most strikeouts allowed from june 18, 1996 to august 14, 2025

Between June 18, 1996 and August 14, 2025, Justin Verlander struck out the most batters, with 3,503 strikeouts.

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	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,503	546	263	156	.628	546	3.33	26	9	0	3515.0	3,004	1,302	1,410	367	988	120	0	27	14,389	99	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	7.69
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,459	476	218	114	.657	467	3.17	12	5	0	2932.0	2,392	1,033	1,106	346	768	114	2	20	11,845	79	10.62	2.36	4.50	1.06	29.2	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	7.34
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,193	392	199	102	.661	379	3.16	59	22	1	2631.0	2,187	923	1,045	287	721	123	5	28	10,697	49	10.92	2.47	4.43	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.57	7.48
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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,014	446	218	96	.694	443	2.52	25	15	0	2814.1	2,162	787	864	233	697	46	1	28	11,112	107	9.64	2.23	4.32	0.75	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.76	6.91
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	8.52
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,610	341	178	76	.701	339	2.85	41	13	0	2278.1	1,788	722	791	196	565	114	1	20	9,165	45	10.31	2.23	4.62	0.77	28.5	6.2	1.03	.280	3.12	7.06
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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,528	387	143	87	.622	307	3.02	16	3	12	2047.2	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	7.33
12	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
13	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
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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,455	356	171	103	.624	334	3.44	64	14	9	2410.0	2,233	922	956	278	453	40	21	16	9,747	49	9.17	1.69	5.42	1.04	25.2	4.6	1.11	.300	3.57	8.34
16	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
17	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,269	484	233	141	.623	480	3.82	22	4	0	3044.2	3,159	1,291	1,434	261	930	53	1	39	12,915	60	6.71	2.75	2.44	0.77	17.6	7.2	1.34	.308	4.24	9.34
18	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	7	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	7.49
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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,225	345	169	80	.679	344	3.22	22	10	0	2280.1	1,944	815	896	179	785	74	0	21	9,439	76	8.78	3.10	2.83	0.71	23.6	8.3	1.20	.286	3.54	7.67
21	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
22	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	8.69
23	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,171	397	190	120	.613	396	3.79	32	13	0	2566.2	2,537	1,080	1,161	273	556	51	0	20	10,556	54	7.61	1.95	3.90	0.96	20.6	5.3	1.21	.302	4.07	8.90
24	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,164	408	145	133	.522	401	4.09	3	2	0	2237.1	2,112	1,016	1,115	221	837	197	1	27	9,610	70	8.71	3.37	2.59	0.89	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.49	8.50
25	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

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