most strikeouts allowed from may 4, 1996 to april 28, 2023

Between May 4, 1996 and April 28, 2023, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 3,210 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From May 4, 1996 to April 28, 2023

	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,210	434	203	103	.663	425	3.12	12	5	0	2701.1	2,194	935	1,006	304	710	107	2	20	10,908	74	10.69	2.37	4.52	1.01	29.4	6.5	1.08	.287	3.35	7.31
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,200	393	200	102	.662	380	3.15	59	22	1	2636.0	2,192	924	1,046	287	724	123	5	28	10,719	49	10.93	2.47	4.42	0.98	29.9	6.8	1.11	.298	3.57	7.48
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,198	482	244	133	.647	482	3.24	26	9	0	3163.0	2,654	1,139	1,235	322	880	104	0	27	12,880	90	9.10	2.50	3.63	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.278	3.51	7.55
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	2,904	562	223	145	.606	520	3.45	17	5	1	3278.0	3,088	1,256	1,350	349	745	75	8	25	13,419	99	7.97	2.05	3.90	0.96	21.6	5.6	1.17	.293	3.71	8.48
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,839	406	201	88	.696	403	2.48	25	15	0	2612.0	1,977	719	788	210	634	40	1	27	10,281	96	9.78	2.18	4.48	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.269	2.72	6.81
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,670	349	181	78	.699	347	2.86	42	13	0	2332.0	1,837	741	816	198	581	115	1	22	9,388	47	10.30	2.24	4.60	0.76	28.4	6.2	1.04	.281	3.15	7.09
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	2,311	493	240	143	.627	489	3.82	23	4	0	3102.0	3,216	1,317	1,463	270	957	54	1	39	13,163	60	6.71	2.78	2.41	0.78	17.6	7.3	1.35	.308	4.24	9.33
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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,288	353	171	82	.676	352	3.25	23	10	0	2337.2	2,001	844	925	184	808	74	0	21	9,685	78	8.81	3.11	2.83	0.71	23.6	8.3	1.20	.287	3.56	7.70
18	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
19	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,226	406	196	121	.618	405	3.84	33	13	0	2623.2	2,617	1,118	1,203	284	571	52	0	20	10,821	55	7.64	1.96	3.90	0.97	20.6	5.3	1.22	.303	4.13	8.98
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	2,147	457	195	117	.625	390	3.38	28	11	3	2567.1	2,426	964	1,028	213	695	80	13	40	10,632	50	7.53	2.44	3.09	0.75	20.2	6.5	1.22	.295	3.60	8.50
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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,094	328	115	77	.599	248	3.10	16	3	12	1701.0	1,392	586	634	183	397	106	25	15	6,862	38	11.08	2.10	5.27	0.97	30.5	5.8	1.05	.296	3.35	7.37
24	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
25	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

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Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
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