most strikeouts allowed from july 17, 1990 to august 17, 2020

Between July 17, 1990 and August 17, 2020, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,621 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	4,621	567	284	149	.656	553	3.22	95	36	2	3830.2	3,086	1,372	1,543	380	1,328	183	6	35	15,742	97	10.86	3.12	3.48	0.89	29.4	8.4	1.15	.293	3.63	7.25
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,332	514	247	135	.647	513	3.18	58	25	0	3489.1	2,975	1,231	1,362	261	1,172	120	0	46	14,413	105	8.59	3.02	2.84	0.67	23.1	8.1	1.19	.285	3.51	7.67
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	3,096	553	215	142	.602	431	3.42	83	20	21	3227.2	2,959	1,228	1,290	342	698	51	78	42	13,134	69	8.63	1.95	4.44	0.95	23.6	5.3	1.13	.293	3.60	8.25
5	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
6	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
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,913	621	306	180	.630	621	3.02	88	29	0	4226.0	3,932	1,417	1,594	300	721	116	0	129	17,056	54	6.20	1.54	4.04	0.64	17.1	4.2	1.10	.279	3.39	8.37
8	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
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,788	664	193	131	.596	422	3.27	44	14	154	3086.1	2,735	1,120	1,208	256	862	52	204	76	12,642	127	8.13	2.51	3.23	0.75	22.1	6.8	1.17	.285	3.52	7.98
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,731	370	172	90	.656	361	3.20	11	5	0	2316.2	1,907	824	887	258	629	85	2	19	9,391	66	10.61	2.44	4.34	1.00	29.1	6.7	1.09	.290	3.45	7.41
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,640	492	206	123	.626	451	3.35	16	5	1	2893.1	2,680	1,076	1,157	292	671	70	8	25	11,815	88	8.21	2.09	3.93	0.91	22.3	5.7	1.16	.293	3.60	8.34
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,482	350	171	75	.695	347	2.44	25	15	0	2291.2	1,726	622	677	177	580	33	1	27	9,022	88	9.75	2.28	4.28	0.70	27.5	6.4	1.01	.269	2.66	6.78
18	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
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,369	416	192	108	.640	415	3.56	15	4	0	2560.2	2,403	1,012	1,103	261	824	86	0	8	10,687	61	8.33	2.90	2.88	0.92	22.2	7.7	1.26	.300	3.88	8.45
20	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,341	593	277	168	.622	593	3.44	48	21	0	3866.2	3,755	1,480	1,612	307	1,325	52	0	126	16,272	54	5.45	3.08	1.77	0.71	14.4	8.1	1.31	.282	3.75	8.74
21	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
22	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
23	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,222	435	186	128	.592	425	3.26	59	15	0	2907.2	2,757	1,054	1,204	190	781	131	1	39	12,080	91	6.88	2.42	2.85	0.59	18.4	6.5	1.22	.293	3.73	8.53
24	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
25	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

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