most strikeouts allowed from september 1, 1999 to september 18, 2025

Between September 1, 1999 and September 18, 2025, Justin Verlander struck out the most hitters, with 3,543 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From September 1, 1999 to September 18, 2025

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,543	553	265	157	.628	553	3.32	26	9	0	3557.1	3,032	1,311	1,420	368	1,001	121	0	28	14,559	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.93	24.3	6.9	1.13	.280	3.59	7.67
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,482	481	220	115	.657	472	3.19	12	5	0	2957.1	2,416	1,048	1,121	351	778	114	2	20	11,952	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.07	29.1	6.5	1.08	.286	3.41	7.35
3	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
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,039	452	222	96	.698	449	2.54	25	15	0	2844.2	2,185	802	879	234	708	46	1	28	11,234	107	9.61	2.24	4.29	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.91
5	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	8.52
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,564	391	143	88	.619	311	3.00	16	3	12	2073.1	1,685	691	744	211	483	127	25	15	8,344	48	11.13	2.10	5.31	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.23	7.31
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	8.09
8	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
9	A.J. Burnett	2,504	433	162	157	.508	428	4.00	24	10	0	2720.2	2,510	1,208	1,325	262	1,092	143	1	35	11,617	161	8.28	3.61	2.29	0.87	21.6	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	8.30
10	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
11	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,317	397	153	139	.524	391	4.03	26	8	0	2551.1	2,466	1,142	1,230	323	656	73	4	54	10,666	72	8.17	2.31	3.53	1.14	21.7	6.2	1.22	.294	4.34	8.70
12	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
13	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	7	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	7.49
14	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
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,231	292	146	78	.652	286	3.32	34	12	0	1923.1	1,646	710	804	218	492	89	3	22	7,839	35	10.44	2.30	4.53	1.02	28.5	6.3	1.11	.297	3.76	7.70
16	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
17	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	8.69
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,193	414	147	133	.525	407	4.11	3	2	0	2265.0	2,136	1,034	1,133	225	856	199	1	27	9,737	72	8.71	3.40	2.56	0.89	22.5	8.8	1.32	.305	4.50	8.49
19	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,174	488	214	168	.560	477	4.10	30	10	0	2992.0	3,124	1,362	1,479	389	759	51	2	36	12,623	33	6.54	2.28	2.86	1.17	17.2	6.0	1.30	.296	4.45	9.40
20	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
21	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	8.18
22	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,067	295	114	93	.551	295	3.65	2	1	0	1768.1	1,448	717	752	229	561	83	0	8	7,266	83	10.52	2.86	3.68	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	7.37
23	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,040	382	194	99	.662	374	3.35	65	19	0	2613.1	2,503	972	1,063	217	523	78	4	27	10,680	50	7.03	1.80	3.90	0.75	19.1	4.9	1.16	.292	3.66	8.62
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	8.33
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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