most strikeouts allowed from september 15, 1996 to september 1, 2017

Between September 15, 1996 and September 1, 2017, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,166 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 15, 1996 to september 1, 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	3,166	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	2,822	504	234	146	.616	504	3.70	38	12	0	3289.2	3,112	1,353	1,476	330	1,004	108	0	43	13,744	70	7.72	2.75	2.81	0.90	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.51
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	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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,501	324	171	69	.713	322	2.77	39	13	0	2167.1	1,685	667	734	183	524	113	1	20	8,694	43	10.39	2.18	4.77	0.76	28.8	6.0	1.02	.280	3.05	7.00
6	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,440	531	239	172	.582	522	4.02	37	13	0	3290.1	3,392	1,469	1,601	401	918	61	1	46	13,918	43	6.67	2.51	2.66	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.38	9.28
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,373	380	183	114	.616	380	3.49	23	7	0	2511.0	2,225	975	1,057	240	766	83	0	27	10,393	78	8.51	2.75	3.10	0.86	22.8	7.4	1.19	.286	3.79	7.97
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,347	340	166	95	.636	318	3.44	58	12	9	2297.2	2,134	877	908	268	422	37	21	15	9,293	44	9.19	1.65	5.56	1.05	25.3	4.5	1.11	.300	3.56	8.36
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	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,276	443	187	145	.563	442	3.92	18	8	0	2817.2	2,845	1,228	1,338	315	807	132	0	30	11,940	123	7.27	2.58	2.82	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.30	.301	4.27	9.09
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,209	417	171	106	.617	376	3.39	16	5	1	2425.2	2,279	915	988	238	588	59	8	20	9,962	79	8.20	2.18	3.76	0.88	22.2	5.9	1.18	.297	3.67	8.46
12	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
13	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,194	357	145	98	.597	356	3.34	16	7	0	2329.0	2,074	865	923	259	631	73	0	42	9,535	47	8.48	2.44	3.48	1.00	23.0	6.6	1.16	.285	3.57	8.01
14	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,185	468	223	136	.621	464	3.81	21	4	0	2938.1	3,051	1,244	1,385	250	901	51	1	37	12,473	56	6.69	2.76	2.43	0.77	17.5	7.2	1.34	.308	4.24	9.35
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,120	329	163	74	.688	328	3.20	19	9	0	2164.1	1,841	769	845	171	732	73	0	20	8,949	72	8.82	3.04	2.90	0.71	23.7	8.2	1.19	.285	3.51	7.66
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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,111	299	138	74	.651	290	3.28	8	4	0	1863.2	1,565	680	736	211	520	65	2	12	7,582	61	10.19	2.51	4.06	1.02	27.8	6.9	1.12	.290	3.55	7.56
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,093	287	142	62	.696	285	2.34	25	15	0	1907.1	1,398	495	540	123	501	29	1	27	7,484	70	9.88	2.36	4.18	0.58	28.0	6.7	1.00	.269	2.55	6.60
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,071	379	180	113	.614	378	3.75	30	12	0	2442.0	2,409	1,018	1,098	261	520	50	0	20	10,034	52	7.63	1.92	3.98	0.96	20.6	5.2	1.20	.301	4.05	8.88
23	James Shields J. Shields	2,050	368	135	121	.527	367	3.97	23	9	0	2379.1	2,364	1,050	1,138	321	657	88	0	22	9,990	96	7.75	2.49	3.12	1.21	20.5	6.6	1.27	.297	4.30	8.94
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,016	343	154	91	.629	342	3.50	15	4	0	2152.0	1,972	838	905	202	690	72	0	7	8,929	53	8.43	2.89	2.92	0.84	22.6	7.7	1.24	.298	3.78	8.25
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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