most strikeouts allowed from august 18, 1996 to september 5, 2023

Between August 18, 1996 and September 5, 2023, Max Scherzer struck out the most hitters, with 3,361 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from august 18, 1996 to september 5, 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	3,361	455	212	107	.665	446	3.13	12	5	0	2826.1	2,297	984	1,056	325	743	111	2	20	11,415	75	10.70	2.37	4.52	1.03	29.4	6.5	1.08	.287	3.36	7.31
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,311	504	254	140	.645	504	3.24	26	9	0	3292.1	2,768	1,187	1,287	337	919	109	0	27	13,419	94	9.05	2.51	3.60	0.92	24.7	6.8	1.12	.278	3.52	7.57
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,178	389	199	102	.661	379	3.17	59	22	0	2622.0	2,181	923	1,045	287	719	122	3	28	10,662	49	10.91	2.47	4.42	0.99	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.59	7.49
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	2,962	581	224	155	.591	537	3.49	17	5	1	3370.0	3,188	1,308	1,403	366	757	79	8	25	13,798	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.98	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.75	8.51
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,930	422	209	91	.697	419	2.48	25	15	0	2698.1	2,046	745	814	224	663	42	1	27	10,627	100	9.77	2.21	4.42	0.75	27.6	6.2	1.00	.269	2.72	6.82
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	2,550	330	174	72	.707	328	2.77	40	13	0	2207.0	1,721	680	748	187	539	113	1	20	8,859	44	10.40	2.20	4.73	0.76	28.8	6.1	1.02	.280	3.05	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	2,387	345	168	98	.632	323	3.43	61	13	9	2334.0	2,164	890	922	269	427	37	21	15	9,429	46	9.20	1.65	5.59	1.04	25.3	4.5	1.11	.300	3.56	8.34
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	2,220	474	227	137	.624	470	3.81	22	4	0	2984.0	3,090	1,262	1,403	256	912	52	1	37	12,656	57	6.70	2.75	2.43	0.77	17.5	7.2	1.34	.308	4.23	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	2,192	475	198	127	.609	408	3.53	28	11	3	2650.2	2,558	1,039	1,109	229	728	81	13	40	11,038	51	7.44	2.47	3.01	0.78	19.9	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	8.69
20	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,165	339	120	78	.606	259	3.10	16	3	12	1760.2	1,435	606	655	189	410	111	25	15	7,100	41	11.07	2.10	5.28	0.97	30.5	5.8	1.05	.295	3.35	7.34
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,154	334	166	75	.689	333	3.20	21	9	0	2202.1	1,871	782	860	173	749	73	0	20	9,105	72	8.80	3.06	2.88	0.71	23.7	8.2	1.19	.285	3.51	7.65
22	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,125	296	143	75	.656	296	3.20	7	4	0	1830.0	1,536	651	699	206	468	55	0	6	7,369	56	10.45	2.30	4.54	1.01	28.8	6.4	1.10	.295	3.44	7.55
23	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
24	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,112	385	184	115	.615	384	3.76	31	13	0	2482.0	2,447	1,036	1,116	264	532	50	0	20	10,201	53	7.66	1.93	3.97	0.96	20.7	5.2	1.20	.301	4.05	8.87
25	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

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