most strikeouts allowed since august 19, 1999

Since August 19, 1999, Justin Verlander has struck out the most hitters, with 3,554 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts allowed by a player Since August 19, 1999
NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3,554
556
266
159
.626
556
3.33
26
9
0
3571.1
3,052
1,322
1,433
372
1,006
121
0
28
14,626
100
8.96
2.54
3.53
0.94
24.3
6.9
1.14
.280
3.61
7.69
2Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
3,525
495
221
124
.641
486
3.28
12
5
0
3013.0
2,485
1,098
1,171
366
804
115
2
20
12,212
82
10.53
2.40
4.38
1.09
28.9
6.6
1.09
.286
3.50
7.42
3CC Sabathia
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
4Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
3,052
455
223
96
.699
451
2.53
25
15
0
2855.1
2,193
804
881
235
713
46
1
28
11,279
108
9.62
2.25
4.28
0.74
27.1
6.3
1.02
.271
2.78
6.91
5Zack 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
6Chris Sale
C. Sale
2,756
417
158
97
.620
336
2.95
17
4
12
2228.0
1,808
730
788
221
515
142
25
15
8,965
48
11.13
2.08
5.35
0.89
30.7
5.7
1.04
.298
3.18
7.30
7Cole 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
8Felix 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
9A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
2,509
434
163
157
.509
429
3.99
24
10
0
2725.2
2,514
1,209
1,327
262
1,098
143
1
35
11,641
161
8.28
3.63
2.29
0.87
21.6
9.4
1.33
.295
4.38
8.30
10Jon 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
11Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
2,356
334
160
87
.648
334
3.18
8
5
0
2052.2
1,712
725
776
230
521
63
0
7
8,263
58
10.33
2.28
4.52
1.01
28.5
6.3
1.09
.291
3.40
7.51
12Javier Vazquez
J. Vazquez
2,323
399
154
139
.526
393
4.04
26
8
0
2563.1
2,481
1,150
1,238
324
659
73
4
54
10,718
72
8.16
2.31
3.53
1.14
21.7
6.1
1.22
.294
4.35
8.71
13John 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
14Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
2,262
295
148
79
.652
289
3.30
35
12
0
1947.1
1,662
714
809
221
497
89
3
22
7,932
35
10.45
2.30
4.55
1.02
28.5
6.3
1.11
.296
3.74
7.68
15James 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
16Jake 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
17Adam 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
18Charlie Morton
C. Morton
2,196
416
147
134
.523
409
4.13
3
2
0
2267.2
2,143
1,040
1,139
226
859
200
1
27
9,755
72
8.72
3.41
2.56
0.90
22.5
8.8
1.32
.306
4.52
8.51
19Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
2,192
491
217
168
.564
480
4.10
30
10
0
3011.1
3,136
1,371
1,488
393
768
51
2
36
12,700
33
6.55
2.30
2.85
1.17
17.3
6.0
1.30
.295
4.45
9.37
20Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
2,103
388
119
124
.490
349
3.86
4
2
0
2061.1
1,984
883
945
251
576
39
11
12
8,619
65
9.18
2.51
3.65
1.10
24.4
6.7
1.24
.307
4.13
8.66
21David 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
22Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
2,075
297
115
93
.553
297
3.65
2
1
0
1778.0
1,460
721
756
231
563
83
0
8
7,305
83
10.50
2.85
3.69
1.17
28.4
7.7
1.14
.282
3.83
7.39
23Madison 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
24Sonny Gray
S. Gray
2,053
364
141
106
.571
355
3.53
7
5
0
2061.2
1,807
808
882
207
658
62
2
5
8,538
107
8.96
2.87
3.12
0.90
24.0
7.7
1.20
.288
3.85
7.89
25Roy Halladay
R. Halladay
2,047
384
194
100
.660
376
3.35
65
19
0
2626.0
2,518
978
1,069
220
533
78
4
28
10,740
50
7.02
1.83
3.84
0.75
19.1
5.0
1.16
.292
3.66
8.63
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.481
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.526
68
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2.5
64
70
.478
6.5
62
71
.466
8.0
60
75
.444
11.0
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