most strikeouts allowed from may 1, 1996 to may 30, 2017

Between May 1, 1996 and May 30, 2017, Randy Johnson fanned the most batters, with 3,203 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 1, 1996 to may 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	3,203	394	200	102	.662	381	3.17	59	22	1	2638.0	2,198	928	1,050	288	725	123	5	28	10,732	49	10.93	2.47	4.42	0.98	29.8	6.8	1.11	.299	3.58	7.50
2	CC Sabathia	2,772	492	228	143	.615	492	3.71	38	12	0	3225.1	3,060	1,331	1,453	323	982	107	0	43	13,482	67	7.74	2.74	2.82	0.90	20.6	7.3	1.25	.294	4.05	8.54
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,678	350	182	78	.700	348	2.85	43	14	0	2341.0	1,839	741	816	198	584	115	1	22	9,420	48	10.30	2.25	4.59	0.76	28.4	6.2	1.04	.281	3.14	7.07
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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,498	363	173	104	.625	341	3.43	64	14	9	2456.0	2,267	935	970	283	470	40	21	20	9,933	49	9.15	1.72	5.31	1.04	25.1	4.7	1.11	.299	3.55	8.31
7	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,401	520	235	168	.583	511	3.99	36	13	0	3227.2	3,306	1,430	1,562	389	903	61	1	46	13,636	42	6.69	2.52	2.66	1.08	17.6	6.6	1.30	.295	4.36	9.22
8	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,313	494	241	143	.628	489	3.82	23	4	0	3105.0	3,219	1,317	1,463	270	957	54	2	39	13,173	60	6.70	2.77	2.42	0.78	17.6	7.3	1.34	.308	4.24	9.33
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,301	354	172	82	.677	353	3.24	24	10	0	2346.2	2,007	845	926	184	808	74	0	21	9,718	78	8.82	3.10	2.85	0.71	23.7	8.3	1.20	.287	3.55	7.70
10	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,286	364	156	111	.584	364	3.18	25	11	0	2442.1	2,196	862	960	209	698	83	0	16	10,024	135	8.42	2.57	3.28	0.77	22.8	7.0	1.18	.294	3.54	8.09
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,260	363	177	110	.617	363	3.50	23	7	0	2407.0	2,135	936	1,017	226	729	82	0	23	9,958	75	8.45	2.73	3.10	0.85	22.7	7.3	1.19	.287	3.80	7.98
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,226	406	196	121	.618	405	3.84	33	13	0	2623.2	2,617	1,118	1,203	284	571	52	0	20	10,821	55	7.64	1.96	3.90	0.97	20.6	5.3	1.22	.303	4.13	8.98
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	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,205	427	180	140	.563	426	3.90	18	8	0	2727.0	2,761	1,183	1,290	296	781	124	0	29	11,557	116	7.28	2.58	2.82	0.98	19.1	6.8	1.30	.302	4.26	9.11
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,137	344	138	96	.590	343	3.31	15	7	0	2247.0	2,004	826	882	250	604	67	0	41	9,195	44	8.56	2.42	3.54	1.00	23.2	6.6	1.16	.286	3.53	8.03
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	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,105	401	161	103	.610	360	3.41	16	5	1	2325.2	2,191	882	947	229	563	59	8	20	9,563	69	8.15	2.18	3.74	0.89	22.0	5.9	1.18	.297	3.66	8.48
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,996	276	133	62	.682	274	2.37	24	15	0	1836.0	1,357	483	527	115	487	29	1	27	7,217	70	9.78	2.39	4.10	0.56	27.7	6.7	1.00	.271	2.58	6.65
23	James Shields J. Shields	1,993	355	134	116	.536	354	3.89	23	9	0	2311.0	2,284	999	1,083	303	625	85	0	20	9,675	92	7.76	2.43	3.19	1.18	20.6	6.5	1.26	.297	4.22	8.89
24	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
25	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	1,976	519	178	177	.501	474	4.44	50	9	1	3189.0	3,525	1,572	1,686	362	1,066	78	17	86	13,816	41	5.58	3.01	1.85	1.02	14.3	7.7	1.44	.306	4.76	9.95

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