most strikeouts allowed from august 23, 1996 to june 20, 2023

Between August 23, 1996 and June 20, 2023, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 3,261 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,261	442	207	104	.666	433	3.13	12	5	0	2746.2	2,240	956	1,028	311	716	110	2	20	11,096	75	10.69	2.35	4.55	1.02	29.4	6.5	1.08	.288	3.37	7.34
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,242	491	246	137	.642	491	3.26	26	9	0	3215.0	2,704	1,165	1,262	330	893	104	0	27	13,095	91	9.08	2.50	3.63	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.278	3.53	7.57
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,169	387	199	102	.661	379	3.17	59	22	0	2617.0	2,176	921	1,042	286	719	122	3	28	10,641	49	10.90	2.47	4.41	0.98	29.8	6.8	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	2,940	571	224	148	.602	529	3.46	17	5	1	3323.2	3,129	1,276	1,371	356	749	77	8	25	13,600	100	7.96	2.03	3.93	0.96	21.6	5.5	1.17	.293	3.71	8.47
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,910	416	206	91	.694	413	2.49	25	15	0	2670.1	2,030	738	807	218	652	41	1	27	10,521	98	9.81	2.20	4.46	0.73	27.7	6.2	1.00	.270	2.72	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	2,550	329	174	71	.710	327	2.75	40	13	0	2205.2	1,713	674	742	186	538	113	1	20	8,846	44	10.41	2.20	4.74	0.76	28.8	6.1	1.02	.280	3.03	6.99
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	2,375	344	167	98	.630	322	3.45	60	12	9	2325.0	2,162	890	922	269	427	37	21	15	9,401	46	9.19	1.65	5.56	1.04	25.3	4.5	1.11	.301	3.57	8.37
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	2,216	473	226	137	.623	469	3.81	21	4	0	2975.0	3,087	1,258	1,399	254	908	52	1	37	12,623	57	6.70	2.75	2.44	0.77	17.6	7.2	1.34	.308	4.23	9.34
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	2,171	465	198	118	.627	398	3.42	28	11	3	2611.0	2,486	991	1,058	219	708	80	13	40	10,833	50	7.48	2.44	3.07	0.75	20.0	6.5	1.22	.296	3.65	8.57
20	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,143	333	165	75	.688	332	3.20	20	9	0	2193.1	1,863	781	859	173	747	73	0	20	9,068	72	8.79	3.07	2.87	0.71	23.6	8.2	1.19	.285	3.52	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	2,104	384	183	115	.614	383	3.76	31	13	0	2475.0	2,445	1,035	1,115	263	528	50	0	20	10,175	53	7.65	1.92	3.98	0.96	20.7	5.2	1.20	.302	4.05	8.89
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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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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