most strikeouts allowed from may 20, 1996 to september 10, 2017

Between May 20, 1996 and September 10, 2017, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,193 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 20, 1996 to September 10, 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	2,825	505	234	146	.616	505	3.71	38	12	0	3295.0	3,120	1,358	1,481	333	1,005	108	0	43	13,769	71	7.72	2.75	2.81	0.91	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.05	8.52
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,648	346	180	78	.698	344	2.86	42	13	0	2312.1	1,822	734	808	198	572	114	1	21	9,306	46	10.31	2.23	4.63	0.77	28.5	6.1	1.04	.281	3.14	7.09
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	2,485	361	172	104	.623	339	3.44	64	14	9	2443.0	2,255	933	967	282	465	40	21	18	9,877	49	9.15	1.71	5.34	1.04	25.2	4.7	1.11	.299	3.56	8.31
7	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,445	533	239	174	.579	524	4.03	37	13	0	3298.2	3,403	1,477	1,609	402	919	61	1	46	13,956	43	6.67	2.51	2.66	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.39	9.28
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,380	381	184	114	.617	381	3.49	23	7	0	2517.0	2,231	976	1,058	241	767	83	0	27	10,417	78	8.51	2.74	3.10	0.86	22.8	7.4	1.19	.286	3.78	7.98
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,333	372	159	113	.585	372	3.19	25	11	0	2489.1	2,236	883	984	219	716	87	0	16	10,224	140	8.43	2.59	3.26	0.79	22.8	7.0	1.19	.294	3.56	8.08
10	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,299	490	238	142	.626	486	3.82	23	4	0	3084.2	3,201	1,309	1,453	269	945	54	1	39	13,087	60	6.71	2.76	2.43	0.78	17.6	7.2	1.34	.308	4.24	9.34
11	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,285	444	187	146	.562	443	3.92	18	8	0	2824.2	2,849	1,230	1,340	316	809	133	0	31	11,967	124	7.28	2.58	2.82	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.30	.301	4.27	9.08
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,261	350	170	82	.675	349	3.24	23	10	0	2315.0	1,985	834	915	183	798	74	0	21	9,594	78	8.79	3.10	2.83	0.71	23.6	8.3	1.20	.287	3.56	7.72
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,215	418	171	106	.617	377	3.39	16	5	1	2432.2	2,283	916	989	239	589	59	8	20	9,986	80	8.19	2.18	3.76	0.88	22.2	5.9	1.18	.297	3.66	8.45
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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,201	402	192	121	.613	401	3.83	33	13	0	2598.0	2,581	1,105	1,187	278	563	52	0	20	10,701	54	7.62	1.95	3.91	0.96	20.6	5.3	1.21	.303	4.11	8.94
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,199	358	145	99	.594	357	3.35	16	7	0	2335.0	2,080	869	928	259	633	74	0	42	9,562	47	8.48	2.44	3.47	1.00	23.0	6.6	1.16	.285	3.58	8.02
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,120	301	139	74	.653	292	3.29	8	4	0	1874.2	1,573	685	741	212	525	66	2	12	7,628	61	10.18	2.52	4.04	1.02	27.8	6.9	1.12	.289	3.56	7.55
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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,100	288	142	63	.693	286	2.35	25	15	0	1911.0	1,404	499	544	124	504	29	1	27	7,505	71	9.89	2.37	4.17	0.58	28.0	6.7	1.00	.270	2.56	6.61
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	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
22	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
23	James Shields J. Shields	2,060	370	136	122	.527	369	3.97	23	9	0	2392.2	2,372	1,055	1,143	323	661	88	0	22	10,041	96	7.75	2.49	3.12	1.21	20.5	6.6	1.27	.297	4.30	8.92
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,025	345	156	91	.632	344	3.51	15	4	0	2163.0	1,985	843	910	205	695	72	0	7	8,978	54	8.43	2.89	2.91	0.85	22.6	7.7	1.24	.298	3.79	8.26
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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