most strikeouts allowed from september 6, 1996 to september 30, 2018

Between September 6, 1996 and September 30, 2018, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,166 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 6, 1996 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	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	2,986	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
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	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	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,535	565	247	188	.568	552	4.12	38	13	0	3461.2	3,593	1,584	1,719	439	948	64	2	47	14,655	45	6.59	2.46	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.296	4.47	9.34
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,517	326	172	70	.711	324	2.76	39	13	0	2181.0	1,696	670	738	184	532	113	1	20	8,754	43	10.39	2.20	4.73	0.76	28.8	6.1	1.02	.280	3.05	7.00
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,351	341	166	96	.634	319	3.44	59	12	9	2305.2	2,144	881	912	268	422	37	21	15	9,324	45	9.18	1.65	5.57	1.05	25.2	4.5	1.11	.300	3.56	8.37
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,197	470	224	137	.620	466	3.81	21	4	0	2953.0	3,064	1,249	1,390	252	904	51	1	37	12,532	56	6.70	2.76	2.43	0.77	17.5	7.2	1.34	.308	4.24	9.34
18	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
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,132	331	164	75	.686	330	3.21	20	9	0	2179.1	1,855	778	854	173	740	73	0	20	9,011	72	8.80	3.06	2.88	0.71	23.7	8.2	1.19	.285	3.53	7.66
20	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
21	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,086	381	181	114	.614	380	3.75	31	13	0	2454.2	2,423	1,024	1,104	263	521	50	0	20	10,087	52	7.65	1.91	4.00	0.96	20.7	5.2	1.20	.301	4.05	8.88
22	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
23	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
24	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
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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