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

Between September 20, 1996 and June 30, 2017, Randy Johnson fanned the most hitters, with 3,166 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 20, 1996 to June 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	3,166	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	2,788	495	230	143	.617	495	3.70	38	12	0	3243.2	3,073	1,332	1,455	324	983	107	0	43	13,548	67	7.74	2.73	2.84	0.90	20.6	7.3	1.25	.294	4.04	8.53
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	2,492	323	171	69	.713	321	2.77	39	13	0	2160.1	1,680	666	733	183	522	113	1	20	8,667	42	10.38	2.17	4.77	0.76	28.8	6.0	1.02	.279	3.05	7.00
6	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,407	522	235	170	.580	513	4.02	36	13	0	3235.1	3,321	1,444	1,576	390	908	61	1	46	13,678	43	6.70	2.53	2.65	1.08	17.6	6.6	1.31	.296	4.38	9.24
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,337	339	165	95	.635	317	3.44	57	12	9	2288.2	2,128	876	907	268	422	37	21	15	9,260	44	9.19	1.66	5.54	1.05	25.2	4.6	1.11	.300	3.57	8.37
8	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,297	366	157	111	.586	366	3.18	25	11	0	2454.1	2,209	868	966	212	702	83	0	16	10,074	136	8.42	2.57	3.27	0.78	22.8	7.0	1.19	.295	3.54	8.10
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,289	368	178	110	.618	368	3.51	23	7	0	2433.2	2,165	949	1,030	227	743	82	0	24	10,079	76	8.47	2.75	3.08	0.84	22.7	7.4	1.19	.288	3.81	8.01
10	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,228	433	181	144	.557	432	3.92	18	8	0	2762.1	2,792	1,204	1,312	307	792	127	0	29	11,704	118	7.26	2.58	2.81	1.00	19.0	6.8	1.30	.301	4.27	9.10
11	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
12	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,179	467	223	136	.621	463	3.82	21	4	0	2930.0	3,046	1,242	1,383	250	899	51	1	37	12,442	55	6.69	2.76	2.42	0.77	17.5	7.2	1.35	.309	4.25	9.36
13	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,138	345	138	96	.590	344	3.33	15	7	0	2251.1	2,012	833	889	250	608	67	0	41	9,220	45	8.55	2.43	3.52	1.00	23.2	6.6	1.16	.286	3.55	8.04
14	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,137	406	164	104	.612	365	3.40	16	5	1	2355.2	2,219	891	962	232	571	59	8	20	9,687	71	8.16	2.18	3.74	0.89	22.1	5.9	1.18	.297	3.68	8.48
15	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
16	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,100	328	162	74	.686	327	3.21	18	8	0	2155.1	1,836	769	845	171	732	73	0	20	8,917	71	8.77	3.06	2.87	0.71	23.6	8.2	1.19	.285	3.53	7.67
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,068	378	180	112	.616	377	3.74	30	12	0	2440.0	2,406	1,015	1,095	261	515	50	0	20	10,021	52	7.63	1.90	4.02	0.96	20.6	5.1	1.20	.301	4.04	8.87
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,053	282	138	62	.690	280	2.36	24	15	0	1876.1	1,381	493	538	122	497	29	1	27	7,371	70	9.85	2.38	4.13	0.59	27.9	6.7	1.00	.270	2.58	6.62
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,032	290	134	74	.644	281	3.31	8	4	0	1810.0	1,528	665	721	203	503	64	2	11	7,371	61	10.10	2.50	4.04	1.01	27.6	6.8	1.12	.290	3.59	7.60
23	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
24	James Shields J. Shields	2,003	358	135	117	.536	357	3.91	23	9	0	2326.0	2,303	1,010	1,095	307	632	88	0	20	9,747	92	7.75	2.45	3.17	1.19	20.5	6.5	1.26	.297	4.24	8.91
25	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

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