most strikeouts allowed from may 6, 1991 to september 20, 2020

Between May 6, 1991 and September 20, 2020, Randy Johnson fanned 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	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	3,060	515	215	139	.607	431	3.43	83	20	15	3178.1	2,916	1,213	1,275	340	674	51	58	40	12,923	66	8.66	1.91	4.54	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.293	3.61	8.26
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	2,809	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
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,777	376	174	93	.652	367	3.21	11	5	0	2351.1	1,947	838	903	262	639	86	2	20	9,547	70	10.63	2.45	4.35	1.00	29.1	6.7	1.10	.291	3.46	7.45
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,693	642	184	123	.599	400	3.26	42	14	154	2934.0	2,599	1,064	1,148	240	806	52	204	74	12,017	119	8.26	2.47	3.34	0.74	22.4	6.7	1.16	.287	3.52	7.97
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,684	499	208	125	.625	458	3.36	16	5	1	2934.1	2,720	1,097	1,178	298	675	70	8	25	11,979	89	8.23	2.07	3.98	0.91	22.4	5.6	1.16	.294	3.61	8.34
12	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
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	2,523	356	175	76	.697	353	2.43	25	15	0	2329.0	1,748	630	686	179	585	34	1	27	9,160	88	9.75	2.26	4.31	0.69	27.5	6.4	1.00	.269	2.65	6.75
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	2,393	422	192	110	.636	421	3.59	15	4	0	2589.0	2,441	1,033	1,124	268	833	87	0	8	10,819	63	8.32	2.90	2.87	0.93	22.1	7.7	1.26	.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	2,254	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
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	2,180	422	183	122	.600	412	3.22	58	15	0	2831.0	2,671	1,012	1,158	181	752	130	1	37	11,745	90	6.93	2.39	2.90	0.58	18.6	6.4	1.21	.293	3.68	8.49
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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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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