most strikeouts allowed from may 25, 1994 to may 20, 2023

Between May 25, 1994 and May 20, 2023, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,697 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	3,697	444	231	107	.683	431	3.07	72	29	1	3005.1	2,456	1,026	1,158	312	844	133	5	30	12,197	59	11.07	2.53	4.38	0.93	30.3	6.9	1.10	.297	3.47	7.35
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,219	436	204	104	.662	427	3.13	12	5	0	2709.2	2,204	942	1,013	306	713	108	2	20	10,947	75	10.69	2.37	4.51	1.02	29.4	6.5	1.08	.288	3.36	7.32
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,213	485	245	135	.645	485	3.25	26	9	0	3180.0	2,669	1,148	1,244	326	885	104	0	27	12,949	91	9.09	2.50	3.63	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.278	3.52	7.55
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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,967	400	206	91	.694	397	2.93	46	17	1	2656.2	2,094	865	949	229	690	131	2	25	10,696	57	10.05	2.34	4.30	0.78	27.7	6.5	1.05	.279	3.21	7.09
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,918	566	224	146	.605	524	3.45	17	5	1	3299.1	3,105	1,263	1,358	351	746	76	8	25	13,500	99	7.96	2.03	3.91	0.96	21.6	5.5	1.17	.293	3.70	8.47
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,870	410	203	90	.693	407	2.48	25	15	0	2634.2	1,999	726	795	213	640	41	1	27	10,373	96	9.80	2.19	4.48	0.73	27.7	6.2	1.00	.270	2.72	6.83
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,628	384	182	110	.623	362	3.42	66	14	9	2599.1	2,388	989	1,031	296	504	43	21	22	10,521	51	9.10	1.75	5.21	1.02	25.0	4.8	1.11	.297	3.57	8.27
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,568	397	186	96	.660	396	3.30	25	10	0	2622.1	2,258	961	1,053	214	937	94	0	22	10,918	91	8.81	3.22	2.74	0.73	23.5	8.6	1.22	.288	3.61	7.75
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,470	458	227	136	.625	457	3.78	43	17	0	2990.2	2,946	1,257	1,352	326	655	53	0	24	12,294	57	7.43	1.97	3.77	0.98	20.1	5.3	1.20	.298	4.07	8.87
17	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
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	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
20	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
21	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,173	486	233	140	.625	486	3.18	56	19	0	3220.1	3,092	1,138	1,266	255	481	86	0	100	13,027	34	6.07	1.34	4.52	0.71	16.7	3.7	1.11	.283	3.54	8.64
22	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,155	460	196	117	.626	393	3.39	28	11	3	2583.0	2,446	974	1,041	215	700	80	13	40	10,704	50	7.51	2.44	3.08	0.75	20.1	6.5	1.22	.295	3.63	8.52
23	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,126	332	118	77	.605	252	3.09	16	3	12	1728.1	1,408	593	641	186	400	109	25	15	6,966	39	11.07	2.08	5.32	0.97	30.5	5.7	1.05	.295	3.34	7.33
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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,091	534	139	84	.623	292	3.21	25	10	154	2199.1	1,972	785	844	182	538	36	204	55	8,954	69	8.56	2.20	3.89	0.74	23.4	6.0	1.14	.293	3.45	8.07

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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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