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Max Scherzer Passes Gaylord Perry on Career Strikeouts List as Blue Jays Beat Mariners 7-0

  • On Sunday, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer tied Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry for the ninth-most career strikeouts with 3,534 total on baseball's all-time list.
  • Scherzer kicked off his career after the Arizona Diamondbacks selected him 11th overall in the 2006 MLB draft, spending two seasons there before the Detroit Tigers acquired him.
  • According to Baseball-Reference, Nolan Ryan holds the all-time strikeout record with 5,714, trailed by Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens in the historic rankings.
  • Playing in his 19th season of Major League Baseball, the 42-year-old Scherzer has recorded 45 strikeouts across 55.0 innings and owns a 6.38 ERA with the Blue Jays.
  • Scherzer trails his pal Justin Verlander by only 20 strikeouts for 8th place on the all-time list, with Verlander holding 3,554 career strikeouts as the next milestone.
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[OSEN=Reporter Gil Jun-young] Toronto Blue Jays' Max Scherzer (42) has climbed to 9th place on the all-time strikeout list. Scherzer started the game against the Seattle Mariners at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 31st (Korean time) and recorded a win with 7 innings pitched, 1 hit allowed, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts, and no runs scored. He threw 97 pitches, consisting of 44 four-seam fastballs, 15 sliders, 14 curves, and 14 changeups.

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Max Scherzer moves into 9th on career strikeout list with 10 Ks in vintage performance

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer moved into ninth place on the career strikeout list Sunday, passing Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cheon Byeong-hyeok = Major League Baseball (MLB) veteran pitcher Max Scherzer (42, Toronto Blue Jays) ranks 9th in career strikeouts...

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Scherzer strikes out 10 as Blue Jays cruise past Mariners 7-0 to complete sweep

TORONTO — Max Scherzer struck out a season-high 10 batters in a sizzling seven-inning, one-hit outing to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-0 win and a three-game sweep against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. The seven innings and 97 pitches also were s...

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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