most strikeouts allowed from april 16, 1991 to july 30, 2018

Between April 16, 1991 and July 30, 2018, 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	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
3	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
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,067	522	215	140	.606	431	3.44	83	20	17	3187.0	2,925	1,218	1,280	341	679	51	62	42	12,961	67	8.66	1.92	4.52	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.293	3.61	8.26
5	CC Sabathia	2,931	528	243	150	.618	528	3.70	38	12	0	3421.2	3,246	1,405	1,537	351	1,040	118	0	44	14,309	73	7.71	2.74	2.82	0.92	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.54
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,606	408	198	120	.623	408	3.39	24	8	0	2693.2	2,347	1,016	1,101	262	798	91	0	27	11,091	80	8.71	2.67	3.27	0.88	23.5	7.2	1.17	.284	3.68	7.84
10	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
11	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,522	558	245	185	.570	547	4.08	38	13	0	3433.2	3,550	1,556	1,690	430	943	64	2	47	14,525	44	6.61	2.47	2.67	1.13	17.4	6.5	1.31	.295	4.43	9.30
12	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
13	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
14	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,437	396	168	123	.577	396	3.30	25	11	0	2615.1	2,362	960	1,067	237	761	97	0	16	10,774	145	8.39	2.62	3.20	0.82	22.6	7.1	1.19	.293	3.67	8.13
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,379	444	184	112	.622	403	3.38	16	5	1	2592.1	2,425	973	1,047	261	618	63	8	21	10,628	80	8.26	2.15	3.85	0.91	22.4	5.8	1.17	.296	3.63	8.42
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,349	327	155	80	.660	318	3.22	9	5	0	2045.2	1,687	733	793	228	570	74	2	16	8,301	65	10.33	2.51	4.12	1.00	28.3	6.9	1.10	.287	3.49	7.42
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,341	383	152	111	.578	382	3.43	16	7	0	2476.2	2,219	944	1,013	287	687	86	0	42	10,180	55	8.51	2.50	3.41	1.04	23.0	6.7	1.17	.285	3.68	8.06
18	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
19	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
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,211	307	148	69	.682	305	2.37	25	15	0	2024.1	1,509	533	582	137	524	31	1	27	7,962	77	9.83	2.33	4.22	0.61	27.8	6.6	1.00	.271	2.59	6.71
21	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
22	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,189	426	185	123	.601	416	3.23	58	15	0	2853.1	2,691	1,024	1,170	182	761	131	1	37	11,839	90	6.90	2.40	2.88	0.57	18.5	6.4	1.21	.293	3.69	8.49
23	James Shields J. Shields	2,184	396	142	135	.513	394	4.00	23	9	0	2548.1	2,516	1,133	1,230	345	721	93	1	22	10,708	104	7.71	2.55	3.03	1.22	20.4	6.7	1.27	.295	4.34	8.89
24	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,156	627	200	180	.526	463	4.41	33	6	22	3226.1	3,152	1,582	1,791	418	1,205	186	78	33	13,939	134	6.01	3.36	1.79	1.17	15.5	8.6	1.35	.274	5.00	8.79
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,137	370	171	95	.643	369	3.49	15	4	0	2305.0	2,111	894	967	224	750	79	0	8	9,573	56	8.34	2.93	2.85	0.87	22.3	7.8	1.24	.296	3.78	8.24

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Padres	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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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
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
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
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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