most pitcher strikeouts from 2012 to 2014

Between the 2012 and 2014 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 723 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	723	97	55	15	.786	97	3.24	1	1	0	622.1	527	224	235	59	179	15	0	3	2,527	18	10.46	2.59	4.04	0.85	28.6	7.1	1.13	.302	3.40	81	2.93	74	7.62	72
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	700	93	51	21	.708	93	2.05	11	6	0	662.0	473	151	167	36	146	10	0	7	2,558	25	9.52	1.98	4.79	0.49	27.4	5.7	0.94	.262	2.27	56	2.38	63	6.43	101.6
3	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	687	98	40	25	.615	98	2.73	5	5	0	672.1	564	204	226	45	148	20	0	2	2,674	44	9.20	1.98	4.64	0.60	25.7	5.5	1.06	.293	3.03	72	2.66	69	7.55	91.1
4	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	680	83	39	25	.609	83	3.27	2	1	0	545.1	434	198	211	53	218	20	0	3	2,262	29	11.22	3.60	3.12	0.87	30.1	9.6	1.20	.295	3.48	78	3.16	78	7.16	54.5
5	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	630	92	37	26	.587	92	3.10	1	1	0	557.1	470	192	219	54	147	21	0	6	2,252	19	10.17	2.37	4.29	0.87	28.0	6.5	1.11	.297	3.54	82	2.99	80	7.59	46.3
6	David Price D. Price	627	92	45	25	.643	92	3.05	9	1	0	646.0	581	219	241	57	124	13	0	3	2,585	16	8.74	1.73	5.06	0.79	24.3	4.8	1.09	.297	3.36	80	2.93	76	8.09	68.2
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	626	86	40	26	.606	85	2.79	7	1	0	580.1	480	180	195	55	136	31	0	9	2,323	17	9.71	2.11	4.60	0.85	26.9	5.9	1.06	.288	3.02	68	3.02	74	7.44	67.8
8	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	616	94	34	29	.540	94	3.05	3	2	0	640.0	571	217	234	59	161	20	0	11	2,601	13	8.66	2.26	3.83	0.83	23.7	6.2	1.14	.293	3.29	81	3.21	83	8.03	46
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	615	99	45	32	.584	99	3.50	6	1	0	662.2	627	258	289	56	200	14	0	4	2,774	10	8.35	2.72	3.08	0.76	22.2	7.2	1.25	.302	3.93	88	3.30	83	8.52	51.1
10	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	609	96	47	30	.610	96	3.04	6	3	0	627.0	523	212	236	59	154	19	0	15	2,525	13	8.74	2.21	3.95	0.85	24.1	6.1	1.08	.276	3.39	86	3.20	89	7.51	27.1
11	James Shields J. Shields	599	101	42	27	.609	101	3.29	6	3	0	683.1	647	250	280	68	170	30	0	2	2,829	30	7.89	2.24	3.52	0.90	21.2	6.0	1.20	.295	3.69	84	3.50	90	8.52	30.5
12	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	596	94	24	39	.381	94	3.70	5	1	0	608.0	558	250	274	65	177	22	0	8	2,516	31	8.82	2.62	3.37	0.96	23.7	7.0	1.21	.298	4.06	98	3.50	92	8.26	20
13	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	582	98	53	31	.631	98	3.05	13	7	0	667.1	603	226	243	40	137	19	0	10	2,685	14	7.85	1.85	4.25	0.54	21.7	5.1	1.11	.295	3.28	82	2.82	75	8.13	68.6
14	R.A. Dickey	580	102	48	32	.600	101	3.54	9	4	0	674.0	590	265	292	85	199	33	1	4	2,784	16	7.74	2.66	2.91	1.14	20.8	7.1	1.17	.268	3.90	90	4.04	103	7.88	-9.1
15	A.J. Burnett	579	95	34	39	.466	95	3.83	3	1	0	607.0	559	258	287	49	225	34	0	6	2,587	31	8.58	3.34	2.57	0.73	22.4	8.7	1.29	.300	4.26	104	3.51	94	8.29	15.7
16	Jon Lester J. Lester	563	98	40	33	.548	98	3.65	5	2	0	638.1	619	259	287	60	183	16	0	2	2,664	14	7.94	2.58	3.08	0.85	21.1	6.9	1.26	.303	4.05	88	3.48	89	8.73	28.6
17	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	561	91	42	26	.618	91	3.25	3	2	0	553.2	452	200	214	36	208	10	0	4	2,294	16	9.12	3.38	2.70	0.59	24.5	9.1	1.19	.281	3.48	86	3.08	82	7.35	41.4
18	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	559	101	48	27	.640	95	3.48	2	1	0	581.1	542	225	240	43	212	28	2	4	2,466	16	8.65	3.28	2.64	0.67	22.7	8.6	1.30	.307	3.72	94	3.36	90	8.39	24.4
19	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	557	97	35	35	.500	97	4.16	1	0	0	590.2	585	273	294	71	198	30	0	9	2,539	26	8.49	3.02	2.81	1.08	21.9	7.8	1.33	.305	4.48	110	3.92	104	8.91	-10.2
20	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	555	94	47	17	.734	94	2.96	1	1	0	592.1	542	195	207	50	143	11	0	4	2,406	25	8.43	2.17	3.88	0.76	23.1	5.9	1.16	.299	3.15	80	3.09	82	8.24	45.5
21	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	517	98	32	38	.457	91	4.76	2	2	1	539.1	521	285	299	63	229	16	3	11	2,339	43	8.63	3.82	2.26	1.05	22.1	9.8	1.39	.303	4.99	135	4.05	113	8.69	-30.3
22	C.J. Wilson	512	98	43	27	.614	98	3.87	1	1	0	590.1	550	254	290	51	261	25	0	10	2,539	27	7.81	3.98	1.96	0.78	20.2	10.3	1.37	.295	4.42	103	3.93	103	8.39	-7
23	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	505	89	29	30	.492	83	3.90	2	0	0	480.0	407	208	219	41	231	11	2	8	2,050	30	9.47	4.33	2.19	0.77	24.6	11.3	1.33	.290	4.11	103	3.60	95	7.63	10.1
24	Cliff Lee C. Lee	501	74	24	22	.522	74	3.11	3	1	0	515.0	500	178	196	55	72	5	0	0	2,075	6	8.76	1.26	6.96	0.96	24.1	3.5	1.11	.309	3.43	82	2.97	76	8.74	51.8
25	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	496	96	45	22	.672	96	2.96	7	4	0	608.2	563	200	217	50	112	21	0	2	2,470	10	7.33	1.66	4.43	0.74	20.1	4.5	1.11	.286	3.21	78	3.18	85	8.32	38.4