most strikeouts allowed from may 20, 1997 to september 30, 2018

Between May 20, 1997 and September 30, 2018, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,095 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	3,095	377	194	101	.658	370	3.16	59	22	0	2554.1	2,133	896	1,017	278	691	118	3	28	10,387	47	10.90	2.43	4.48	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.299	3.58	7.52
2	CC Sabathia	2,986	538	246	153	.617	538	3.70	38	12	0	3470.0	3,292	1,426	1,559	355	1,060	120	0	44	14,521	74	7.74	2.75	2.82	0.92	20.6	7.3	1.25	.294	4.04	8.54
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,706	419	204	123	.624	419	3.39	24	8	0	2759.0	2,398	1,039	1,124	272	808	92	0	27	11,346	83	8.83	2.64	3.35	0.89	23.8	7.1	1.16	.285	3.67	7.82
4	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
5	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,523	561	247	186	.570	548	4.10	38	13	0	3446.0	3,575	1,571	1,702	437	934	64	2	47	14,577	44	6.59	2.44	2.70	1.14	17.3	6.4	1.31	.296	4.45	9.34
6	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
7	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,467	404	168	128	.568	403	3.34	25	11	0	2658.0	2,402	986	1,099	247	780	99	0	16	10,959	151	8.35	2.64	3.16	0.84	22.5	7.1	1.20	.293	3.72	8.13
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,449	338	159	82	.660	329	3.22	10	5	0	2117.2	1,739	757	817	236	585	78	2	17	8,585	65	10.41	2.49	4.19	1.00	28.5	6.8	1.10	.287	3.47	7.39
9	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,435	455	187	118	.613	414	3.39	16	5	1	2663.1	2,486	1,002	1,078	271	637	65	8	23	10,919	84	8.23	2.15	3.82	0.92	22.3	5.8	1.17	.295	3.64	8.40
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,433	315	164	69	.704	313	2.82	37	12	0	2104.0	1,643	659	723	180	510	109	1	18	8,450	42	10.41	2.18	4.77	0.77	28.8	6.0	1.02	.280	3.09	7.03
11	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,415	395	156	114	.578	394	3.40	17	7	0	2553.0	2,280	964	1,036	293	710	93	0	42	10,484	56	8.51	2.50	3.40	1.03	23.0	6.8	1.17	.285	3.65	8.04
12	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
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,275	318	153	69	.689	316	2.39	25	15	0	2096.1	1,570	557	609	145	536	31	1	27	8,252	81	9.77	2.30	4.24	0.62	27.6	6.5	1.00	.271	2.61	6.74
14	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,237	327	158	91	.635	305	3.45	54	12	9	2199.0	2,060	844	874	259	403	36	21	15	8,912	44	9.16	1.65	5.55	1.06	25.1	4.5	1.12	.301	3.58	8.43
15	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
16	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
17	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,190	381	177	98	.644	380	3.50	15	4	0	2366.0	2,182	920	995	232	768	79	0	8	9,831	58	8.33	2.92	2.85	0.88	22.3	7.8	1.25	.297	3.78	8.30
18	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,126	456	217	135	.616	452	3.85	19	4	0	2856.0	2,976	1,223	1,359	247	876	51	1	37	12,135	53	6.70	2.76	2.43	0.78	17.5	7.2	1.35	.309	4.28	9.38
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,025	318	155	73	.680	317	3.25	16	8	0	2081.0	1,785	751	827	166	710	70	0	20	8,627	70	8.76	3.07	2.85	0.72	23.5	8.2	1.20	.286	3.58	7.72
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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,006	367	175	111	.612	366	3.73	30	12	0	2368.2	2,341	981	1,059	251	499	49	0	19	9,732	52	7.62	1.90	4.02	0.95	20.6	5.1	1.20	.302	4.02	8.89

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
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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