most strikeouts allowed from august 23, 1992 to july 16, 2022

Between August 23, 1992 and July 16, 2022, Randy Johnson fanned the most batters, with 4,140 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	4,140	496	256	120	.681	482	3.13	85	32	2	3377.1	2,734	1,176	1,315	344	1,012	154	6	32	13,736	74	11.03	2.70	4.09	0.92	30.1	7.4	1.11	.296	3.50	7.29
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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,121	471	238	132	.643	471	3.28	26	9	0	3097.1	2,615	1,128	1,223	321	870	102	0	27	12,636	88	9.07	2.53	3.59	0.93	24.7	6.9	1.13	.279	3.55	7.60
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,110	418	196	98	.667	409	3.13	12	5	0	2605.2	2,121	907	977	293	689	101	2	20	10,531	73	10.74	2.38	4.51	1.01	29.5	6.5	1.08	.288	3.37	7.33
5	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
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,890	435	201	128	.611	413	3.47	77	16	9	2954.2	2,727	1,140	1,194	330	597	50	21	32	11,996	62	8.80	1.82	4.84	1.01	24.1	5.0	1.13	.295	3.64	8.31
7	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,851	545	222	138	.617	503	3.44	17	5	1	3187.2	2,980	1,219	1,306	339	727	75	8	25	13,031	95	8.05	2.05	3.92	0.96	21.9	5.6	1.16	.292	3.69	8.41
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,843	443	205	116	.639	442	3.36	31	12	0	2935.0	2,537	1,096	1,204	236	1,042	110	0	29	12,230	96	8.72	3.20	2.73	0.72	23.2	8.5	1.22	.288	3.69	7.78
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,745	391	192	86	.691	388	2.48	25	15	0	2526.1	1,912	696	759	201	618	38	1	27	9,942	95	9.78	2.20	4.44	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.70	6.81
10	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,671	501	254	143	.640	500	3.75	50	20	0	3300.0	3,223	1,375	1,471	354	733	58	0	29	13,544	64	7.28	2.00	3.64	0.97	19.7	5.4	1.20	.295	4.01	8.79
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,485	540	265	154	.632	540	3.07	69	24	0	3625.1	3,430	1,235	1,382	274	555	99	0	108	14,633	42	6.17	1.38	4.48	0.68	17.0	3.8	1.10	.281	3.43	8.52
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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,391	585	157	105	.599	343	3.27	29	11	154	2540.2	2,268	922	996	214	674	44	204	69	10,397	90	8.47	2.39	3.55	0.76	23.0	6.5	1.16	.290	3.53	8.03
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	2,127	622	197	179	.524	458	4.44	31	6	22	3186.1	3,121	1,571	1,778	417	1,185	186	78	33	13,773	131	6.01	3.35	1.79	1.18	15.4	8.6	1.35	.274	5.02	8.82
24	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
25	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,093	443	190	112	.629	376	3.34	28	11	3	2486.2	2,339	922	986	208	672	77	13	39	10,284	49	7.58	2.43	3.11	0.75	20.4	6.5	1.21	.295	3.57	8.47

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