most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 2002 to august 15, 2024

Between January 1, 2002 and August 15, 2024, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 3,405 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	3,405	465	216	112	.659	456	3.16	12	5	0	2874.0	2,341	1,008	1,081	334	754	112	2	20	11,610	78	10.66	2.36	4.52	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.39	7.33
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,393	519	260	143	.645	519	3.25	26	9	0	3382.1	2,845	1,222	1,324	351	942	113	0	27	13,788	96	9.03	2.51	3.60	0.93	24.6	6.8	1.12	.277	3.52	7.57
3	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	8.52
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,961	429	211	94	.692	426	2.49	25	15	0	2730.2	2,075	754	827	226	674	43	1	27	10,764	102	9.76	2.22	4.39	0.74	27.5	6.3	1.01	.270	2.73	6.84
5	CC Sabathia	2,922	528	234	156	.600	527	3.70	38	12	0	3397.0	3,255	1,397	1,530	363	1,004	116	0	43	14,226	67	7.74	2.66	2.91	0.96	20.5	7.1	1.25	.294	4.05	8.62
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,366	365	133	83	.616	285	3.07	16	3	12	1915.1	1,551	653	704	201	446	117	25	15	7,708	44	11.12	2.10	5.30	0.94	30.7	5.8	1.04	.295	3.31	7.29
10	A.J. Burnett	2,295	388	146	136	.518	383	3.96	22	9	0	2434.0	2,257	1,072	1,177	232	948	134	1	27	10,386	152	8.49	3.51	2.42	0.86	22.1	9.1	1.32	.299	4.35	8.35
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,204	309	148	77	.658	309	3.20	8	5	0	1905.0	1,600	678	726	215	485	58	0	6	7,672	58	10.41	2.29	4.54	1.02	28.7	6.3	1.09	.294	3.43	7.56
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	8.69
16	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	8.10
17	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	8.18
18	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
19	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,003	362	142	99	.589	338	3.75	4	2	1	1995.1	1,847	832	914	230	701	89	4	21	8,476	61	9.03	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.6	8.3	1.28	.297	4.12	8.33
20	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,000	375	136	120	.531	374	4.02	3	2	0	2081.0	1,950	930	1,027	199	766	183	0	25	8,911	68	8.65	3.31	2.61	0.86	22.4	8.6	1.31	.304	4.44	8.43
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,982	277	107	88	.549	277	3.58	2	1	0	1680.2	1,374	668	702	211	537	75	0	8	6,907	78	10.61	2.88	3.69	1.13	28.7	7.8	1.14	.284	3.76	7.36
22	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,978	425	151	129	.539	386	4.11	21	11	0	2486.2	2,391	1,135	1,221	331	776	104	20	35	10,482	104	7.16	2.81	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.42	8.65
23	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,896	315	136	75	.645	275	3.02	15	10	1	1896.0	1,574	636	684	203	497	31	9	13	7,669	60	9.00	2.36	3.81	0.96	24.7	6.5	1.09	.272	3.25	7.47
24	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,882	342	185	88	.678	341	3.17	64	18	0	2413.0	2,277	849	927	198	444	74	0	27	9,785	40	7.02	1.66	4.24	0.74	19.2	4.5	1.13	.289	3.46	8.49
25	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	1,880	326	124	117	.515	320	4.11	18	3	0	2071.2	1,990	946	1,016	274	538	65	4	38	8,661	66	8.17	2.34	3.49	1.19	21.7	6.2	1.22	.291	4.41	8.65

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	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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Thu 3/25	PHI	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sat 3/27	PHI	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 3/28	PHI	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Mon 3/29	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Tue 3/30	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
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
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
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Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0