most strikeouts allowed since july 11, 1998

Since July 11, 1998, Justin Verlander has struck out the most hitters, with 3,554 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player Since July 11, 1998

	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	3,554	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
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,507	490	221	121	.646	481	3.27	12	5	0	2987.2	2,464	1,085	1,158	363	793	115	2	20	12,104	80	10.56	2.39	4.42	1.09	29.0	6.6	1.09	.287	3.49	7.42
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	3,052	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
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	2,713	412	156	94	.624	331	2.97	16	3	12	2195.0	1,783	724	782	221	513	140	25	15	8,840	48	11.12	2.10	5.29	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	7.31
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,705	337	172	90	.656	331	3.13	51	20	0	2275.1	1,900	792	899	248	591	101	3	26	9,225	38	10.70	2.34	4.58	0.98	29.3	6.4	1.09	.296	3.56	7.52
8	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
9	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
10	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	8.30
11	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
12	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,458	432	162	154	.513	425	4.17	28	8	0	2742.0	2,677	1,269	1,366	356	726	84	5	57	11,514	76	8.07	2.38	3.39	1.17	21.3	6.3	1.24	.294	4.48	8.79
13	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,368	528	234	177	.569	517	4.14	32	11	0	3237.2	3,378	1,488	1,611	419	858	58	2	44	13,692	36	6.58	2.39	2.76	1.16	17.3	6.3	1.31	.296	4.48	9.39
14	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,324	329	157	85	.649	329	3.19	8	5	0	2022.0	1,687	717	767	228	514	62	0	7	8,140	58	10.34	2.29	4.52	1.01	28.6	6.3	1.09	.291	3.41	7.51
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Charlie 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
20	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	8.66
21	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,080	482	222	133	.625	479	3.49	26	13	0	3126.2	2,957	1,213	1,319	248	917	124	0	84	13,005	84	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.1	1.24	.281	3.80	8.51
22	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,077	383	116	123	.485	344	3.86	4	2	0	2032.2	1,954	871	933	248	570	39	11	12	8,501	65	9.20	2.52	3.64	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.306	4.13	8.65
23	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
24	Yu 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
25	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

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White Sox	55	51	.519
Guardians	55	54	.505	1.5
Twins	54	54	.500	2.0
Tigers	51	58	.468	5.5
Royals	45	63	.417	11.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/31	DET	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Sat 8/1	DET	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Sun 8/2	DET	@	ATH	4:05 PM
Tue 8/4	DET	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Wed 8/5	DET	@	SEA	9:40 PM

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RBI Leaders

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Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

Hit Leaders

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Lopez

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Arraez

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Run Leaders

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Wood

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Alvarez

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Reynolds

OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Soto

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Wood

SLG Leaders

.647

Alvarez

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Rice

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Witt

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Sánchez

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Burns

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Strikeout Leaders

185

Misiorowski

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Williams

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1.58

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0.90

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6.28

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Wood

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Alvarez

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Ohtani

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1,132

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	62	45	.579
Phillies	57	52	.523	6.0
Marlins	55	54	.505	8.0
Nationals	55	54	.505	8.0
Mets	46	62	.426	16.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	67	41	.620
Cubs	61	46	.570	5.5
Pirates	55	54	.505	12.5
Cardinals	53	54	.495	13.5
Reds	50	56	.472	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	67	40	.626
Diamondbacks	57	52	.523	11.0
Padres	55	53	.509	12.5
Giants	46	62	.426	21.5
Rockies	42	67	.385	26.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	62	44	.585
Yankees	61	46	.570	1.5
Red Sox	55	51	.519	7.0
Orioles	53	56	.486	10.5
Blue Jays	50	59	.459	13.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	55	51	.519
Guardians	55	54	.505	1.5
Twins	54	54	.500	2.0
Tigers	51	58	.468	5.5
Royals	45	63	.417	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	55	52	.514
Astros	54	55	.495	2.0
Mariners	53	55	.491	2.5
Athletics	45	62	.421	10.0
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Sat 7/11	MIL	@	PIT	6-7
Sat 7/11	LAA	@	MIN	3-5
Sat 7/11	MIL	@	PIT	2-3
Sat 7/11	NYY	@	WSH	4-2
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Wed 7/29	CLE	@	CIN	7:10 PM
Wed 7/29	ATL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
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