most strikeouts allowed from april 17, 1991 to july 20, 2023

Between April 17, 1991 and July 20, 2023, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,514 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	4,514	550	278	141	.663	536	3.20	91	35	2	3714.2	2,989	1,322	1,483	368	1,264	182	6	33	15,237	94	10.94	3.06	3.57	0.89	29.6	8.3	1.14	.294	3.59	7.24
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,300	447	209	105	.666	438	3.14	12	5	0	2776.2	2,266	969	1,041	318	727	110	2	20	11,221	75	10.70	2.36	4.54	1.03	29.4	6.5	1.08	.288	3.37	7.34
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,268	496	248	138	.642	496	3.25	26	9	0	3246.0	2,724	1,171	1,270	331	906	105	0	27	13,220	93	9.06	2.51	3.61	0.92	24.7	6.9	1.12	.278	3.52	7.55
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,231	501	236	133	.640	500	3.24	52	20	0	3386.2	2,895	1,220	1,349	261	1,155	120	0	44	14,018	104	8.59	3.07	2.80	0.69	23.0	8.2	1.20	.285	3.58	7.69
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	3,067	521	215	140	.606	431	3.43	83	20	17	3187.0	2,922	1,215	1,277	341	678	51	62	41	12,957	67	8.66	1.91	4.52	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.293	3.61	8.25
8	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,947	575	224	151	.597	533	3.48	17	5	1	3343.2	3,160	1,293	1,388	360	754	78	8	25	13,691	101	7.93	2.03	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	8.51
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,912	417	207	91	.695	414	2.48	25	15	0	2676.1	2,031	738	807	218	653	41	1	27	10,539	98	9.79	2.20	4.46	0.73	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	6.83
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,818	602	293	174	.627	602	3.04	83	28	0	4082.1	3,799	1,381	1,544	296	676	113	0	123	16,462	53	6.21	1.49	4.17	0.65	17.1	4.1	1.10	.279	3.40	8.38
11	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
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,702	646	185	125	.597	404	3.26	42	14	154	2958.1	2,624	1,073	1,158	242	812	52	204	75	12,114	120	8.22	2.47	3.33	0.74	22.3	6.7	1.16	.287	3.52	7.98
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	2,278	576	271	162	.626	576	3.41	48	21	0	3761.1	3,633	1,425	1,555	301	1,284	52	0	121	15,803	52	5.45	3.07	1.77	0.72	14.4	8.1	1.31	.280	3.72	8.69
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	2,186	425	184	123	.599	415	3.23	58	15	0	2846.1	2,688	1,023	1,169	182	758	130	1	37	11,811	90	6.91	2.40	2.88	0.58	18.5	6.4	1.21	.293	3.70	8.50
25	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,175	468	198	121	.621	401	3.46	28	11	3	2619.0	2,510	1,008	1,078	223	714	81	13	40	10,886	51	7.47	2.45	3.05	0.77	20.0	6.6	1.23	.297	3.70	8.63

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Pirates	81	80	.503	20.5
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