most strikeouts allowed from april 8, 1996 to august 17, 2022

Between April 8, 1996 and August 17, 2022, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,231 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From April 8, 1996 to August 17, 2022

	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	H/9
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,231	398	203	102	.666	385	3.16	59	22	1	2662.0	2,214	936	1,059	291	733	124	5	28	10,828	52	10.92	2.48	4.41	0.98	29.8	6.8	1.11	.298	3.58	7.49
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,154	424	199	99	.668	415	3.12	12	5	0	2645.2	2,153	916	987	295	697	105	2	20	10,693	73	10.73	2.37	4.53	1.00	29.5	6.5	1.08	.288	3.36	7.32
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,151	476	241	132	.646	476	3.27	26	9	0	3131.0	2,639	1,136	1,231	322	876	102	0	27	12,765	88	9.06	2.52	3.60	0.93	24.7	6.9	1.12	.279	3.54	7.59
4	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.56
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,871	550	223	140	.614	508	3.44	17	5	1	3214.2	3,013	1,227	1,316	341	732	75	8	25	13,149	96	8.04	2.05	3.92	0.95	21.8	5.6	1.16	.293	3.68	8.44
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,758	394	192	87	.688	391	2.49	25	15	0	2540.0	1,928	704	770	203	621	39	1	27	10,003	95	9.77	2.20	4.44	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.73	6.83
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,705	354	184	79	.700	352	2.85	43	14	0	2368.0	1,861	751	829	201	590	115	1	22	9,529	48	10.28	2.24	4.58	0.76	28.4	6.2	1.04	.281	3.15	7.07
8	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	8.09
9	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	8.82
10	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,535	565	247	188	.568	552	4.12	38	13	0	3461.2	3,593	1,584	1,719	439	948	64	2	47	14,655	45	6.59	2.46	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.296	4.47	9.34
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	8.20
12	A.J. Burnett	2,513	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	24	10	0	2731.1	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	8.30
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,498	363	173	104	.625	341	3.43	64	14	9	2456.0	2,267	935	970	283	470	40	21	20	9,933	49	9.15	1.72	5.31	1.04	25.1	4.7	1.11	.299	3.55	8.31
14	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	8.57
15	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,332	499	243	144	.628	494	3.84	23	4	0	3134.1	3,258	1,336	1,485	273	966	54	2	39	13,301	61	6.70	2.77	2.41	0.78	17.5	7.3	1.35	.308	4.26	9.36
16	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,329	358	172	85	.669	357	3.26	24	10	0	2371.1	2,032	858	940	187	820	77	0	21	9,831	79	8.84	3.11	2.84	0.71	23.7	8.3	1.20	.287	3.57	7.71
17	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	9.07
18	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,245	410	197	123	.616	409	3.85	34	13	0	2653.1	2,646	1,135	1,221	289	577	52	0	20	10,943	55	7.61	1.96	3.89	0.98	20.5	5.3	1.21	.303	4.14	8.98
19	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	8.88
20	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	8.08
21	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,120	448	192	113	.630	381	3.35	28	11	3	2519.0	2,366	937	1,001	211	680	79	13	40	10,416	50	7.57	2.43	3.12	0.75	20.4	6.5	1.21	.294	3.58	8.45
22	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,117	416	203	105	.659	390	3.38	67	20	1	2749.1	2,646	1,034	1,135	236	592	81	6	28	11,287	56	6.93	1.94	3.58	0.77	18.8	5.2	1.18	.292	3.72	8.66
23	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	2,083	451	169	152	.526	443	4.11	22	6	0	2720.1	2,770	1,243	1,357	296	843	74	3	46	11,616	67	6.89	2.79	2.47	0.98	17.9	7.3	1.33	.297	4.49	9.16
24	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,080	482	222	133	.625	479	3.49	26	13	0	3126.2	2,957	1,213	1,319	248	917	124	0	84	13,005	84	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.1	1.24	.281	3.80	8.51
25	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2,075	579	132	133	.498	351	4.35	11	3	87	2387.0	2,347	1,154	1,250	267	1,071	91	186	47	10,412	80	7.82	4.04	1.94	1.01	19.9	10.3	1.43	.301	4.71	8.85

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Cubs	82	66	.554	10.0
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