most strikeouts allowed from august 22, 1992 to september 5, 2020

Between August 22, 1992 and September 5, 2020, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,140 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	4,140	496	256	120	.681	482	3.13	85	32	2	3377.1	2,734	1,176	1,315	344	1,012	154	6	32	13,736	74	11.03	2.70	4.09	0.92	30.1	7.4	1.11	.296	3.50	7.29
2	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
3	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.56
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,013	454	226	129	.637	454	3.33	26	9	0	2988.0	2,538	1,105	1,192	310	851	98	0	27	12,214	87	9.08	2.56	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.13	.281	3.59	7.64
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,890	435	201	128	.611	413	3.47	77	16	9	2954.2	2,727	1,140	1,194	330	597	50	21	32	11,996	62	8.80	1.82	4.84	1.01	24.1	5.0	1.13	.295	3.64	8.31
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,843	443	205	116	.639	442	3.36	31	12	0	2935.0	2,537	1,096	1,204	236	1,042	110	0	29	12,230	96	8.72	3.20	2.73	0.72	23.2	8.5	1.22	.288	3.69	7.78
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,753	373	173	91	.655	364	3.21	11	5	0	2333.1	1,927	832	895	260	634	86	2	19	9,466	68	10.62	2.45	4.34	1.00	29.1	6.7	1.10	.291	3.45	7.43
8	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,671	501	254	143	.640	500	3.75	50	20	0	3300.0	3,223	1,375	1,471	354	733	58	0	29	13,544	64	7.28	2.00	3.64	0.97	19.7	5.4	1.20	.295	4.01	8.79
9	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,666	496	208	123	.628	455	3.35	16	5	1	2918.1	2,699	1,085	1,166	294	674	70	8	25	11,911	89	8.22	2.08	3.96	0.91	22.4	5.7	1.16	.293	3.60	8.32
10	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,558	422	163	121	.574	421	3.42	17	7	0	2694.2	2,421	1,024	1,100	310	766	100	0	43	11,101	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.04	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.67	8.09
11	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
12	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,535	565	247	188	.568	552	4.12	38	13	0	3461.2	3,593	1,584	1,719	439	948	64	2	47	14,655	45	6.59	2.46	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.296	4.47	9.34
13	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	8.20
14	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
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,505	353	174	75	.699	350	2.43	25	15	0	2310.2	1,735	623	678	178	583	34	1	27	9,092	88	9.76	2.27	4.30	0.69	27.6	6.4	1.00	.269	2.64	6.76
16	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,485	540	265	154	.632	540	3.07	69	24	0	3625.1	3,430	1,235	1,382	274	555	99	0	108	14,633	42	6.17	1.38	4.48	0.68	17.0	3.8	1.10	.281	3.43	8.52
17	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
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,391	585	157	105	.599	343	3.27	29	11	154	2540.2	2,268	922	996	214	674	44	204	69	10,397	90	8.47	2.39	3.55	0.76	23.0	6.5	1.16	.290	3.53	8.03
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,380	419	192	109	.638	418	3.59	15	4	0	2574.2	2,428	1,026	1,117	265	828	86	0	8	10,758	62	8.32	2.89	2.87	0.93	22.1	7.7	1.26	.300	3.90	8.49
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,127	622	197	179	.524	458	4.44	31	6	22	3186.1	3,121	1,571	1,778	417	1,185	186	78	33	13,773	131	6.01	3.35	1.79	1.18	15.4	8.6	1.35	.274	5.02	8.82
24	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
25	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

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Dodgers	99	62	.615
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Batting Average Leaders

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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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
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
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
Dodgers - y	99	62	.615
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Diamondbacks	86	75	.534	13.0
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Blue Jays	78	83	.484	20.0
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Twins	76	85	.472	9.0
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Angels	62	99	.385	18.0