most strikeouts allowed from may 9, 1996 to october 5, 2022

Between May 9, 1996 and October 5, 2022, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,200 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 9, 1996 to October 5, 2022

	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	3,200	393	200	102	.662	380	3.15	59	22	1	2636.0	2,192	924	1,046	287	724	123	5	28	10,719	49	10.93	2.47	4.42	0.98	29.9	6.8	1.11	.298	3.57	7.48
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,198	482	244	133	.647	482	3.24	26	9	0	3163.0	2,654	1,139	1,235	322	880	104	0	27	12,880	90	9.10	2.50	3.63	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.278	3.51	7.55
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,193	430	201	102	.663	421	3.11	12	5	0	2682.0	2,180	927	998	300	701	107	2	20	10,831	74	10.71	2.35	4.55	1.01	29.5	6.5	1.07	.288	3.35	7.32
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	2,882	556	223	141	.613	514	3.42	17	5	1	3247.0	3,049	1,235	1,328	342	739	75	8	25	13,284	99	7.99	2.05	3.90	0.95	21.7	5.6	1.17	.293	3.68	8.45
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,807	401	197	87	.694	398	2.48	25	15	0	2581.0	1,955	711	777	206	629	39	1	27	10,160	95	9.79	2.19	4.46	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	6.82
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,660	348	180	78	.698	346	2.86	42	13	0	2325.0	1,831	739	814	198	580	114	1	22	9,359	47	10.30	2.25	4.59	0.77	28.4	6.2	1.04	.281	3.15	7.09
8	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
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	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
14	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
15	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,304	492	239	143	.626	488	3.83	23	4	0	3096.0	3,213	1,316	1,462	270	952	54	1	39	13,140	60	6.70	2.77	2.42	0.78	17.5	7.2	1.35	.308	4.25	9.34
16	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
17	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,278	352	170	82	.675	351	3.25	23	10	0	2330.0	1,997	842	923	184	805	74	0	21	9,655	78	8.80	3.11	2.83	0.71	23.6	8.3	1.20	.287	3.57	7.71
18	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
19	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,218	405	195	121	.617	404	3.84	33	13	0	2617.0	2,606	1,116	1,198	282	569	52	0	20	10,787	55	7.63	1.96	3.90	0.97	20.6	5.3	1.21	.303	4.12	8.96
20	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
21	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,147	457	195	117	.625	390	3.38	28	11	3	2567.1	2,426	964	1,028	213	695	80	13	40	10,632	50	7.53	2.44	3.09	0.75	20.2	6.5	1.22	.295	3.60	8.50
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	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
24	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
25	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

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