most strikeouts in by a pitcher since 1997

Since 1997, Justin Verlander has struck out the most hitters, with 3,471 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a player in by a pitcher since 1997

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,471	539	262	152	.633	539	3.32	26	9	0	3483.1	2,960	1,284	1,389	364	977	117	0	27	14,239	97	8.97	2.52	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.59	79	3.43	81	7.65	304.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,419	469	215	112	.657	460	3.17	12	5	0	2891.0	2,358	1,017	1,090	338	759	112	2	20	11,680	79	10.64	2.36	4.50	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	309
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,166	386	199	102	.661	379	3.16	59	22	0	2614.1	2,173	917	1,038	285	717	122	3	28	10,629	49	10.90	2.47	4.42	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.57	70	3.04	68	7.48	416
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	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,997	440	216	94	.697	437	2.51	25	15	0	2781.1	2,124	775	850	232	691	44	1	28	10,972	105	9.70	2.24	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.84	70	6.87	366.2
6	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	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
7	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	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
8	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	96	3.90	88	8.82	164.4
9	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	95	4.14	96	9.34	71.6
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,528	387	143	87	.622	307	3.02	16	3	12	2047.2	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	71	2.88	69	7.33	296.8
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	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
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	97	3.86	92	8.30	97.3
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,489	322	171	69	.713	320	2.78	39	13	0	2156.1	1,677	666	733	183	521	112	1	19	8,650	42	10.39	2.17	4.78	0.76	28.8	6.0	1.02	.280	3.06	62	2.75	63	7.00	398.5
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	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,316	337	164	94	.636	315	3.45	56	12	9	2272.2	2,118	870	901	267	420	37	21	15	9,201	44	9.17	1.66	5.51	1.06	25.2	4.6	1.12	.300	3.57	76	3.17	72	8.39	306
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	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
17	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
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	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
19	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	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
20	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	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
21	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,172	465	223	136	.621	461	3.83	21	4	0	2920.0	3,036	1,242	1,381	250	896	51	1	37	12,400	55	6.69	2.76	2.42	0.77	17.5	7.2	1.35	.308	4.26	86	3.69	82	9.36	251.4
22	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,124	401	142	130	.522	394	4.07	3	2	0	2197.2	2,070	993	1,092	213	821	192	1	25	9,431	70	8.70	3.36	2.59	0.87	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.47	101	3.84	96	8.48	47
23	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	77	3.39	77	8.66	296
24	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	94	3.98	91	9.16	123.8
25	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,082	326	162	73	.689	325	3.21	18	8	0	2140.2	1,826	764	840	169	724	73	0	20	8,856	71	8.75	3.04	2.88	0.71	23.5	8.2	1.19	.285	3.53	71	3.27	72	7.68	293.8