most strikeouts allowed from april 16, 1998 to august 2, 2025

Between April 16, 1998 and August 2, 2025, Justin Verlander struck out the most hitters, with 3,493 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from april 16, 1998 to august 2, 2025

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,493	544	263	155	.629	544	3.33	26	9	0	3505.0	2,990	1,297	1,404	366	986	120	0	27	14,343	99	8.97	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.280	3.61	7.68
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,451	474	217	113	.658	465	3.18	12	5	0	2919.0	2,381	1,030	1,103	344	764	114	2	20	11,792	79	10.64	2.36	4.52	1.06	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.40	7.34
3	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.56
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,010	445	217	96	.693	442	2.52	25	15	0	2808.1	2,155	786	863	233	696	46	1	28	11,089	107	9.65	2.23	4.32	0.75	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.77	6.91
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	8.52
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,839	352	179	97	.649	346	3.21	54	20	0	2379.1	2,006	848	962	261	630	108	3	26	9,681	44	10.74	2.38	4.51	0.99	29.3	6.5	1.11	.299	3.64	7.59
7	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	8.09
8	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,529	447	165	158	.511	440	4.19	28	8	0	2828.1	2,767	1,317	1,416	371	754	87	5	58	11,874	76	8.05	2.40	3.35	1.18	21.3	6.4	1.24	.295	4.51	8.80
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,528	387	143	87	.622	307	3.02	16	3	12	2047.2	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	7.33
10	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	8.20
11	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
12	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	8.57
13	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,449	543	242	181	.572	532	4.09	36	12	0	3348.2	3,472	1,521	1,649	427	896	61	2	46	14,151	40	6.58	2.41	2.73	1.15	17.3	6.3	1.30	.295	4.43	9.33
14	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
15	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	7.49
16	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
17	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
18	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	8.69
19	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,152	288	152	61	.714	286	2.92	25	8	0	1892.0	1,507	614	667	167	447	103	1	14	7,617	39	10.24	2.13	4.81	0.79	28.3	5.9	1.03	.282	3.17	7.17
20	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,148	406	145	131	.525	399	4.08	3	2	0	2227.0	2,101	1,009	1,108	219	835	195	1	26	9,565	70	8.68	3.37	2.57	0.89	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.48	8.49
21	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
22	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
23	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	8.10
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	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	8.18

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Guardians	22	21	.512
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Royals	19	22	.463	2.0
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Tue 5/12	DET	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 5/13	DET	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Thu 5/14	DET	@	NYM	1:10 PM
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	28	13	.683
Phillies	19	22	.463	9.0
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Nationals	19	22	.463	9.0
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Cardinals	23	17	.575	3.5
Pirates	22	19	.537	5.0
Reds	22	19	.537	5.0
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Padres	24	16	.600
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Red Sox	17	23	.425	10.0
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Guardians	22	21	.512
White Sox	19	21	.475	1.5
Tigers	19	22	.463	2.0
Royals	19	22	.463	2.0
Twins	18	23	.439	3.0
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