most strikeouts allowed from august 13, 1996 to june 2, 2023

Between August 13, 1996 and June 2, 2023, Max Scherzer struck out the most hitters, with 3,241 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from august 13, 1996 to june 2, 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	3,241	439	206	104	.665	430	3.11	12	5	0	2729.2	2,218	944	1,016	307	715	108	2	20	11,021	75	10.69	2.36	4.53	1.01	29.4	6.5	1.07	.287	3.35	7.31
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,228	488	246	136	.644	488	3.25	26	9	0	3199.0	2,686	1,156	1,252	328	889	104	0	27	13,026	91	9.08	2.50	3.63	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.278	3.52	7.56
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,186	390	199	102	.661	379	3.16	59	22	1	2626.0	2,182	923	1,045	287	720	123	4	28	10,677	49	10.92	2.47	4.43	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.58	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	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,929	568	224	146	.605	526	3.44	17	5	1	3309.1	3,111	1,264	1,359	352	748	76	8	25	13,538	100	7.97	2.03	3.92	0.96	21.6	5.5	1.17	.292	3.70	8.46
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,891	413	204	91	.692	410	2.50	25	15	0	2650.1	2,014	736	805	216	646	41	1	27	10,440	97	9.82	2.19	4.48	0.73	27.7	6.2	1.00	.271	2.73	6.84
7	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
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,554	331	175	72	.709	329	2.78	40	13	0	2214.0	1,726	684	752	188	541	113	1	20	8,887	44	10.38	2.20	4.72	0.76	28.7	6.1	1.02	.280	3.06	7.02
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	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
14	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,399	346	168	99	.629	324	3.44	61	13	9	2341.0	2,173	894	926	270	428	37	21	15	9,460	46	9.22	1.65	5.61	1.04	25.4	4.5	1.11	.301	3.56	8.35
15	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
16	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
17	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,229	475	228	137	.625	471	3.80	22	4	0	2991.0	3,097	1,263	1,404	257	912	52	1	37	12,683	58	6.71	2.74	2.44	0.77	17.6	7.2	1.34	.308	4.22	9.32
18	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
19	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,163	462	197	118	.625	395	3.41	28	11	3	2593.2	2,463	982	1,049	216	703	80	13	40	10,756	50	7.51	2.44	3.08	0.75	20.1	6.5	1.22	.296	3.64	8.55
20	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,163	335	167	75	.690	334	3.18	22	10	0	2211.1	1,878	782	860	173	752	73	0	20	9,141	72	8.80	3.06	2.88	0.70	23.7	8.2	1.19	.285	3.50	7.64
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,135	334	119	77	.607	254	3.08	16	3	12	1737.0	1,417	595	643	186	402	109	25	15	7,001	40	11.06	2.08	5.31	0.96	30.5	5.7	1.05	.295	3.33	7.34
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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,117	386	185	115	.617	385	3.76	31	13	0	2489.0	2,456	1,039	1,119	265	532	50	0	20	10,230	53	7.65	1.92	3.98	0.96	20.7	5.2	1.20	.302	4.05	8.88
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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Nationals	21	23	.477	9.0
Marlins	20	24	.455	10.0
Mets	18	25	.419	11.5
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Brewers	24	17	.585	2.5
Cardinals	25	18	.581	2.5
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Reds	23	21	.523	5.0
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