most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 1996 to june 14, 2017

Between January 1, 1996 and June 14, 2017, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,251 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	3,251	400	204	102	.667	387	3.17	59	22	1	2675.2	2,221	942	1,065	293	742	124	5	28	10,885	52	10.94	2.50	4.38	0.99	29.9	6.8	1.11	.298	3.58	7.47
2	CC Sabathia	2,788	495	230	143	.617	495	3.70	38	12	0	3243.2	3,073	1,332	1,455	324	983	107	0	43	13,548	67	7.74	2.73	2.84	0.90	20.6	7.3	1.25	.294	4.04	8.53
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,711	355	184	79	.700	353	2.86	43	14	0	2373.0	1,866	755	833	202	591	115	1	22	9,551	48	10.28	2.24	4.59	0.77	28.4	6.2	1.04	.281	3.16	7.08
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	2,405	521	235	169	.582	512	4.01	36	13	0	3231.1	3,313	1,438	1,570	390	905	61	1	46	13,655	42	6.70	2.52	2.66	1.09	17.6	6.6	1.31	.295	4.37	9.23
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,339	360	172	86	.667	359	3.26	24	10	0	2383.1	2,042	862	946	188	830	77	0	22	9,888	79	8.83	3.13	2.82	0.71	23.7	8.4	1.21	.287	3.57	7.71
9	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,334	500	244	144	.629	495	3.83	23	4	0	3141.0	3,265	1,337	1,486	273	968	54	2	39	13,329	61	6.69	2.77	2.41	0.78	17.5	7.3	1.35	.308	4.26	9.36
10	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,286	364	156	111	.584	364	3.18	25	11	0	2442.1	2,196	862	960	209	698	83	0	16	10,024	135	8.42	2.57	3.28	0.77	22.8	7.0	1.18	.294	3.54	8.09
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,266	365	177	110	.617	365	3.51	23	7	0	2414.0	2,146	941	1,022	227	736	82	0	24	9,997	76	8.45	2.74	3.08	0.85	22.7	7.4	1.19	.287	3.81	8.00
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,257	412	199	123	.618	411	3.84	34	13	0	2668.1	2,658	1,138	1,225	290	580	52	0	20	11,000	55	7.61	1.96	3.89	0.98	20.5	5.3	1.21	.303	4.13	8.97
13	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,218	430	180	142	.559	429	3.91	18	8	0	2745.0	2,778	1,194	1,301	302	785	125	0	29	11,629	117	7.27	2.57	2.83	0.99	19.1	6.8	1.30	.302	4.27	9.11
14	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
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,137	344	138	96	.590	343	3.31	15	7	0	2247.0	2,004	826	882	250	604	67	0	41	9,195	44	8.56	2.42	3.54	1.00	23.2	6.6	1.16	.286	3.53	8.03
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,125	404	163	103	.613	363	3.40	16	5	1	2343.1	2,207	886	957	231	568	59	8	20	9,636	70	8.16	2.18	3.74	0.89	22.1	5.9	1.18	.297	3.68	8.48
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,023	279	135	62	.685	277	2.36	24	15	0	1857.0	1,368	487	531	118	493	29	1	27	7,297	70	9.80	2.39	4.10	0.57	27.7	6.8	1.00	.270	2.57	6.63
22	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
23	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,005	287	132	73	.644	278	3.34	7	4	0	1788.0	1,520	663	717	202	500	59	2	11	7,292	60	10.09	2.52	4.01	1.02	27.5	6.9	1.13	.291	3.61	7.65
24	James Shields J. Shields	1,993	355	134	116	.536	354	3.89	23	9	0	2311.0	2,284	999	1,083	303	625	85	0	20	9,675	92	7.76	2.43	3.19	1.18	20.6	6.5	1.26	.297	4.22	8.89
25	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,988	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	7.67

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Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
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Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
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Dodgers - y	99	62	.615
Padres - w	90	71	.559	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	75	.534	13.0
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