most strikeouts allowed from may 2, 1998 to september 18, 2024

Between May 2, 1998 and September 18, 2024, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander were tied for striking out the most hitters, with 3,407 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 2, 1998 to September 18, 2024

	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,407	466	215	112	.657	457	3.16	12	5	0	2878.0	2,346	1,010	1,083	335	756	112	2	20	11,629	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.39	7.34
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,407	524	261	147	.640	524	3.29	26	9	0	3405.0	2,876	1,243	1,345	354	951	114	0	27	13,896	97	9.01	2.51	3.58	0.94	24.5	6.8	1.12	.278	3.56	7.60
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	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
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,968	432	212	94	.693	429	2.50	25	15	0	2742.2	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	6.86
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,827	350	178	97	.647	344	3.20	54	20	0	2369.0	1,993	841	955	260	623	107	3	26	9,631	44	10.74	2.37	4.54	0.99	29.4	6.5	1.10	.298	3.63	7.57
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	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
9	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
10	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,510	444	164	158	.509	437	4.19	28	8	0	2810.2	2,750	1,308	1,407	369	745	87	5	58	11,800	76	8.04	2.39	3.37	1.18	21.3	6.3	1.24	.294	4.51	8.81
11	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
12	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,436	540	241	180	.572	529	4.08	36	12	0	3331.0	3,449	1,511	1,638	423	888	60	2	45	14,066	38	6.58	2.40	2.74	1.14	17.3	6.3	1.30	.295	4.43	9.32
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,408	371	137	83	.623	291	3.04	16	3	12	1953.1	1,585	659	710	201	453	119	25	15	7,858	45	11.09	2.09	5.32	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.04	.296	3.27	7.30
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	2,239	315	151	80	.654	315	3.20	8	5	0	1938.1	1,623	689	739	217	498	61	0	7	7,809	58	10.40	2.31	4.50	1.01	28.7	6.4	1.09	.293	3.43	7.54
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	2,127	285	152	61	.714	283	2.90	25	8	0	1871.2	1,488	604	657	164	442	102	1	13	7,532	38	10.23	2.13	4.81	0.79	28.2	5.9	1.03	.282	3.16	7.16
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	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
22	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
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	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
25	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,041	381	138	121	.533	380	4.00	3	2	0	2115.1	1,979	940	1,037	201	781	186	0	25	9,056	68	8.68	3.32	2.61	0.86	22.5	8.6	1.30	.304	4.41	8.42

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