most strikeouts allowed since may 22, 1996

Since May 22, 1996, Justin Verlander has fanned the most hitters, with 3,554 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player Since May 22, 1996

	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	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	7.69
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,499	488	221	120	.648	479	3.26	12	5	0	2981.2	2,455	1,079	1,152	361	787	115	2	20	12,071	80	10.56	2.38	4.45	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	7.41
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	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,659	404	153	91	.627	323	2.98	16	3	12	2151.0	1,738	712	767	219	504	136	25	15	8,654	48	11.13	2.11	5.28	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.04	.296	3.21	7.27
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,648	346	180	78	.698	344	2.86	42	13	0	2312.1	1,822	734	808	198	572	114	1	21	9,306	46	10.31	2.23	4.63	0.77	28.5	6.1	1.04	.281	3.14	7.09
9	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
10	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
11	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
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	2,485	361	172	104	.623	339	3.44	64	14	9	2443.0	2,255	933	967	282	465	40	21	18	9,877	49	9.15	1.71	5.34	1.04	25.2	4.7	1.11	.299	3.56	8.31
16	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,299	490	238	142	.626	486	3.82	23	4	0	3084.2	3,201	1,309	1,453	269	945	54	1	39	13,087	60	6.71	2.76	2.43	0.78	17.6	7.2	1.34	.308	4.24	9.34
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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,263	319	154	80	.658	319	3.16	8	5	0	1966.2	1,633	690	740	217	503	61	0	7	7,906	58	10.36	2.30	4.50	0.99	28.6	6.4	1.09	.291	3.39	7.47
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,261	350	170	82	.675	349	3.24	23	10	0	2315.0	1,985	834	915	183	798	74	0	21	9,594	78	8.79	3.10	2.83	0.71	23.6	8.3	1.20	.287	3.56	7.72
20	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
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	2,201	402	192	121	.613	401	3.83	33	13	0	2598.0	2,581	1,105	1,187	278	563	52	0	20	10,701	54	7.62	1.95	3.91	0.96	20.6	5.3	1.21	.303	4.11	8.94
24	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	8.51
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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