most strikeouts allowed from july 20, 1996 to september 30, 2017

Between July 20, 1996 and September 30, 2017, Randy Johnson fanned the most batters, with 3,193 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from July 20, 1996 to september 30, 2017

	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	3,193	392	199	102	.661	379	3.16	59	22	1	2631.0	2,187	923	1,045	287	721	123	5	28	10,697	49	10.92	2.47	4.43	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.57	7.48
2	CC Sabathia	2,846	509	237	146	.619	509	3.70	38	12	0	3317.0	3,142	1,364	1,487	336	1,009	109	0	44	13,856	71	7.72	2.74	2.82	0.91	20.5	7.3	1.25	.294	4.03	8.53
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,578	335	176	75	.701	333	2.81	40	13	0	2239.1	1,746	699	767	191	551	113	1	20	8,992	44	10.36	2.21	4.68	0.77	28.7	6.1	1.03	.280	3.08	7.02
4	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
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	2,450	536	239	176	.576	527	4.05	37	13	0	3309.0	3,418	1,489	1,621	406	922	61	1	46	14,005	43	6.66	2.51	2.66	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.41	9.30
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,422	350	170	100	.630	328	3.43	63	14	9	2373.0	2,199	904	936	272	438	37	21	16	9,587	49	9.19	1.66	5.53	1.03	25.3	4.6	1.11	.300	3.55	8.34
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,416	385	188	114	.623	385	3.46	23	7	0	2545.0	2,242	979	1,061	244	771	84	0	27	10,513	78	8.54	2.73	3.13	0.86	23.0	7.3	1.18	.286	3.75	7.93
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,342	375	160	114	.584	375	3.20	25	11	0	2502.1	2,243	890	992	220	721	87	0	16	10,274	140	8.42	2.59	3.25	0.79	22.8	7.0	1.18	.293	3.57	8.07
10	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,293	447	188	146	.563	446	3.92	18	8	0	2839.1	2,860	1,236	1,346	319	815	133	0	32	12,025	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	9.07
11	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,253	479	230	139	.623	475	3.83	22	4	0	3011.1	3,126	1,281	1,422	261	920	52	1	38	12,778	59	6.73	2.75	2.45	0.78	17.6	7.2	1.34	.308	4.25	9.34
12	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,236	422	172	107	.616	381	3.40	16	5	1	2455.2	2,305	928	1,001	243	594	59	8	20	10,080	80	8.19	2.18	3.76	0.89	22.2	5.9	1.18	.297	3.67	8.45
13	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,222	362	147	101	.593	361	3.36	16	7	0	2359.1	2,099	881	940	264	644	74	0	42	9,663	48	8.48	2.46	3.45	1.01	23.0	6.7	1.16	.284	3.59	8.01
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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,187	339	168	77	.686	338	3.20	22	10	0	2239.0	1,909	796	875	173	762	73	0	20	9,260	73	8.79	3.06	2.87	0.70	23.6	8.2	1.19	.286	3.52	7.67
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,149	305	141	75	.653	296	3.30	8	4	0	1897.0	1,589	695	751	213	534	66	2	13	7,719	61	10.20	2.53	4.02	1.01	27.8	6.9	1.12	.289	3.56	7.54
17	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,141	391	188	116	.618	390	3.78	32	13	0	2524.1	2,491	1,059	1,140	269	540	50	0	20	10,373	53	7.63	1.93	3.96	0.96	20.6	5.2	1.20	.301	4.06	8.88
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,120	292	144	64	.692	290	2.36	25	15	0	1935.0	1,431	508	554	128	507	29	1	27	7,602	71	9.86	2.36	4.18	0.60	27.9	6.7	1.00	.270	2.58	6.66
19	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
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	James Shields J. Shields	2,080	373	138	123	.529	372	3.97	23	9	0	2411.1	2,391	1,064	1,152	327	668	88	0	22	10,122	96	7.76	2.49	3.11	1.22	20.5	6.6	1.27	.297	4.30	8.92
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	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,041	349	159	92	.633	348	3.51	15	4	0	2184.1	2,008	853	920	208	704	73	0	7	9,070	54	8.41	2.90	2.90	0.86	22.5	7.8	1.24	.298	3.79	8.27
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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