most strikeouts allowed from may 19, 1994 to september 20, 2016

Between May 19, 1994 and September 20, 2016, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,702 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	3,702	445	232	107	.684	432	3.07	72	29	1	3011.1	2,461	1,028	1,160	313	846	133	5	30	12,220	59	11.06	2.53	4.38	0.94	30.3	6.9	1.10	.297	3.47	7.36
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,971	401	207	91	.695	398	2.93	46	17	1	2662.2	2,100	867	951	231	690	131	2	25	10,720	57	10.04	2.33	4.31	0.78	27.7	6.4	1.05	.279	3.21	7.10
3	CC Sabathia	2,716	480	222	141	.612	480	3.72	38	12	0	3154.0	2,995	1,302	1,422	314	954	104	0	43	13,181	66	7.75	2.72	2.85	0.90	20.6	7.2	1.25	.295	4.06	8.55
4	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
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,575	398	187	96	.661	397	3.30	25	10	0	2630.1	2,263	963	1,055	214	941	94	0	22	10,950	91	8.81	3.22	2.74	0.73	23.5	8.6	1.22	.288	3.61	7.74
6	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
7	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
8	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,473	459	227	136	.625	458	3.78	43	17	0	2996.2	2,953	1,260	1,355	327	658	53	0	24	12,321	57	7.43	1.98	3.76	0.98	20.1	5.3	1.21	.298	4.07	8.87
9	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
10	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,353	506	232	161	.590	497	3.92	36	13	0	3158.1	3,210	1,376	1,499	376	888	60	1	46	13,319	42	6.71	2.53	2.65	1.07	17.7	6.7	1.30	.294	4.27	9.15
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,254	356	154	107	.590	356	3.15	25	11	0	2400.0	2,141	841	935	202	690	80	0	16	9,839	132	8.45	2.59	3.27	0.76	22.9	7.0	1.18	.293	3.51	8.03
12	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	387	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2376.0	2,133	959	1,010	259	707	78	3	42	9,833	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	8.08
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,182	487	234	140	.626	487	3.18	56	19	0	3227.1	3,097	1,140	1,268	255	484	86	0	100	13,055	34	6.08	1.35	4.51	0.71	16.7	3.7	1.11	.283	3.54	8.64
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,166	349	171	105	.620	349	3.49	23	7	0	2318.1	2,058	899	978	215	695	79	0	22	9,586	73	8.41	2.70	3.12	0.83	22.6	7.3	1.19	.287	3.80	7.99
15	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,138	415	174	135	.563	414	3.88	18	8	0	2657.2	2,687	1,147	1,251	283	758	121	0	29	11,251	113	7.24	2.57	2.82	0.96	19.0	6.7	1.30	.302	4.24	9.10
16	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
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,109	337	135	96	.584	336	3.32	15	7	0	2200.1	1,965	812	864	245	590	63	0	41	9,010	42	8.63	2.41	3.57	1.00	23.4	6.5	1.16	.287	3.53	8.04
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,097	535	139	85	.621	293	3.21	25	10	154	2206.1	1,975	786	846	183	541	36	204	55	8,980	69	8.55	2.21	3.88	0.75	23.4	6.0	1.14	.293	3.45	8.06
19	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	2,083	451	169	152	.526	443	4.11	22	6	0	2720.1	2,770	1,243	1,357	296	843	74	3	46	11,616	67	6.89	2.79	2.47	0.98	17.9	7.3	1.33	.297	4.49	9.16
20	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,080	482	222	133	.625	479	3.49	26	13	0	3126.2	2,957	1,213	1,319	248	917	124	0	84	13,005	84	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.1	1.24	.281	3.80	8.51
21	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2,075	579	132	133	.498	351	4.35	11	3	87	2387.0	2,347	1,154	1,250	267	1,071	91	186	47	10,412	80	7.82	4.04	1.94	1.01	19.9	10.3	1.43	.301	4.71	8.85
22	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,046	590	186	168	.525	430	4.43	26	3	22	3006.0	2,931	1,480	1,682	401	1,095	176	77	30	12,971	125	6.13	3.28	1.87	1.20	15.8	8.4	1.34	.273	5.04	8.78
23	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,014	389	154	100	.606	348	3.42	15	5	1	2247.1	2,131	854	919	217	545	59	8	19	9,255	68	8.07	2.18	3.70	0.87	21.8	5.9	1.19	.298	3.68	8.53
24	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	8.77
25	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,988	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	7.67

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Dodgers	99	62	.615
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Batting Average Leaders

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Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
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Brewers - y	102	59	.634
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
Pirates	81	80	.503	21.0
Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
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