most strikeouts by pitcher from 1998 to 2009

Between the 1998 and 2009 seasons, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 2,875 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	2,875	356	179	98	.646	350	3.23	54	20	0	2401.1	2,026	863	978	265	640	112	3	26	9,779	45	10.78	2.40	4.49	0.99	29.4	6.5	1.11	.299	3.67	72	3.06	69	7.59	374.7
2	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,253	387	142	139	.505	385	4.19	26	7	0	2490.0	2,451	1,159	1,244	320	648	79	1	46	10,454	63	8.14	2.34	3.48	1.16	21.6	6.2	1.24	.298	4.50	94	3.82	85	8.86	180.4
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,184	291	154	61	.716	289	2.89	26	9	0	1915.0	1,519	615	668	167	454	103	1	14	7,703	39	10.26	2.13	4.81	0.78	28.4	5.9	1.03	.282	3.14	64	2.80	64	7.14	349.5
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	1,997	302	147	83	.639	280	3.50	49	10	9	2018.1	1,910	786	805	242	362	32	21	12	8,192	39	8.90	1.61	5.52	1.08	24.4	4.4	1.13	.300	3.59	77	3.24	73	8.52	260.2
5	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,835	343	165	104	.613	342	3.80	26	11	0	2200.1	2,197	928	1,001	232	457	46	0	17	9,056	47	7.51	1.87	4.02	0.95	20.3	5.0	1.21	.303	4.09	84	3.47	77	8.99	252.9
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,790	292	141	66	.681	291	3.38	9	5	0	1876.2	1,622	704	775	160	656	61	0	19	7,812	67	8.58	3.15	2.73	0.77	22.9	8.4	1.21	.284	3.72	75	3.42	76	7.78	227.5
7	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	1,766	371	150	118	.560	367	4.02	20	5	0	2263.0	2,266	1,012	1,103	243	693	63	1	40	9,636	52	7.02	2.76	2.55	0.97	18.3	7.2	1.31	.294	4.39	91	3.92	89	9.01	126.8
8	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,733	310	122	60	.670	234	3.12	9	6	1	1709.2	1,430	592	641	187	473	34	23	10	6,946	65	9.12	2.49	3.66	0.98	24.9	6.8	1.11	.275	3.37	70	3.37	78	7.53	181.5
9	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	1,708	367	178	111	.616	363	4.00	16	3	0	2290.0	2,417	1,017	1,132	205	721	41	1	33	9,791	39	6.71	2.83	2.37	0.81	17.4	7.4	1.37	.311	4.45	89	3.76	83	9.50	188.5
10	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	1,641	395	147	148	.498	395	4.50	47	7	0	2635.1	2,942	1,317	1,408	310	900	65	0	70	11,459	35	5.60	3.07	1.82	1.06	14.3	7.9	1.46	.308	4.81	105	4.47	103	10.05	-42.1
11	CC Sabathia	1,590	288	136	81	.627	288	3.62	28	11	0	1889.1	1,738	760	827	168	590	59	0	22	7,834	36	7.57	2.81	2.69	0.80	20.3	7.5	1.23	.289	3.94	82	3.58	82	8.28	166.2
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,551	375	171	119	.590	375	3.53	29	12	0	2410.0	2,424	946	1,055	225	390	68	0	77	9,891	29	5.79	1.46	3.98	0.84	15.7	3.9	1.17	.287	3.94	82	3.58	82	9.05	217.1
13	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	1,541	309	149	96	.608	308	4.02	30	8	0	1982.2	1,961	886	965	244	665	41	0	29	8,401	34	7.00	3.02	2.32	1.11	18.3	7.9	1.32	.291	4.38	88	4.18	92	8.90	76.1
14	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	1,529	263	113	79	.589	263	3.76	17	9	0	1687.1	1,518	705	768	156	645	40	0	30	7,143	76	8.16	3.44	2.37	0.83	21.4	9.0	1.28	.285	4.10	87	3.67	86	8.10	115.5
15	Barry Zito B. Zito	1,501	321	133	106	.556	320	3.84	10	4	0	1999.0	1,775	852	929	209	826	81	0	36	8,484	36	6.76	3.72	1.82	0.94	17.7	9.7	1.30	.267	4.18	88	4.29	98	7.99	23.4
16	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,495	313	148	76	.661	287	3.43	49	15	1	2046.2	1,997	780	870	172	455	56	6	22	8,433	43	6.57	2.00	3.29	0.76	17.7	5.4	1.20	.292	3.83	74	3.46	76	8.78	235.2
17	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	1,473	283	137	70	.662	271	3.23	18	6	0	1803.1	1,756	647	695	154	412	66	5	30	7,455	21	7.35	2.06	3.58	0.77	19.8	5.5	1.20	.299	3.47	75	3.34	76	8.76	208.1
18	A.J. Burnett	1,473	248	100	85	.541	244	3.84	20	9	0	1583.1	1,392	676	744	147	665	70	1	23	6,713	83	8.37	3.78	2.22	0.84	21.9	9.9	1.30	.286	4.23	89	3.82	88	7.91	94
19	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	1,473	387	169	111	.604	381	4.13	19	6	0	2442.2	2,494	1,121	1,196	316	640	99	2	34	10,333	27	5.43	2.36	2.30	1.16	14.3	6.2	1.28	.279	4.41	94	4.47	101	9.19	-5.6
20	Kerry Wood K. Wood	1,470	334	80	64	.556	178	3.67	11	5	54	1274.1	995	520	551	138	605	91	112	16	5,396	53	10.38	4.27	2.43	0.97	27.2	11.2	1.26	.277	3.89	85	3.79	86	7.03	85.1
21	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	1,459	431	133	114	.538	300	4.40	9	0	22	2103.0	2,021	1,029	1,144	273	767	126	59	21	9,051	78	6.24	3.28	1.90	1.17	16.1	8.5	1.33	.272	4.90	94	4.66	107	8.65	-72.5
22	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	1,402	311	148	78	.655	310	3.49	22	11	0	2059.2	1,958	798	874	164	632	75	0	61	8,604	58	6.13	2.76	2.22	0.72	16.3	7.3	1.26	.283	3.82	78	3.78	85	8.56	156.7
23	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	1,387	279	101	85	.543	275	4.13	12	8	0	1682.1	1,608	772	823	212	605	73	1	30	7,165	32	7.42	3.24	2.29	1.13	19.4	8.4	1.32	.286	4.40	96	4.27	98	8.60	14.2
24	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,366	215	95	68	.583	215	3.26	7	3	0	1362.2	1,169	494	525	136	441	45	0	31	5,626	26	9.02	2.91	3.10	0.90	24.3	7.8	1.18	.284	3.47	82	3.45	82	7.72	115.8
25	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	1,366	451	87	90	.492	226	4.44	10	3	87	1625.0	1,613	802	861	174	772	68	185	40	7,142	56	7.57	4.28	1.77	0.96	19.1	10.8	1.47	.302	4.77	103	4.34	99	8.93	6.6