most strikeouts by a pitcher from 1997 to 2001

Between the 1997 and 2001 seasons, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 1,703 strikeouts.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,703	169	96	37	.722	167	2.64	38	15	0	1227.1	940	360	411	115	380	57	1	9	4,938	28	12.49	2.79	4.48	0.84	34.5	7.7	1.08	.307	3.01	57	2.62	57	6.89	265.7
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1,316	142	84	28	.750	140	2.18	29	11	0	1022.0	718	248	280	73	228	46	1	9	4,006	23	11.59	2.01	5.77	0.64	32.9	5.7	0.93	.275	2.47	47	2.27	51	6.32	254.2
3	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	1,232	158	80	49	.620	158	3.28	44	8	0	1170.1	1,044	426	447	137	247	18	0	10	4,716	29	9.47	1.90	4.99	1.05	26.1	5.2	1.10	.294	3.44	73	3.20	72	8.03	158.4
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,127	162	88	34	.721	162	3.20	16	7	0	1111.0	947	395	434	85	402	43	0	2	4,623	34	9.13	3.26	2.80	0.69	24.4	8.7	1.21	.291	3.52	69	3.27	71	7.67	164.2
5	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1,003	157	75	34	.688	155	2.66	24	7	0	1092.1	924	323	370	66	259	42	0	15	4,412	28	8.26	2.13	3.87	0.54	22.7	5.9	1.08	.282	3.05	64	2.89	66	7.61	183.7
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	989	161	74	51	.592	161	3.43	22	7	0	1100.2	1,031	419	452	113	235	15	0	8	4,478	26	8.09	1.92	4.21	0.92	22.1	5.2	1.15	.294	3.70	75	3.32	72	8.43	159.4
7	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	966	169	75	49	.605	165	3.79	9	2	0	1067.0	912	449	491	115	482	65	1	11	4,565	37	8.15	4.07	2.00	0.97	21.2	10.6	1.31	.271	4.14	92	4.23	96	7.69	18.6
8	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	962	155	53	54	.495	153	4.57	7	2	0	929.0	858	472	495	126	449	22	0	9	4,035	55	9.32	4.35	2.14	1.22	23.8	11.1	1.41	.296	4.80	105	4.32	98	8.31	6.2
9	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	883	160	62	58	.517	157	5.16	16	2	0	1009.2	1,101	579	618	155	341	65	2	14	4,416	23	7.87	3.04	2.59	1.38	20.0	7.7	1.43	.318	5.51	100	4.56	94	9.81	32.3
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	880	169	92	42	.687	169	2.79	27	13	0	1185.1	1,104	368	413	77	171	34	0	46	4,759	8	6.68	1.30	5.15	0.58	18.5	3.6	1.08	.286	3.14	64	2.98	68	8.38	188.7
11	Chuck Finley C. Finley	852	148	60	44	.577	148	4.22	9	2	0	932.1	901	437	479	100	404	23	0	6	4,010	43	8.22	3.90	2.11	0.97	21.2	10.1	1.40	.304	4.62	89	4.05	86	8.70	69
12	Darryl Kile D. Kile	850	170	76	57	.571	169	4.16	18	7	0	1136.1	1,133	525	570	135	422	47	1	15	4,880	46	6.73	3.34	2.01	1.07	17.4	8.6	1.37	.291	4.51	87	4.39	95	8.97	26.6
13	David Cone D. Cone	843	146	57	43	.570	145	4.07	5	1	0	886.2	845	401	438	100	374	49	0	12	3,845	47	8.56	3.80	2.25	1.02	21.9	9.7	1.37	.301	4.45	88	4.10	89	8.58	47.8
14	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	824	162	61	56	.521	160	4.17	17	3	1	1046.0	1,075	485	536	135	232	22	1	25	4,410	11	7.09	2.00	3.55	1.16	18.7	5.3	1.25	.294	4.61	95	3.93	88	9.25	62.3
15	Al Leiter A. Leiter	810	147	68	46	.596	147	3.49	7	4	0	952.2	847	369	405	77	377	47	0	18	4,026	19	7.65	3.56	2.15	0.73	20.1	9.4	1.28	.284	3.83	82	3.79	87	8.00	58.8
16	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	798	146	65	41	.613	144	4.09	11	4	0	913.1	880	415	446	98	388	19	0	17	3,922	21	7.86	3.82	2.06	0.97	20.3	9.9	1.39	.299	4.39	86	4.09	88	8.67	58.5
17	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	753	150	65	51	.560	150	4.12	12	3	0	959.2	1,054	439	480	111	218	16	0	11	4,082	21	7.06	2.04	3.45	1.04	18.4	5.3	1.33	.316	4.50	96	3.77	88	9.88	55.3
18	Dave Burba D. Burba	735	160	67	45	.598	151	4.67	4	0	0	925.2	965	480	512	117	383	29	5	21	4,048	38	7.15	3.72	1.92	1.14	18.2	9.5	1.46	.305	4.98	100	4.50	97	9.38	14.4
19	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	726	165	77	44	.636	165	3.69	16	7	0	1094.1	1,080	449	510	87	443	28	0	17	4,670	35	5.97	3.64	1.64	0.72	15.5	9.5	1.39	.293	4.19	84	4.10	94	8.88	30.6
20	Aaron Sele A. Sele	726	167	82	47	.636	166	4.47	10	7	0	1021.2	1,116	507	549	102	359	52	0	22	4,491	21	6.40	3.16	2.02	0.90	16.2	8.0	1.44	.312	4.84	95	4.19	91	9.83	47.1
21	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	722	162	82	48	.631	161	3.99	14	2	0	1053.2	1,118	467	515	78	362	22	0	11	4,530	19	6.17	3.09	1.99	0.67	15.9	8.0	1.40	.311	4.40	87	3.79	82	9.55	95.3
22	Shawn Estes S. Estes	721	146	61	42	.592	146	4.26	9	6	0	902.2	866	427	467	69	477	26	0	18	3,946	52	7.19	4.76	1.51	0.69	18.3	12.1	1.49	.300	4.66	101	4.17	96	8.63	16.5
23	Brad Radke B. Radke	719	167	71	65	.522	167	4.06	23	5	0	1124.2	1,211	507	544	130	212	28	0	3	4,700	17	5.75	1.70	3.39	1.04	15.3	4.5	1.27	.299	4.35	85	3.97	87	9.69	75.4
24	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	715	171	85	40	.680	171	3.30	16	8	0	1163.2	1,093	427	461	99	398	16	0	41	4,848	10	5.53	3.08	1.80	0.77	14.7	8.2	1.28	.275	3.57	76	4.05	92	8.45	46.3
25	David Wells D. Wells	713	147	76	39	.661	147	4.20	30	9	0	994.1	1,066	464	497	120	188	24	0	3	4,164	22	6.45	1.70	3.79	1.09	17.1	4.5	1.26	.303	4.50	89	3.89	84	9.65	83.1