most strikeouts allowed from august 22, 1991 to september 23, 2019

Between August 22, 1991 and September 23, 2019, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,343 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	4,343	527	267	134	.666	513	3.20	90	34	2	3568.2	2,888	1,269	1,424	358	1,159	173	6	33	14,603	85	10.95	2.92	3.75	0.90	29.7	7.9	1.13	.295	3.59	7.28
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	CC Sabathia	3,091	560	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3576.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,986	74	7.78	2.77	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.57
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,075	477	226	125	.644	476	3.26	46	20	0	3207.1	2,739	1,162	1,278	251	1,102	117	0	36	13,286	100	8.63	3.09	2.79	0.70	23.1	8.3	1.20	.285	3.59	7.69
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,026	488	212	135	.611	431	3.42	83	20	14	3144.0	2,875	1,196	1,256	339	654	51	44	37	12,764	65	8.66	1.87	4.63	0.97	23.7	5.1	1.12	.292	3.60	8.23
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,994	452	224	129	.635	452	3.33	26	9	0	2976.0	2,531	1,100	1,187	306	850	98	0	27	12,170	86	9.05	2.57	3.52	0.93	24.6	7.0	1.14	.281	3.59	7.65
7	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,791	533	269	150	.642	532	3.68	57	23	0	3538.0	3,436	1,446	1,547	372	777	59	0	29	14,487	69	7.10	1.98	3.59	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	8.74
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,684	577	285	167	.631	577	3.01	80	27	0	3908.1	3,630	1,307	1,461	280	631	108	0	115	15,735	47	6.18	1.45	4.25	0.64	17.1	4.0	1.09	.278	3.36	8.36
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,682	364	169	89	.655	355	3.19	10	5	0	2284.0	1,878	809	872	252	617	85	2	19	9,254	65	10.57	2.43	4.35	0.99	29.0	6.7	1.09	.289	3.44	7.40
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,613	487	204	123	.624	446	3.36	16	5	1	2863.2	2,659	1,070	1,151	292	666	69	8	25	11,702	86	8.21	2.09	3.92	0.92	22.3	5.7	1.16	.294	3.62	8.36
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,600	621	176	113	.609	379	3.19	38	14	154	2803.1	2,477	993	1,074	227	756	49	204	74	11,461	105	8.35	2.43	3.44	0.73	22.7	6.6	1.15	.287	3.45	7.95
12	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,550	421	163	121	.574	420	3.43	17	7	0	2690.2	2,419	1,024	1,100	310	766	99	0	43	11,086	57	8.53	2.56	3.33	1.04	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	8.09
13	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
14	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,535	565	247	188	.568	552	4.12	38	13	0	3461.2	3,593	1,584	1,719	439	948	64	2	47	14,655	45	6.59	2.46	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.296	4.47	9.34
15	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,521	418	169	135	.556	417	3.42	25	11	0	2724.1	2,482	1,034	1,154	263	801	105	0	16	11,258	156	8.33	2.65	3.15	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	8.20
16	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
17	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,456	345	168	74	.694	343	2.45	25	15	0	2267.2	1,713	617	672	173	576	33	1	27	8,934	87	9.75	2.29	4.26	0.69	27.5	6.4	1.01	.270	2.67	6.80
18	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
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,351	411	190	108	.638	410	3.57	15	4	0	2531.2	2,379	1,003	1,094	258	820	84	0	8	10,570	61	8.36	2.92	2.87	0.92	22.2	7.8	1.26	.301	3.89	8.46
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,140	552	257	154	.625	552	3.46	41	20	0	3584.2	3,490	1,380	1,500	288	1,246	50	0	118	15,102	44	5.37	3.13	1.72	0.72	14.2	8.3	1.32	.281	3.77	8.76
25	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,118	402	177	114	.608	392	3.18	58	15	0	2698.2	2,522	953	1,091	170	692	119	1	32	11,156	81	7.06	2.31	3.06	0.57	19.0	6.2	1.19	.292	3.64	8.41

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Dodgers	99	62	.615
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Diamondbacks	86	75	.534	13.0
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Sun 9/27	AZ	@	SDP	3:10 PM

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Batting Average Leaders

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Hit Leaders

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	67	.584
Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	102	59	.634
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
Pirates	81	80	.503	21.0
Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	99	62	.615
Padres - w	90	71	.559	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	75	.534	13.0
Giants	65	96	.404	34.0
Rockies	58	103	.360	41.0

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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	5.0
Red Sox - w	87	74	.540	11.0
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Blue Jays	78	83	.484	20.0
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White Sox - w	83	78	.516	2.0
Twins	76	85	.472	9.0
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Astros	80	81	.497
Rangers	80	81	.497
Mariners	75	86	.466	5.0
Athletics	64	97	.398	16.0
Angels	62	99	.385	18.0