out 3,371 batters in 23 seasons and just over 5,000 innings pitched. Over the course of a career that will surely land him in Cooperstown, Scherzer has won three Cy Young awards and two World Series titles with thePatrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game.
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