most strikeouts allowed from april 8, 1996 to october 1, 2017

Between April 8, 1996 and October 1, 2017, Randy Johnson fanned the most hitters, with 3,231 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	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	CC Sabathia	2,846	509	237	146	.619	509	3.70	38	12	0	3317.0	3,142	1,364	1,487	336	1,009	109	0	44	13,856	71	7.72	2.74	2.82	0.91	20.5	7.3	1.25	.294	4.03	8.53
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,454	537	240	176	.577	528	4.04	37	13	0	3315.1	3,421	1,490	1,622	407	923	61	1	46	14,027	43	6.66	2.51	2.66	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.40	9.29
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,416	385	188	114	.623	385	3.46	23	7	0	2545.0	2,242	979	1,061	244	771	84	0	27	10,513	78	8.54	2.73	3.13	0.86	23.0	7.3	1.18	.286	3.75	7.93
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,342	375	160	114	.584	375	3.20	25	11	0	2502.1	2,243	890	992	220	721	87	0	16	10,274	140	8.42	2.59	3.25	0.79	22.8	7.0	1.18	.293	3.57	8.07
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,236	422	172	107	.616	381	3.40	16	5	1	2455.2	2,305	928	1,001	243	594	59	8	20	10,080	80	8.19	2.18	3.76	0.89	22.2	5.9	1.18	.297	3.67	8.45
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,227	363	147	102	.590	362	3.37	16	7	0	2362.1	2,104	884	943	264	645	74	0	42	9,678	49	8.48	2.46	3.45	1.01	23.0	6.7	1.16	.284	3.59	8.02
16	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
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,149	305	141	75	.653	296	3.30	8	4	0	1897.0	1,589	695	751	213	534	66	2	13	7,719	61	10.20	2.53	4.02	1.01	27.8	6.9	1.12	.289	3.56	7.54
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,120	292	144	64	.692	290	2.36	25	15	0	1935.0	1,431	508	554	128	507	29	1	27	7,602	71	9.86	2.36	4.18	0.60	27.9	6.7	1.00	.270	2.58	6.66
19	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
20	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
21	James Shields J. Shields	2,080	373	138	123	.529	372	3.97	23	9	0	2411.1	2,391	1,064	1,152	327	668	88	0	22	10,122	96	7.76	2.49	3.11	1.22	20.5	6.6	1.27	.297	4.30	8.92
22	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
23	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
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,041	349	159	92	.633	348	3.51	15	4	0	2184.1	2,008	853	920	208	704	73	0	7	9,070	54	8.41	2.90	2.90	0.86	22.5	7.8	1.24	.298	3.79	8.27
25	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	8.77

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Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
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