most strikeouts allowed from may 4, 1991 to august 11, 2018

Between May 4, 1991 and August 11, 2018, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,496 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	4,496	547	277	139	.666	533	3.20	91	35	2	3695.2	2,976	1,314	1,475	367	1,245	182	6	33	15,153	94	10.95	3.03	3.61	0.89	29.7	8.2	1.14	.294	3.59	7.25
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,207	498	233	133	.637	497	3.26	51	20	0	3362.2	2,882	1,218	1,347	261	1,148	120	0	44	13,929	104	8.58	3.07	2.79	0.70	23.0	8.2	1.20	.285	3.61	7.71
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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,061	516	215	139	.607	431	3.43	83	20	16	3178.2	2,916	1,213	1,275	340	674	51	59	40	12,924	66	8.67	1.91	4.54	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.293	3.61	8.26
5	CC Sabathia	2,945	530	243	150	.618	530	3.69	38	12	0	3430.1	3,253	1,408	1,540	352	1,047	118	0	44	14,350	73	7.73	2.75	2.81	0.92	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.53
6	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
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,809	599	292	173	.628	599	3.03	83	28	0	4063.0	3,775	1,368	1,528	294	672	113	0	122	16,376	53	6.22	1.49	4.18	0.65	17.2	4.1	1.09	.279	3.38	8.36
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,694	643	185	123	.601	401	3.26	42	14	154	2940.0	2,606	1,066	1,150	241	806	52	204	74	12,040	119	8.25	2.47	3.34	0.74	22.4	6.7	1.16	.287	3.52	7.98
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,622	410	199	121	.622	410	3.41	24	8	0	2703.1	2,358	1,023	1,108	266	799	91	0	27	11,132	80	8.73	2.66	3.28	0.89	23.6	7.2	1.17	.284	3.69	7.85
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	2,526	560	246	186	.569	549	4.09	38	13	0	3445.2	3,565	1,565	1,699	433	945	64	2	47	14,577	45	6.60	2.47	2.67	1.13	17.3	6.5	1.31	.295	4.44	9.31
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	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
14	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,441	398	168	124	.575	398	3.32	25	11	0	2626.1	2,375	969	1,080	240	767	98	0	16	10,828	145	8.36	2.63	3.18	0.82	22.5	7.1	1.20	.293	3.70	8.14
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,388	446	184	114	.617	405	3.37	16	5	1	2605.1	2,432	976	1,050	263	623	63	8	21	10,678	80	8.25	2.15	3.83	0.91	22.4	5.8	1.17	.295	3.63	8.40
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,365	329	156	80	.661	320	3.22	9	5	0	2058.2	1,695	736	796	230	573	74	2	16	8,351	65	10.34	2.51	4.13	1.01	28.3	6.9	1.10	.287	3.48	7.41
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,352	385	154	111	.581	384	3.42	16	7	0	2487.2	2,229	945	1,015	287	690	88	0	42	10,227	56	8.51	2.50	3.41	1.04	23.0	6.7	1.17	.285	3.67	8.06
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,254	572	269	160	.627	572	3.41	46	20	0	3735.0	3,615	1,417	1,547	300	1,279	51	0	120	15,702	52	5.43	3.08	1.76	0.72	14.4	8.1	1.31	.281	3.73	8.71
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,219	309	149	69	.683	307	2.37	25	15	0	2036.1	1,520	537	586	138	526	31	1	27	8,011	79	9.81	2.32	4.22	0.61	27.7	6.6	1.00	.271	2.59	6.72
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	James Shields J. Shields	2,202	399	142	137	.509	397	4.00	23	9	0	2568.1	2,533	1,141	1,241	350	728	93	1	22	10,792	104	7.72	2.55	3.02	1.23	20.4	6.7	1.27	.294	4.35	8.88
23	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,183	423	183	123	.598	413	3.23	58	15	0	2832.1	2,677	1,017	1,163	181	754	130	1	37	11,757	90	6.94	2.40	2.90	0.58	18.6	6.4	1.21	.293	3.70	8.51
24	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
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,146	373	171	97	.638	372	3.54	15	4	0	2318.2	2,136	911	985	230	756	79	0	8	9,641	57	8.33	2.93	2.84	0.89	22.3	7.8	1.25	.296	3.82	8.29

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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
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Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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