most strikeouts allowed from september 19, 1997 to september 30, 2018

Between September 19, 1997 and September 30, 2018, CC Sabathia struck out the most hitters, with 2,986 strikeouts.

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	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	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
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,889	358	181	98	.649	351	3.23	54	20	0	2411.1	2,036	866	981	268	641	112	3	26	9,818	45	10.78	2.39	4.51	1.00	29.4	6.5	1.11	.299	3.66	7.60
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	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	2,478	549	244	182	.573	536	4.08	37	13	0	3376.1	3,497	1,531	1,659	427	908	62	2	46	14,269	42	6.61	2.42	2.73	1.14	17.4	6.4	1.30	.295	4.42	9.32
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,205	293	154	62	.713	291	2.88	27	9	0	1930.0	1,529	618	672	168	459	103	1	14	7,760	39	10.28	2.14	4.80	0.78	28.4	5.9	1.03	.282	3.13	7.13
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	2,050	441	165	149	.525	436	4.11	22	6	0	2678.0	2,721	1,222	1,333	295	826	73	1	45	11,425	66	6.89	2.78	2.48	0.99	17.9	7.2	1.32	.297	4.48	9.14
21	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,018	432	205	129	.614	428	3.92	17	3	0	2690.2	2,811	1,171	1,301	243	838	48	1	37	11,461	50	6.75	2.80	2.41	0.81	17.6	7.3	1.36	.309	4.35	9.40
22	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
23	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,011	304	148	84	.638	282	3.52	49	10	9	2030.1	1,923	795	814	245	364	33	21	12	8,242	40	8.91	1.61	5.52	1.09	24.4	4.4	1.13	.300	3.61	8.52
24	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,988	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	7.67
25	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,921	384	149	125	.544	381	4.06	21	11	0	2408.0	2,307	1,087	1,172	316	748	102	1	34	10,141	96	7.18	2.80	2.57	1.18	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.38	8.62

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