most strikeouts allowed from august 7, 1991 to september 20, 2018

Between August 7, 1991 and September 20, 2018, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,367 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	4,367	530	269	135	.666	516	3.19	91	35	2	3591.2	2,902	1,272	1,429	359	1,164	175	6	33	14,691	87	10.94	2.92	3.75	0.90	29.7	7.9	1.13	.295	3.58	7.27
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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,097	481	226	126	.642	480	3.27	47	20	0	3233.2	2,768	1,174	1,292	252	1,115	118	0	39	13,401	100	8.62	3.10	2.78	0.70	23.1	8.3	1.20	.285	3.60	7.70
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,035	494	212	135	.611	431	3.42	83	20	14	3154.1	2,883	1,198	1,259	340	660	51	47	37	12,808	66	8.66	1.88	4.60	0.97	23.7	5.2	1.12	.292	3.59	8.23
5	CC Sabathia	2,976	536	244	153	.615	536	3.71	38	12	0	3459.0	3,285	1,424	1,557	355	1,057	118	0	44	14,477	74	7.74	2.75	2.82	0.92	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.05	8.55
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,812	536	270	152	.640	535	3.69	57	23	0	3555.0	3,456	1,457	1,558	375	781	60	0	29	14,563	71	7.12	1.98	3.60	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	8.75
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,702	580	286	168	.630	580	3.01	81	27	0	3931.2	3,654	1,315	1,469	281	636	108	0	115	15,829	47	6.19	1.46	4.25	0.64	17.1	4.0	1.09	.279	3.36	8.36
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,685	417	204	123	.624	417	3.40	24	8	0	2747.0	2,394	1,039	1,124	272	807	91	0	27	11,305	82	8.80	2.64	3.33	0.89	23.8	7.1	1.17	.285	3.68	7.84
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,623	624	178	114	.610	382	3.17	40	14	154	2827.1	2,488	995	1,076	227	762	49	204	74	11,549	109	8.35	2.43	3.44	0.72	22.7	6.6	1.15	.287	3.43	7.92
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	2,535	564	247	188	.568	552	4.11	38	13	0	3461.0	3,589	1,580	1,715	438	948	64	2	47	14,649	45	6.59	2.47	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.295	4.46	9.33
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	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,463	403	168	127	.569	402	3.33	25	11	0	2654.0	2,399	982	1,094	245	778	98	0	16	10,940	150	8.35	2.64	3.17	0.83	22.5	7.1	1.20	.293	3.71	8.14
14	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
15	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,439	337	158	82	.658	328	3.22	10	5	0	2110.2	1,734	756	816	236	585	77	2	17	8,558	65	10.40	2.49	4.17	1.01	28.5	6.8	1.10	.287	3.48	7.39
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,423	453	186	117	.614	412	3.39	16	5	1	2650.0	2,474	997	1,073	271	633	65	8	22	10,865	83	8.23	2.15	3.83	0.92	22.3	5.8	1.17	.295	3.64	8.40
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,400	393	156	112	.582	392	3.41	17	7	0	2540.0	2,272	961	1,031	292	706	91	0	42	10,431	56	8.50	2.50	3.40	1.03	23.0	6.8	1.17	.285	3.65	8.05
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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,265	316	152	69	.688	314	2.37	25	15	0	2085.1	1,556	549	601	144	535	31	1	27	8,205	80	9.78	2.31	4.23	0.62	27.6	6.5	1.00	.270	2.59	6.72
20	James Shields J. Shields	2,228	406	145	139	.511	404	4.01	23	9	0	2610.0	2,575	1,163	1,263	360	742	97	1	22	10,965	107	7.68	2.56	3.00	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	8.88
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	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,183	379	175	98	.641	378	3.51	15	4	0	2355.0	2,171	918	992	231	764	79	0	8	9,783	57	8.34	2.92	2.86	0.88	22.3	7.8	1.25	.297	3.79	8.30
23	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
24	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,153	555	258	156	.623	555	3.46	41	20	0	3604.1	3,506	1,386	1,508	288	1,256	50	0	120	15,184	45	5.38	3.14	1.71	0.72	14.2	8.3	1.32	.281	3.77	8.75
25	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,127	405	178	115	.608	395	3.17	58	15	0	2719.1	2,545	959	1,100	171	702	121	1	32	11,248	81	7.04	2.32	3.03	0.57	18.9	6.2	1.19	.292	3.64	8.42

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Dodgers	99	62	.615
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Diamondbacks	86	75	.534	13.0
Giants	65	96	.404	34.0
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Batting Average Leaders

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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
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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
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Diamondbacks	86	75	.534	13.0
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Twins	76	85	.472	9.0
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