most strikeouts allowed from may 8, 1991 to may 22, 2023

Between May 8, 1991 and May 22, 2023, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,488 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	4,488	546	277	139	.666	532	3.19	91	35	2	3690.1	2,969	1,310	1,469	367	1,243	182	6	33	15,126	94	10.95	3.03	3.61	0.90	29.7	8.2	1.14	.294	3.58	7.24
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,224	437	204	104	.662	428	3.12	12	5	0	2715.2	2,207	942	1,013	306	714	108	2	20	10,968	75	10.68	2.37	4.52	1.01	29.4	6.5	1.08	.287	3.36	7.31
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,218	486	246	135	.646	486	3.24	26	9	0	3188.0	2,672	1,149	1,245	327	885	104	0	27	12,976	91	9.08	2.50	3.64	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.278	3.51	7.54
4	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
5	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
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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,059	514	215	139	.607	431	3.44	83	20	15	3177.1	2,916	1,213	1,275	340	674	51	57	40	12,920	66	8.66	1.91	4.54	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.293	3.61	8.26
8	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
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,876	411	203	91	.690	408	2.49	25	15	0	2638.1	2,004	730	799	213	643	41	1	27	10,392	96	9.81	2.19	4.47	0.73	27.7	6.2	1.00	.271	2.73	6.84
10	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
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,806	598	291	173	.627	598	3.03	83	28	0	4056.0	3,771	1,365	1,525	294	669	113	0	122	16,348	53	6.23	1.48	4.19	0.65	17.2	4.1	1.09	.279	3.38	8.37
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
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	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
19	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
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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