most strikeouts allowed from march 1, 1996 to august 26, 2017

Between March 1, 1996 and August 26, 2017, Randy Johnson fanned 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	2,816	503	233	146	.615	503	3.71	38	12	0	3283.2	3,108	1,352	1,475	330	999	108	0	43	13,718	70	7.72	2.74	2.82	0.90	20.5	7.3	1.25	.294	4.04	8.52
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	2,432	530	239	172	.582	521	4.02	37	13	0	3284.1	3,382	1,466	1,598	401	918	61	1	46	13,891	43	6.66	2.52	2.65	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.38	9.27
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,364	379	182	114	.615	379	3.50	23	7	0	2505.0	2,222	974	1,056	239	765	83	0	27	10,371	78	8.49	2.75	3.09	0.86	22.8	7.4	1.19	.287	3.79	7.98
9	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
10	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
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,333	372	159	113	.585	372	3.19	25	11	0	2489.1	2,236	883	984	219	716	87	0	16	10,224	140	8.43	2.59	3.26	0.79	22.8	7.0	1.19	.294	3.56	8.08
12	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,263	441	186	144	.564	440	3.93	18	8	0	2805.2	2,836	1,224	1,333	314	806	132	0	30	11,893	120	7.26	2.59	2.81	1.01	19.0	6.8	1.30	.301	4.28	9.10
13	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
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	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,203	416	170	106	.616	375	3.40	16	5	1	2419.2	2,275	914	987	238	586	59	8	20	9,938	75	8.19	2.18	3.76	0.89	22.2	5.9	1.18	.297	3.67	8.46
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,189	356	145	98	.597	355	3.33	16	7	0	2324.0	2,069	861	919	259	628	72	0	42	9,510	47	8.48	2.43	3.49	1.00	23.0	6.6	1.16	.285	3.56	8.01
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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,101	298	137	74	.649	289	3.29	8	4	0	1856.2	1,560	679	735	210	518	64	2	12	7,555	61	10.18	2.51	4.06	1.02	27.8	6.9	1.12	.290	3.56	7.56
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,086	286	141	62	.695	284	2.34	25	15	0	1901.1	1,396	495	540	123	501	29	1	27	7,464	70	9.87	2.37	4.16	0.58	27.9	6.7	1.00	.269	2.56	6.61
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	James Shields J. Shields	2,047	367	135	120	.529	366	3.96	23	9	0	2374.1	2,359	1,046	1,134	320	652	88	0	22	9,967	95	7.76	2.47	3.14	1.21	20.5	6.5	1.27	.297	4.30	8.94
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,016	343	154	91	.629	342	3.50	15	4	0	2152.0	1,972	838	905	202	690	72	0	7	8,929	53	8.43	2.89	2.92	0.84	22.6	7.7	1.24	.298	3.78	8.25
25	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

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