most strikeouts allowed from august 14, 1991 to july 26, 2018

Between August 14, 1991 and July 26, 2018, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,363 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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,363	529	269	134	.667	515	3.19	91	35	2	3585.2	2,896	1,270	1,425	359	1,163	174	6	33	14,666	85	10.95	2.92	3.75	0.90	29.7	7.9	1.13	.295	3.58	7.27
2	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	7.07
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,089	479	226	125	.644	478	3.26	46	20	0	3221.1	2,752	1,167	1,283	251	1,108	118	0	37	13,344	100	8.63	3.10	2.79	0.70	23.1	8.3	1.20	.285	3.58	7.69
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,030	491	212	135	.611	431	3.42	83	20	14	3149.1	2,878	1,197	1,257	339	658	51	46	37	12,785	66	8.66	1.88	4.60	0.97	23.7	5.1	1.12	.292	3.59	8.22
5	CC Sabathia	2,923	527	243	150	.618	527	3.70	38	12	0	3417.0	3,240	1,403	1,535	350	1,038	117	0	44	14,286	73	7.70	2.73	2.82	0.92	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.53
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,809	535	270	151	.641	534	3.68	57	23	0	3551.2	3,445	1,452	1,553	375	781	60	0	29	14,542	70	7.12	1.98	3.60	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	8.73
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,697	579	285	168	.629	579	3.01	80	27	0	3922.2	3,647	1,311	1,465	280	632	108	0	115	15,792	47	6.19	1.45	4.27	0.64	17.1	4.0	1.09	.279	3.36	8.37
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,617	623	177	114	.608	381	3.18	40	14	154	2820.1	2,486	995	1,076	227	760	49	204	74	11,522	107	8.35	2.43	3.44	0.72	22.7	6.6	1.15	.287	3.43	7.93
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,599	407	198	119	.625	407	3.39	24	8	0	2688.2	2,338	1,014	1,099	260	797	91	0	27	11,067	80	8.70	2.67	3.26	0.87	23.5	7.2	1.17	.284	3.68	7.83
10	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
11	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,522	558	245	185	.570	547	4.08	38	13	0	3433.2	3,550	1,556	1,690	430	943	64	2	47	14,525	44	6.61	2.47	2.67	1.13	17.4	6.5	1.31	.295	4.43	9.30
12	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
13	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,448	531	256	153	.626	521	3.85	26	4	0	3316.0	3,448	1,418	1,572	288	1,031	55	3	42	14,074	69	6.64	2.80	2.37	0.78	17.4	7.3	1.35	.308	4.27	9.36
14	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,436	395	168	122	.579	395	3.28	25	11	0	2612.2	2,356	953	1,060	236	759	97	0	16	10,758	145	8.39	2.61	3.21	0.81	22.6	7.1	1.19	.293	3.65	8.12
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,373	443	183	112	.620	402	3.38	16	5	1	2585.1	2,419	972	1,046	260	618	63	8	21	10,603	80	8.26	2.15	3.84	0.91	22.4	5.8	1.17	.296	3.64	8.42
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,341	383	152	111	.578	382	3.43	16	7	0	2476.2	2,219	944	1,013	287	687	86	0	42	10,180	55	8.51	2.50	3.41	1.04	23.0	6.7	1.17	.285	3.68	8.06
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,338	326	154	80	.658	317	3.24	9	5	0	2037.2	1,684	733	792	228	569	73	2	16	8,270	65	10.33	2.51	4.11	1.01	28.3	6.9	1.11	.288	3.50	7.44
18	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
19	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
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,203	306	147	69	.681	304	2.37	25	15	0	2016.2	1,503	532	581	137	524	30	1	27	7,933	77	9.83	2.34	4.20	0.61	27.8	6.6	1.01	.271	2.59	6.71
21	James Shields J. Shields	2,184	396	142	135	.513	394	4.00	23	9	0	2548.1	2,516	1,133	1,230	345	721	93	1	22	10,708	104	7.71	2.55	3.03	1.22	20.4	6.7	1.27	.295	4.34	8.89
22	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,156	627	200	180	.526	463	4.41	33	6	22	3226.1	3,152	1,582	1,791	418	1,205	186	78	33	13,939	134	6.01	3.36	1.79	1.17	15.5	8.6	1.35	.274	5.00	8.79
23	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,142	553	257	155	.624	553	3.46	41	20	0	3590.2	3,495	1,382	1,502	288	1,248	50	0	118	15,125	44	5.37	3.13	1.72	0.72	14.2	8.3	1.32	.281	3.76	8.76
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,137	370	171	95	.643	369	3.49	15	4	0	2305.0	2,111	894	967	224	750	79	0	8	9,573	56	8.34	2.93	2.85	0.87	22.3	7.8	1.24	.296	3.78	8.24
25	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,126	404	178	115	.608	394	3.18	58	15	0	2712.0	2,537	959	1,098	171	698	121	1	32	11,218	81	7.06	2.32	3.05	0.57	19.0	6.2	1.19	.292	3.64	8.42

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Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
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Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
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Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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Angels	62	100	.383	19.0