most strikeouts allowed from july 3, 1998 to september 30, 2018

Between July 3, 1998 and September 30, 2018, CC Sabathia fanned the most batters, with 2,986 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from July 3, 1998 to september 30, 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	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,717	338	172	91	.654	332	3.15	52	20	0	2283.1	1,909	800	907	251	593	101	3	26	9,260	39	10.71	2.34	4.58	0.99	29.3	6.4	1.10	.296	3.58	7.52
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,462	433	163	154	.514	426	4.17	28	8	0	2748.2	2,685	1,273	1,370	357	727	84	5	57	11,541	76	8.06	2.38	3.39	1.17	21.3	6.3	1.24	.294	4.49	8.79
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,371	529	234	177	.569	518	4.14	32	11	0	3243.1	3,386	1,491	1,614	420	862	58	2	44	13,719	36	6.58	2.39	2.75	1.17	17.3	6.3	1.31	.296	4.48	9.40
11	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
12	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
13	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
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	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	2,117	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
17	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
18	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2,053	571	131	130	.502	345	4.32	11	3	87	2355.1	2,311	1,130	1,224	262	1,049	84	186	46	10,259	77	7.84	4.01	1.96	1.00	20.0	10.2	1.43	.301	4.68	8.83
19	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,042	273	143	59	.708	271	2.89	25	8	0	1789.2	1,420	575	627	151	420	98	1	13	7,200	36	10.27	2.11	4.86	0.76	28.4	5.8	1.03	.283	3.15	7.14
20	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
21	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
22	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	1,962	424	155	145	.517	420	4.09	20	5	0	2582.1	2,634	1,174	1,281	282	792	70	1	44	11,020	62	6.84	2.76	2.48	0.98	17.8	7.2	1.33	.297	4.46	9.18
23	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	1,923	413	196	124	.613	409	3.91	15	3	0	2568.2	2,684	1,115	1,241	234	783	43	1	37	10,933	46	6.74	2.74	2.46	0.82	17.6	7.2	1.35	.308	4.35	9.40
24	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
25	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

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