most strikeouts allowed from august 8, 1990 to april 6, 2021

Between August 8, 1990 and April 6, 2021, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,592 strikeouts.

Regular season

	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	4,592	563	284	146	.660	549	3.22	94	36	2	3801.2	3,065	1,361	1,529	377	1,313	183	6	34	15,619	97	10.87	3.11	3.50	0.89	29.4	8.4	1.15	.294	3.62	7.26
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,299	510	244	134	.646	509	3.20	56	23	0	3455.2	2,947	1,228	1,359	261	1,166	120	0	45	14,283	105	8.59	3.04	2.83	0.68	23.1	8.2	1.19	.285	3.54	7.68
3	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
4	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
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,091	547	215	142	.602	431	3.43	83	20	20	3217.0	2,948	1,226	1,288	342	693	51	75	42	13,088	69	8.65	1.94	4.46	0.96	23.6	5.3	1.13	.292	3.60	8.25
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,013	454	226	129	.637	454	3.33	26	9	0	2988.0	2,538	1,105	1,192	310	851	98	0	27	12,214	87	9.08	2.56	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.13	.281	3.59	7.64
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,887	616	301	180	.626	616	3.04	86	28	0	4183.1	3,904	1,413	1,590	299	709	115	0	128	16,896	54	6.21	1.53	4.07	0.64	17.1	4.2	1.10	.280	3.42	8.40
8	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	8.74
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,793	378	175	93	.653	369	3.22	11	5	0	2363.1	1,958	845	910	268	641	86	2	20	9,596	71	10.64	2.44	4.36	1.02	29.1	6.7	1.10	.291	3.47	7.46
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,763	660	192	129	.598	418	3.27	43	14	154	3054.2	2,711	1,110	1,197	253	850	52	204	75	12,517	126	8.14	2.50	3.25	0.75	22.1	6.8	1.17	.286	3.53	7.99
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,697	502	209	126	.624	461	3.36	16	5	1	2952.0	2,736	1,102	1,183	299	677	70	8	25	12,047	91	8.22	2.06	3.98	0.91	22.4	5.6	1.16	.293	3.61	8.34
12	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
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,536	359	176	77	.696	356	2.44	25	15	0	2345.2	1,770	637	697	181	586	34	1	27	9,232	88	9.73	2.25	4.33	0.69	27.5	6.3	1.00	.270	2.67	6.79
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
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	2,397	424	193	111	.635	423	3.60	15	4	0	2598.2	2,451	1,040	1,131	269	837	87	0	8	10,860	63	8.30	2.90	2.86	0.93	22.1	7.7	1.27	.300	3.92	8.49
20	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,324	588	276	166	.624	588	3.43	48	21	0	3834.2	3,716	1,463	1,594	306	1,313	52	0	124	16,127	54	5.45	3.08	1.77	0.72	14.4	8.1	1.31	.281	3.74	8.72
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,195	430	185	126	.595	420	3.26	58	15	0	2869.0	2,715	1,039	1,185	185	769	131	1	37	11,914	91	6.89	2.41	2.85	0.58	18.4	6.5	1.21	.293	3.72	8.52
25	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

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