most strikeouts by a pitcher in their first 20 seasons

Randy Johnson fanned the most batters by a pitcher in his first 20 seasons, with 4,616 strikeouts.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,616	566	284	150	.654	556	3.22	98	37	2	3855.1	3,065	1,381	1,556	368	1,422	182	5	29	15,877	102	10.78	3.32	3.25	0.86	29.1	9.0	1.16	.290	3.63	74	3.11	72	7.16	550.1
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4,277	611	253	226	.528	577	3.15	203	54	3	4114.1	2,990	1,440	1,643	228	2,268	113	13	65	17,317	209	9.36	4.96	1.89	0.50	24.7	13.1	1.28	.265	3.59	91	3.00	86	6.54	232
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,099	607	310	160	.660	606	3.19	117	46	0	4278.2	3,677	1,517	1,672	321	1,379	141	0	52	17,653	125	8.62	2.90	2.97	0.68	23.2	7.8	1.18	.287	3.52	72	3.07	71	7.73	592.6
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,872	657	313	207	.602	639	3.04	251	55	1	4787.2	4,207	1,615	1,837	354	1,603	48	7	137	19,743	166	7.28	3.01	2.42	0.67	19.6	8.1	1.21	.278	3.45	83	2.98	83	7.91	318
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,562	644	271	231	.540	638	3.22	239	60	0	4703.0	4,319	1,682	1,868	398	1,268	143	3	69	19,345	105	6.82	2.43	2.81	0.76	18.4	6.6	1.19	.281	3.57	83	3.14	81	8.27	370.4
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,553	555	266	158	.627	555	3.32	26	9	0	3567.2	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	311.4
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,525	495	221	124	.641	486	3.28	12	5	0	3013.0	2,485	1,098	1,171	366	804	115	2	20	12,212	82	10.53	2.40	4.38	1.09	28.9	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	291
9	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,461	784	412	273	.601	651	2.11	524	109	34	5806.2	4,800	1,363	1,832	90	1,337	198	125		22,945	153	5.36	2.07	2.59	0.14	15.1	5.8	1.06	.264	2.84	66	2.39	75	7.44	471.6
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,336	715	297	239	.554	628	2.99	294	52	10	4947.0	4,479	1,644	1,903	348	1,276	100	33	156	20,219	142	6.07	2.32	2.61	0.63	16.5	6.3	1.16	.273	3.46	83	2.96	84	8.15	313.4
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,315	689	295	228	.564	672	3.17	174	57	5	4796.1	4,210	1,690	1,866	396	1,223	71	12	94	19,603	99	6.22	2.29	2.71	0.74	16.9	6.2	1.13	.261	3.50	91	3.10	89	7.90	202.8
12	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
14	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
16	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	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
17	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	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
18	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,052	643	318	189	.627	639	3.01	108	35	0	4406.1	4,082	1,476	1,675	298	907	125	3	162	17,925	63	6.23	1.85	3.36	0.61	17.0	5.1	1.13	.279	3.42	73	3.18	77	8.34	482.3
19	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,011	708	210	147	.588	466	3.26	53	16	154	3395.0	2,979	1,229	1,336	277	992	54	204	82	13,927	145	7.98	2.63	3.04	0.73	21.6	7.1	1.17	.282	3.54	79	3.22	78	7.90	353.5
20	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	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
21	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,912	739	268	230	.538	594	3.20	226	43	29	4619.1	4,218	1,640	1,917	392	1,452	108	81	83	19,218	200	5.67	2.83	2.01	0.76	15.2	7.6	1.23	.267	3.73	84	3.45	92	8.22	156.3
22	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
23	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	3.19	87	8.33	188.5
24	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
25	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,756	417	158	97	.620	336	2.95	17	4	12	2228.0	1,808	730	788	221	515	142	25	15	8,965	48	11.13	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.18	69	2.83	67	7.30	334.6

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	68	67	.504
Rangers	66	69	.489	2.0
Mariners	64	71	.474	4.0
Athletics	53	82	.393	15.0
Angels	52	83	.385	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	SEA	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sun 8/30	SEA	@	TOR	1:37 PM
Mon 8/31	SEA	@	BOS	6:45 PM
Tue 9/1	SEA	@	BOS	6:45 PM
Wed 9/2	SEA	@	BOS	4:10 PM

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Final

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Braves	80	55	.593
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Marlins	68	67	.504	12.0
Nationals	64	73	.467	17.0
Mets	60	75	.444	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	84	51	.622
Cubs	76	59	.563	8.0
Cardinals	68	68	.500	16.5
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Sat 8/29	BOS	@	NYY	1:05 PM
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