most strikeouts allowed from may 8, 1994 to september 30, 2016

Between May 8, 1994 and September 30, 2016, Randy Johnson fanned the most hitters, with 3,705 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 8, 1994 to september 30, 2016

	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	2,726	482	223	141	.613	482	3.70	38	12	0	3168.1	3,003	1,303	1,423	315	959	104	0	43	13,233	66	7.74	2.72	2.84	0.89	20.6	7.2	1.25	.294	4.04	8.53
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	2,359	508	232	162	.589	499	3.94	36	13	0	3167.1	3,224	1,385	1,508	378	888	60	1	46	13,360	42	6.70	2.52	2.66	1.07	17.7	6.6	1.30	.294	4.28	9.16
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,261	358	154	108	.588	358	3.15	25	11	0	2412.2	2,153	845	943	202	695	81	0	16	9,893	132	8.43	2.59	3.25	0.75	22.9	7.0	1.18	.293	3.52	8.03
12	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
13	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
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,189	351	173	105	.622	351	3.48	23	7	0	2332.0	2,066	901	980	217	698	80	0	22	9,637	73	8.45	2.69	3.14	0.84	22.7	7.2	1.19	.287	3.78	7.97
15	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,145	417	176	135	.566	416	3.88	18	8	0	2669.2	2,697	1,150	1,254	283	762	121	0	29	11,299	114	7.23	2.57	2.81	0.95	19.0	6.7	1.30	.302	4.23	9.09
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,122	339	136	96	.586	338	3.31	15	7	0	2214.1	1,979	815	869	246	592	63	0	41	9,064	43	8.62	2.41	3.58	1.00	23.4	6.5	1.16	.287	3.53	8.04
17	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
18	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
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	2,021	390	155	100	.608	349	3.42	15	5	1	2253.1	2,133	856	921	218	549	59	8	20	9,279	68	8.07	2.19	3.68	0.87	21.8	5.9	1.19	.298	3.68	8.52
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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