most strikeouts allowed since july 18, 1999

Since July 18, 1999, Justin Verlander has struck out the most batters, with 3,554 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player Since July 18, 1999

	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	3,503	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	12	5	0	2985.0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	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	2,671	406	153	93	.622	325	2.98	16	3	12	2162.1	1,754	717	772	219	507	138	25	15	8,708	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	7.30
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	2,513	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
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	2,353	406	158	141	.528	400	4.04	28	8	0	2610.2	2,523	1,173	1,263	333	674	75	4	54	10,914	72	8.11	2.32	3.49	1.15	21.6	6.2	1.22	.293	4.35	8.70
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,327	301	151	80	.654	295	3.26	37	13	0	1996.1	1,701	724	820	225	508	93	3	23	8,127	35	10.49	2.29	4.58	1.01	28.6	6.3	1.11	.297	3.70	7.67
13	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
14	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,269	321	154	81	.655	321	3.17	8	5	0	1976.0	1,644	696	746	220	506	62	0	7	7,950	58	10.33	2.30	4.48	1.00	28.5	6.4	1.09	.291	3.40	7.49
15	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
16	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,218	497	221	169	.567	486	4.07	31	11	0	3054.2	3,172	1,381	1,498	395	782	52	2	36	12,872	34	6.53	2.30	2.84	1.16	17.2	6.1	1.29	.295	4.41	9.35
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	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	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
22	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
23	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,067	392	196	102	.658	377	3.39	65	19	0	2647.1	2,542	996	1,088	225	542	79	4	28	10,835	52	7.03	1.84	3.81	0.76	19.1	5.0	1.16	.292	3.70	8.64
24	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,033	375	116	117	.498	336	3.81	4	2	0	1991.0	1,908	842	900	242	549	39	11	11	8,311	65	9.19	2.48	3.70	1.09	24.5	6.6	1.23	.306	4.07	8.62
25	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,025	474	217	132	.622	471	3.52	26	13	0	3072.1	2,909	1,200	1,305	247	893	121	0	84	12,779	83	5.93	2.62	2.27	0.72	15.8	7.0	1.24	.280	3.82	8.52

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