most strikeouts allowed from june 4, 1987 to april 19, 2021

Between June 4, 1987 and April 19, 2021, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,875 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	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	7.28
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,159	629	310	166	.651	628	3.12	95	41	0	4346.1	3,703	1,507	1,671	316	1,419	146	0	59	17,912	126	8.61	2.94	2.93	0.65	23.2	7.9	1.18	.285	3.46	7.67
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,312	727	349	219	.614	725	3.12	108	35	0	4919.0	4,617	1,703	1,925	346	961	134	2	170	20,016	66	6.06	1.76	3.45	0.63	16.5	4.8	1.13	.280	3.52	8.45
4	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
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.27
6	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
7	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	7.97
8	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
9	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
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,808	380	175	94	.651	371	3.20	11	5	0	2376.1	1,963	846	911	268	644	86	2	20	9,642	71	10.63	2.44	4.36	1.02	29.1	6.7	1.10	.290	3.45	7.43
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,705	504	210	127	.623	463	3.36	16	5	1	2964.2	2,750	1,108	1,189	302	680	70	8	25	12,101	91	8.21	2.06	3.98	0.92	22.4	5.6	1.16	.293	3.61	8.35
12	David Cone D. Cone	2,617	429	192	124	.608	413	3.43	55	22	1	2829.0	2,428	1,078	1,180	250	1,097	105	3	40	11,868	144	8.33	3.49	2.39	0.80	22.1	9.2	1.25	.279	3.75	7.72
13	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	8.76
14	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
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,550	361	178	77	.698	358	2.43	25	15	0	2357.2	1,777	637	697	181	588	34	1	27	9,277	89	9.73	2.24	4.34	0.69	27.5	6.3	1.00	.269	2.66	6.78
16	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,548	486	197	170	.537	467	3.85	63	15	0	3123.1	2,999	1,336	1,483	302	1,289	75	10	33	13,310	126	7.34	3.71	1.98	0.87	19.1	9.7	1.37	.297	4.27	8.64
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,393	485	210	144	.593	475	3.27	72	17	0	3251.1	3,073	1,183	1,355	208	901	139	1	42	13,523	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.58	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
24	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,345	668	257	202	.560	612	4.24	32	9	0	3921.0	4,067	1,848	1,993	506	1,076	141	14	65	16,673	51	5.38	2.47	2.18	1.16	14.1	6.5	1.31	.283	4.57	9.34
25	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

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Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
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
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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