most strikeouts allowed from august 8, 1991 to april 21, 2019

Between August 8, 1991 and April 21, 2019, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,367 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	4,367	530	269	135	.666	516	3.19	91	35	2	3591.2	2,902	1,272	1,429	359	1,164	175	6	33	14,691	87	10.94	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	3,090	480	226	125	.644	479	3.27	46	20	0	3225.2	2,761	1,172	1,290	252	1,112	118	0	37	13,370	100	8.62	3.10	2.78	0.70	23.1	8.3	1.20	.285	3.60	7.70
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,035	494	212	135	.611	431	3.42	83	20	14	3154.1	2,883	1,198	1,259	340	660	51	47	37	12,808	66	8.66	1.88	4.60	0.97	23.7	5.2	1.12	.292	3.59	8.23
5	CC Sabathia	2,994	540	247	153	.618	540	3.69	38	12	0	3480.0	3,296	1,426	1,560	355	1,064	120	0	44	14,558	74	7.74	2.75	2.81	0.92	20.6	7.3	1.25	.293	4.03	8.52
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,812	536	270	152	.640	535	3.69	57	23	0	3555.0	3,456	1,457	1,558	375	781	60	0	29	14,563	71	7.12	1.98	3.60	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	8.75
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,744	424	207	123	.627	424	3.39	24	8	0	2789.0	2,419	1,049	1,134	277	817	95	0	27	11,469	83	8.85	2.64	3.36	0.89	23.9	7.1	1.16	.284	3.66	7.81
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,702	580	286	168	.630	580	3.01	81	27	0	3931.2	3,654	1,315	1,469	281	636	108	0	115	15,829	47	6.19	1.46	4.25	0.64	17.1	4.0	1.09	.279	3.36	8.36
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,623	624	178	114	.610	382	3.17	40	14	154	2827.1	2,488	995	1,076	227	762	49	204	74	11,549	109	8.35	2.43	3.44	0.72	22.7	6.6	1.15	.287	3.43	7.92
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	2,535	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
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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,493	343	160	85	.653	334	3.24	10	5	0	2150.0	1,774	773	835	239	590	80	2	18	8,720	65	10.44	2.47	4.23	1.00	28.6	6.8	1.10	.289	3.50	7.43
14	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,480	408	169	129	.567	407	3.35	25	11	0	2676.1	2,427	996	1,111	249	782	102	0	16	11,042	153	8.34	2.63	3.17	0.84	22.5	7.1	1.20	.293	3.74	8.16
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,467	460	190	119	.615	419	3.40	16	5	1	2692.2	2,513	1,017	1,094	279	643	65	8	23	11,037	84	8.25	2.15	3.84	0.93	22.4	5.8	1.17	.295	3.66	8.40
16	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
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,438	399	159	114	.582	398	3.39	17	7	0	2579.0	2,299	972	1,044	296	713	93	0	42	10,585	56	8.51	2.49	3.42	1.03	23.0	6.7	1.17	.284	3.64	8.02
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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,288	320	153	69	.689	318	2.39	25	15	0	2109.1	1,577	561	613	147	540	31	1	27	8,300	81	9.76	2.30	4.24	0.63	27.6	6.5	1.00	.270	2.62	6.73
20	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
21	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
22	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,204	384	178	98	.645	383	3.49	15	4	0	2380.0	2,195	924	999	235	774	79	0	8	9,890	58	8.33	2.93	2.85	0.89	22.3	7.8	1.25	.297	3.78	8.30
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	2,153	555	258	156	.623	555	3.46	41	20	0	3604.1	3,506	1,386	1,508	288	1,256	50	0	120	15,184	45	5.38	3.14	1.71	0.72	14.2	8.3	1.32	.281	3.77	8.75
25	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,127	405	178	115	.608	395	3.17	58	15	0	2719.1	2,545	959	1,100	171	702	121	1	32	11,248	81	7.04	2.32	3.03	0.57	18.9	6.2	1.19	.292	3.64	8.42

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Padres	91	71	.562	9.0
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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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
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