most strikeouts allowed from may 8, 1994 to august 30, 2017

Between May 8, 1994 and August 30, 2017, Randy Johnson fanned the most batters, with 3,705 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 8, 1994 to august 30, 2017

	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	3,705	446	233	107	.685	433	3.08	72	29	1	3017.0	2,470	1,032	1,164	313	850	133	5	30	12,248	59	11.05	2.54	4.36	0.93	30.2	6.9	1.10	.298	3.47	7.37
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,982	403	208	91	.696	400	2.93	46	17	1	2674.2	2,113	872	956	231	694	131	2	25	10,770	57	10.03	2.34	4.30	0.78	27.7	6.4	1.05	.280	3.22	7.11
3	CC Sabathia	2,816	503	233	146	.615	503	3.71	38	12	0	3283.2	3,108	1,352	1,475	330	999	108	0	43	13,718	70	7.72	2.74	2.82	0.90	20.5	7.3	1.25	.294	4.04	8.52
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,638	386	182	112	.619	364	3.43	66	14	9	2611.1	2,403	996	1,038	298	509	43	21	22	10,576	51	9.09	1.75	5.18	1.03	24.9	4.8	1.12	.297	3.58	8.28
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,594	400	188	97	.660	399	3.28	26	10	0	2645.1	2,270	965	1,058	215	947	94	0	22	11,008	92	8.83	3.22	2.74	0.73	23.6	8.6	1.22	.287	3.60	7.72
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	2,485	461	229	136	.627	460	3.77	44	17	0	3013.2	2,968	1,263	1,358	328	661	53	0	24	12,388	57	7.42	1.97	3.76	0.98	20.1	5.3	1.20	.298	4.06	8.86
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	2,432	530	239	172	.582	521	4.02	37	13	0	3284.1	3,382	1,466	1,598	401	918	61	1	46	13,891	43	6.66	2.52	2.65	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.38	9.27
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,373	380	183	114	.616	380	3.49	23	7	0	2511.0	2,225	975	1,057	240	766	83	0	27	10,393	78	8.51	2.75	3.10	0.86	22.8	7.4	1.19	.286	3.79	7.97
12	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,333	372	159	113	.585	372	3.19	25	11	0	2489.1	2,236	883	984	219	716	87	0	16	10,224	140	8.43	2.59	3.26	0.79	22.8	7.0	1.19	.294	3.56	8.08
13	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,271	442	186	145	.562	441	3.93	18	8	0	2810.2	2,842	1,228	1,338	315	807	132	0	30	11,916	122	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.30	.301	4.28	9.10
14	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
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,203	416	170	106	.616	375	3.40	16	5	1	2419.2	2,275	914	987	238	586	59	8	20	9,938	75	8.19	2.18	3.76	0.89	22.2	5.9	1.18	.297	3.67	8.46
16	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,195	489	235	140	.627	489	3.18	56	19	0	3242.0	3,110	1,144	1,272	256	485	87	0	100	13,112	34	6.09	1.35	4.53	0.71	16.7	3.7	1.11	.283	3.53	8.63
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,189	356	145	98	.597	355	3.33	16	7	0	2324.0	2,069	861	919	259	628	72	0	42	9,510	47	8.48	2.43	3.49	1.00	23.0	6.6	1.16	.285	3.56	8.01
18	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
19	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,111	299	138	74	.651	290	3.28	8	4	0	1863.2	1,565	680	736	211	520	65	2	12	7,582	61	10.19	2.51	4.06	1.02	27.8	6.9	1.12	.290	3.55	7.56
20	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,106	537	139	87	.615	295	3.21	25	10	154	2219.0	1,988	791	854	184	544	38	204	56	9,036	70	8.54	2.21	3.87	0.75	23.3	6.0	1.14	.293	3.46	8.06
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,086	286	141	62	.695	284	2.34	25	15	0	1901.1	1,396	495	540	123	501	29	1	27	7,464	70	9.87	2.37	4.16	0.58	27.9	6.7	1.00	.269	2.56	6.61
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	James Shields J. Shields	2,050	368	135	121	.527	367	3.97	23	9	0	2379.1	2,364	1,050	1,138	321	657	88	0	22	9,990	96	7.75	2.49	3.12	1.21	20.5	6.6	1.27	.297	4.30	8.94

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