most strikeouts allowed from may 19, 1991 to september 15, 2020

Between May 19, 1991 and September 15, 2020, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,475 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	4,475	544	276	139	.665	530	3.19	91	35	2	3679.1	2,960	1,306	1,465	366	1,234	181	6	33	15,075	94	10.95	3.02	3.63	0.90	29.7	8.2	1.14	.294	3.58	7.24
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,186	495	232	132	.637	494	3.25	51	20	0	3341.2	2,860	1,206	1,335	260	1,143	120	0	43	13,839	104	8.58	3.08	2.79	0.70	23.0	8.3	1.20	.285	3.60	7.70
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	3,051	509	215	137	.611	431	3.42	83	20	14	3171.0	2,901	1,206	1,268	340	669	51	55	40	12,882	66	8.66	1.90	4.56	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.292	3.60	8.23
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	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
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,792	596	291	172	.629	596	3.03	83	28	0	4039.1	3,758	1,361	1,520	293	666	112	0	120	16,281	53	6.22	1.48	4.19	0.65	17.1	4.1	1.10	.279	3.39	8.37
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,771	375	174	92	.654	366	3.22	11	5	0	2345.2	1,942	838	901	262	637	86	2	19	9,521	69	10.63	2.44	4.35	1.01	29.1	6.7	1.10	.291	3.46	7.45
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,687	640	184	122	.601	398	3.27	42	14	154	2921.0	2,589	1,060	1,144	239	798	52	204	74	11,960	115	8.28	2.46	3.37	0.74	22.5	6.7	1.16	.287	3.52	7.98
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,675	498	208	125	.625	457	3.36	16	5	1	2929.1	2,714	1,094	1,175	297	675	70	8	25	11,959	89	8.22	2.07	3.96	0.91	22.4	5.6	1.16	.293	3.61	8.34
12	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,558	422	163	121	.574	421	3.42	17	7	0	2694.2	2,421	1,024	1,100	310	766	100	0	43	11,101	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.04	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.67	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	2,524	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
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,517	355	174	76	.696	352	2.44	25	15	0	2322.0	1,744	629	685	179	585	34	1	27	9,138	88	9.76	2.27	4.30	0.69	27.5	6.4	1.00	.269	2.66	6.76
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	2,392	421	192	110	.636	420	3.59	15	4	0	2584.0	2,437	1,031	1,122	267	832	87	0	8	10,800	62	8.33	2.90	2.88	0.93	22.1	7.7	1.27	.300	3.91	8.49
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,243	570	267	160	.625	570	3.42	45	20	0	3719.0	3,601	1,413	1,543	298	1,278	51	0	120	15,640	52	5.43	3.09	1.76	0.72	14.3	8.2	1.31	.281	3.73	8.71
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	2,177	420	182	121	.601	410	3.20	58	15	0	2820.1	2,652	1,004	1,149	181	746	130	1	36	11,690	88	6.95	2.38	2.92	0.58	18.6	6.4	1.20	.292	3.67	8.46
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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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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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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