most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 1997 to june 12, 2018

Between January 1, 1997 and June 12, 2018, Randy Johnson fanned the most hitters, with 3,166 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from January 1, 1997 to June 12, 2018

	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,166	386	199	102	.661	379	3.16	59	22	0	2614.1	2,173	917	1,038	285	717	122	3	28	10,629	49	10.90	2.47	4.42	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.57	7.48
2	CC Sabathia	2,893	521	241	147	.621	521	3.69	38	12	0	3380.1	3,199	1,387	1,518	346	1,027	112	0	44	14,126	73	7.70	2.73	2.82	0.92	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.52
3	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	8.82
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,529	399	196	116	.628	399	3.39	24	8	0	2638.1	2,293	994	1,078	250	791	88	0	27	10,865	80	8.63	2.70	3.20	0.85	23.3	7.3	1.17	.283	3.68	7.82
5	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
6	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,502	551	243	180	.574	540	4.06	37	13	0	3390.0	3,496	1,531	1,664	426	934	63	2	47	14,335	43	6.64	2.48	2.68	1.13	17.5	6.5	1.31	.295	4.42	9.28
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,489	322	171	69	.713	320	2.78	39	13	0	2156.1	1,677	666	733	183	521	112	1	19	8,650	42	10.39	2.17	4.78	0.76	28.8	6.0	1.02	.280	3.06	7.00
8	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,406	389	166	119	.582	389	3.28	25	11	0	2579.2	2,320	939	1,043	231	751	95	0	16	10,616	144	8.39	2.62	3.20	0.81	22.7	7.1	1.19	.293	3.64	8.09
9	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,319	435	177	111	.615	394	3.41	16	5	1	2534.2	2,379	959	1,033	256	607	61	8	21	10,401	80	8.23	2.16	3.82	0.91	22.3	5.8	1.18	.297	3.67	8.45
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,316	337	164	94	.636	315	3.45	56	12	9	2272.2	2,118	870	901	267	420	37	21	15	9,201	44	9.17	1.66	5.51	1.06	25.2	4.6	1.12	.300	3.57	8.39
11	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,306	376	150	108	.581	375	3.38	16	7	0	2441.2	2,173	918	981	281	674	84	0	42	10,019	52	8.50	2.48	3.42	1.04	23.0	6.7	1.17	.283	3.62	8.01
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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,291	319	151	77	.662	310	3.24	9	5	0	1991.2	1,647	716	775	220	556	70	2	14	8,085	63	10.35	2.51	4.12	0.99	28.3	6.9	1.11	.288	3.50	7.44
14	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
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,173	300	145	68	.681	298	2.37	25	15	0	1984.0	1,475	523	569	135	518	29	1	27	7,802	75	9.86	2.35	4.19	0.61	27.9	6.6	1.00	.271	2.58	6.69
16	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,172	465	223	136	.621	461	3.83	21	4	0	2920.0	3,036	1,242	1,381	250	896	51	1	37	12,400	55	6.69	2.76	2.42	0.77	17.5	7.2	1.35	.308	4.26	9.36
17	James Shields J. Shields	2,139	388	140	130	.519	386	3.99	23	9	0	2500.2	2,468	1,110	1,198	337	701	91	1	22	10,495	101	7.70	2.52	3.05	1.21	20.4	6.7	1.27	.295	4.31	8.88
18	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
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,107	362	166	94	.638	361	3.47	15	4	0	2261.1	2,065	872	943	216	731	78	0	8	9,382	55	8.39	2.91	2.88	0.86	22.5	7.8	1.24	.296	3.75	8.22
20	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	2,083	451	169	152	.526	443	4.11	22	6	0	2720.1	2,770	1,243	1,357	296	843	74	3	46	11,616	67	6.89	2.79	2.47	0.98	17.9	7.3	1.33	.297	4.49	9.16
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,082	326	162	73	.689	325	3.21	18	8	0	2140.2	1,826	764	840	169	724	73	0	20	8,856	71	8.75	3.04	2.88	0.71	23.5	8.2	1.19	.285	3.53	7.68
22	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
23	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2,075	579	132	133	.498	351	4.35	11	3	87	2387.0	2,347	1,154	1,250	267	1,071	91	186	47	10,412	80	7.82	4.04	1.94	1.01	19.9	10.3	1.43	.301	4.71	8.85
24	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,053	376	180	112	.616	375	3.74	30	12	0	2425.0	2,394	1,008	1,088	259	511	49	0	20	9,961	52	7.62	1.90	4.02	0.96	20.6	5.1	1.20	.301	4.04	8.88
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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