most strikeouts allowed since august 13, 1999

Since August 13, 1999, Justin Verlander has struck out the most hitters, with 3,554 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player since August 13, 1999

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	7.69
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,503	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	12	5	0	2985.0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	7.42
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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.91
5	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
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,702	411	155	94	.622	330	2.96	16	3	12	2189.0	1,778	721	779	221	512	139	25	15	8,815	48	11.11	2.11	5.28	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.20	7.31
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	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
11	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,330	401	155	140	.525	395	4.06	26	8	0	2574.2	2,497	1,161	1,249	329	664	73	4	54	10,772	72	8.14	2.32	3.51	1.15	21.6	6.2	1.23	.294	4.37	8.73
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,317	328	156	85	.647	328	3.20	8	5	0	2016.0	1,683	717	767	228	512	62	0	7	8,116	58	10.34	2.29	4.53	1.02	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.42	7.51
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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,273	296	149	79	.654	290	3.30	35	12	0	1955.1	1,668	716	811	222	497	90	3	22	7,962	35	10.46	2.29	4.57	1.02	28.5	6.2	1.11	.296	3.73	7.68
15	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
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	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
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	8.51
19	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,194	492	218	168	.565	481	4.09	30	10	0	3018.1	3,141	1,372	1,489	393	771	51	2	36	12,729	33	6.54	2.30	2.85	1.17	17.2	6.1	1.30	.295	4.44	9.37
20	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
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	7.39
22	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,071	382	116	122	.487	343	3.85	4	2	0	2026.2	1,949	868	930	248	569	39	11	12	8,477	65	9.20	2.53	3.64	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.306	4.13	8.66
23	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
24	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,055	385	194	101	.658	377	3.36	65	19	0	2630.2	2,524	983	1,075	221	536	78	4	28	10,762	51	7.03	1.83	3.83	0.76	19.1	5.0	1.16	.293	3.68	8.64
25	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,015	357	137	103	.571	348	3.52	7	5	0	2019.2	1,761	791	865	203	649	60	2	5	8,360	106	8.98	2.89	3.10	0.90	24.1	7.8	1.19	.287	3.85	7.85

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Cubs	57	45	.559	7.0
Cardinals	52	49	.515	11.5
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