most strikeouts allowed from august 18, 1999 to september 30, 2018

Between August 18, 1999 and September 30, 2018, CC Sabathia struck out the most batters, with 2,986 strikeouts.

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	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	CC Sabathia	2,986	538	246	153	.617	538	3.70	38	12	0	3470.0	3,292	1,426	1,559	355	1,060	120	0	44	14,521	74	7.74	2.75	2.82	0.92	20.6	7.3	1.25	.294	4.04	8.54
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,706	419	204	123	.624	419	3.39	24	8	0	2759.0	2,398	1,039	1,124	272	808	92	0	27	11,346	83	8.83	2.64	3.35	0.89	23.8	7.1	1.16	.285	3.67	7.82
3	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
4	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,467	404	168	128	.568	403	3.34	25	11	0	2658.0	2,402	986	1,099	247	780	99	0	16	10,959	151	8.35	2.64	3.16	0.84	22.5	7.1	1.20	.293	3.72	8.13
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,449	338	159	82	.660	329	3.22	10	5	0	2117.2	1,739	757	817	236	585	78	2	17	8,585	65	10.41	2.49	4.19	1.00	28.5	6.8	1.10	.287	3.47	7.39
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,435	455	187	118	.613	414	3.39	16	5	1	2663.1	2,486	1,002	1,078	271	637	65	8	23	10,919	84	8.23	2.15	3.82	0.92	22.3	5.8	1.17	.295	3.64	8.40
7	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,415	395	156	114	.578	394	3.40	17	7	0	2553.0	2,280	964	1,036	293	710	93	0	42	10,484	56	8.51	2.50	3.40	1.03	23.0	6.8	1.17	.285	3.65	8.04
8	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,327	400	154	140	.524	394	4.05	26	8	0	2568.1	2,488	1,155	1,243	326	663	73	4	54	10,743	72	8.15	2.32	3.51	1.14	21.7	6.2	1.23	.294	4.36	8.72
9	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
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,275	318	153	69	.689	316	2.39	25	15	0	2096.1	1,570	557	609	145	536	31	1	27	8,252	81	9.77	2.30	4.24	0.62	27.6	6.5	1.00	.271	2.61	6.74
11	Randy 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
12	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
13	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
14	Bartolo 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
15	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,190	381	177	98	.644	380	3.50	15	4	0	2366.0	2,182	920	995	232	768	79	0	8	9,831	58	8.33	2.92	2.85	0.88	22.3	7.8	1.25	.297	3.78	8.30
16	Roy 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
17	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
18	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,000	469	215	132	.620	466	3.51	26	13	0	3042.0	2,877	1,186	1,291	245	880	121	0	84	12,646	80	5.92	2.60	2.27	0.72	15.8	7.0	1.24	.280	3.82	8.51
19	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,988	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	7.67
20	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	1,959	548	126	122	.508	323	4.25	11	3	87	2236.1	2,176	1,056	1,148	248	975	76	185	45	9,701	71	7.88	3.92	2.01	1.00	20.2	10.1	1.41	.299	4.62	8.76
21	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,921	384	149	125	.544	381	4.06	21	11	0	2408.0	2,307	1,087	1,172	316	748	102	1	34	10,141	96	7.18	2.80	2.57	1.18	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.38	8.62
22	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,901	335	138	106	.566	332	3.88	12	6	0	2051.0	1,897	884	957	238	629	76	1	28	8,579	59	8.34	2.76	3.02	1.04	22.2	7.3	1.23	.289	4.20	8.32
23	Barry Zito B. Zito	1,885	433	165	143	.536	421	4.04	12	5	0	2576.2	2,381	1,157	1,254	282	1,064	97	9	52	11,001	50	6.58	3.72	1.77	0.98	17.1	9.7	1.34	.274	4.38	8.32
24	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	1,870	518	214	160	.572	493	3.81	33	10	0	3283.1	3,472	1,391	1,542	361	734	79	6	49	13,705	27	5.13	2.01	2.55	0.99	13.6	5.4	1.28	.292	4.23	9.52
25	David Price D. Price	1,853	299	143	75	.656	289	3.25	17	3	0	1922.1	1,704	695	762	192	495	56	1	12	7,856	36	8.68	2.32	3.74	0.90	23.6	6.3	1.14	.287	3.57	7.98

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