most strikeouts allowed from september 3, 1995 to october 1, 2017

Between September 3, 1995 and October 1, 2017, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,316 strikeouts.

Regular season

	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	3,316	406	209	102	.672	393	3.14	60	22	1	2722.1	2,250	951	1,074	296	757	124	5	28	11,070	54	10.96	2.50	4.38	0.98	30.0	6.8	1.10	.297	3.55	7.44
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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,741	360	186	81	.697	358	2.89	44	15	0	2405.0	1,895	771	850	204	603	117	1	22	9,688	49	10.26	2.26	4.55	0.76	28.3	6.2	1.04	.281	3.18	7.09
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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,498	363	173	104	.625	341	3.43	64	14	9	2456.0	2,267	935	970	283	470	40	21	20	9,933	49	9.15	1.72	5.31	1.04	25.1	4.7	1.11	.299	3.55	8.31
7	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,454	537	240	176	.577	528	4.04	37	13	0	3315.1	3,421	1,490	1,622	407	923	61	1	46	14,027	43	6.66	2.51	2.66	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.40	9.29
8	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
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,370	365	175	87	.668	364	3.26	24	10	0	2412.2	2,070	875	962	189	847	78	0	22	10,019	81	8.84	3.16	2.80	0.71	23.7	8.5	1.21	.288	3.59	7.72
10	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,367	506	249	145	.632	501	3.82	23	4	0	3189.0	3,304	1,355	1,504	278	979	54	2	39	13,519	62	6.68	2.76	2.42	0.78	17.5	7.2	1.34	.307	4.24	9.32
11	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
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,299	418	203	124	.621	417	3.81	37	15	0	2714.2	2,689	1,150	1,237	293	593	52	0	20	11,179	55	7.62	1.97	3.88	0.97	20.6	5.3	1.21	.302	4.10	8.91
13	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
14	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
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,227	363	147	102	.590	362	3.37	16	7	0	2362.1	2,104	884	943	264	645	74	0	42	9,678	49	8.48	2.46	3.45	1.01	23.0	6.7	1.16	.284	3.59	8.02
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
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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Dodgers	92	59	.609
Padres	82	69	.543	10.0
Diamondbacks	80	72	.526	12.5
Giants	63	89	.414	29.5
Rockies	56	95	.371	36.0

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Wed 9/16	MIA	@	AZ	9:40 PM
Fri 9/18	NYY	@	AZ	9:40 PM
Sat 9/19	NYY	@	AZ	8:10 PM
Sun 9/20	NYY	@	AZ	4:10 PM
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Phillies	83	68	.550	5.5
Marlins	75	77	.493	14.0
Nationals	71	81	.467	18.0
Mets	69	82	.457	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	94	57	.623
Cubs	84	68	.553	10.5
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Cardinals	75	77	.493	19.5
Reds	70	81	.464	24.0
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Twins	70	81	.464	7.0
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Astros	76	75	.503
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Mariners	70	82	.461	6.5
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