most strikeouts allowed from august 31, 1996 to september 30, 2017

Between August 31, 1996 and September 30, 2017, Randy Johnson fanned the most batters, with 3,166 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from august 31, 1996 to september 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	2,846	509	237	146	.619	509	3.70	38	12	0	3317.0	3,142	1,364	1,487	336	1,009	109	0	44	13,856	71	7.72	2.74	2.82	0.91	20.5	7.3	1.25	.294	4.03	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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,528	327	173	70	.712	325	2.76	39	13	0	2188.2	1,705	672	740	184	533	113	1	20	8,786	43	10.40	2.19	4.74	0.76	28.8	6.1	1.02	.280	3.04	7.01
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	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,450	536	239	176	.576	527	4.05	37	13	0	3309.0	3,418	1,489	1,621	406	922	61	1	46	14,005	43	6.66	2.51	2.66	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.41	9.30
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,416	385	188	114	.623	385	3.46	23	7	0	2545.0	2,242	979	1,061	244	771	84	0	27	10,513	78	8.54	2.73	3.13	0.86	23.0	7.3	1.18	.286	3.75	7.93
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,364	343	167	97	.633	321	3.45	60	12	9	2318.0	2,157	889	921	269	425	37	21	15	9,375	45	9.18	1.65	5.56	1.04	25.2	4.5	1.11	.301	3.58	8.37
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,342	375	160	114	.584	375	3.20	25	11	0	2502.1	2,243	890	992	220	721	87	0	16	10,274	140	8.42	2.59	3.25	0.79	22.8	7.0	1.18	.293	3.57	8.07
10	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,293	447	188	146	.563	446	3.92	18	8	0	2839.1	2,860	1,236	1,346	319	815	133	0	32	12,025	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	9.07
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,236	422	172	107	.616	381	3.40	16	5	1	2455.2	2,305	928	1,001	243	594	59	8	20	10,080	80	8.19	2.18	3.76	0.89	22.2	5.9	1.18	.297	3.67	8.45
12	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,222	362	147	101	.593	361	3.36	16	7	0	2359.1	2,099	881	940	264	644	74	0	42	9,663	48	8.48	2.46	3.45	1.01	23.0	6.7	1.16	.284	3.59	8.01
13	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
14	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,204	471	225	137	.622	467	3.81	21	4	0	2960.0	3,071	1,252	1,393	252	905	51	1	37	12,560	56	6.70	2.75	2.44	0.77	17.5	7.2	1.34	.308	4.24	9.34
15	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,149	305	141	75	.653	296	3.30	8	4	0	1897.0	1,589	695	751	213	534	66	2	13	7,719	61	10.20	2.53	4.02	1.01	27.8	6.9	1.12	.289	3.56	7.54
16	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,136	332	164	75	.686	331	3.22	20	9	0	2185.1	1,860	781	859	173	743	73	0	20	9,037	72	8.80	3.06	2.87	0.71	23.6	8.2	1.19	.285	3.54	7.66
17	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,120	292	144	64	.692	290	2.36	25	15	0	1935.0	1,431	508	554	128	507	29	1	27	7,602	71	9.86	2.36	4.18	0.60	27.9	6.7	1.00	.270	2.58	6.66
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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,094	382	182	114	.615	381	3.76	31	13	0	2461.2	2,429	1,028	1,108	263	523	50	0	20	10,115	53	7.66	1.91	4.00	0.96	20.7	5.2	1.20	.301	4.05	8.88
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	James Shields J. Shields	2,080	373	138	123	.529	372	3.97	23	9	0	2411.1	2,391	1,064	1,152	327	668	88	0	22	10,122	96	7.76	2.49	3.11	1.22	20.5	6.6	1.27	.297	4.30	8.92
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	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
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,041	349	159	92	.633	348	3.51	15	4	0	2184.1	2,008	853	920	208	704	73	0	7	9,070	54	8.41	2.90	2.90	0.86	22.5	7.8	1.24	.298	3.79	8.27
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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