most strikeouts allowed from may 7, 1998 to september 13, 2024

Between May 7, 1998 and September 13, 2024, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander were tied for fanning the most batters, with 3,405 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 7, 1998 to september 13, 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	3,405	465	215	112	.657	456	3.16	12	5	0	2874.0	2,341	1,008	1,081	334	754	112	2	20	11,610	78	10.66	2.36	4.52	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.39	7.33
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,405	523	260	147	.639	523	3.29	26	9	0	3400.0	2,872	1,241	1,343	354	949	114	0	27	13,875	97	9.01	2.51	3.59	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	2,816	349	177	97	.646	343	3.18	54	20	0	2362.0	1,985	835	949	260	618	106	3	26	9,597	44	10.73	2.35	4.56	0.99	29.3	6.4	1.10	.298	3.62	7.56
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	2,507	443	164	157	.511	436	4.19	28	8	0	2804.0	2,745	1,304	1,403	368	743	86	5	58	11,772	76	8.05	2.38	3.37	1.18	21.3	6.3	1.24	.295	4.50	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	2,402	370	136	83	.621	290	3.04	16	3	12	1947.1	1,580	658	709	201	451	119	25	15	7,835	45	11.10	2.08	5.33	0.93	30.7	5.8	1.04	.296	3.28	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	2,237	314	151	79	.657	314	3.17	8	5	0	1934.0	1,618	682	732	217	495	58	0	6	7,787	58	10.41	2.30	4.52	1.01	28.7	6.4	1.09	.293	3.41	7.53
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	2,118	284	151	61	.712	282	2.92	25	8	0	1864.2	1,483	604	656	164	440	102	1	13	7,503	38	10.22	2.12	4.81	0.79	28.2	5.9	1.03	.282	3.17	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	2,035	380	138	121	.533	379	4.01	3	2	0	2109.1	1,976	939	1,036	201	779	186	0	25	9,033	68	8.68	3.32	2.61	0.86	22.5	8.6	1.31	.304	4.42	8.43

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