most strikeouts allowed from may 11, 1993 to august 16, 2023

Between May 11, 1993 and August 16, 2023, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,003 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	4,003	481	250	116	.683	467	3.12	82	31	2	3264.0	2,647	1,131	1,268	335	957	147	6	31	13,266	69	11.04	2.64	4.18	0.92	30.2	7.2	1.10	.296	3.50	7.30
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,340	452	213	106	.668	443	3.14	12	5	0	2809.2	2,289	979	1,051	324	736	110	2	20	11,349	75	10.70	2.36	4.54	1.04	29.4	6.5	1.08	.287	3.37	7.33
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,292	501	252	139	.645	501	3.25	26	9	0	3275.1	2,753	1,181	1,281	333	915	105	0	27	13,345	93	9.05	2.51	3.60	0.92	24.7	6.9	1.12	.278	3.52	7.56
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,129	464	218	98	.690	408	2.93	46	17	3	2800.1	2,200	912	998	238	747	141	21	28	11,282	62	10.06	2.40	4.19	0.76	27.7	6.6	1.05	.279	3.21	7.07
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	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,955	578	224	153	.594	536	3.49	17	5	1	3357.2	3,175	1,303	1,398	365	754	78	8	25	13,746	101	7.92	2.02	3.92	0.98	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.75	8.51
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,918	419	208	91	.696	416	2.48	25	15	0	2686.1	2,037	740	809	220	655	41	1	27	10,576	98	9.78	2.19	4.45	0.74	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	6.82
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,818	420	194	123	.612	398	3.52	71	14	9	2834.2	2,641	1,110	1,160	323	570	49	21	30	11,531	60	8.95	1.81	4.94	1.03	24.4	4.9	1.13	.298	3.68	8.39
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,753	429	198	110	.643	428	3.38	28	12	0	2832.1	2,442	1,064	1,164	231	1,013	105	0	26	11,802	95	8.75	3.22	2.72	0.73	23.3	8.6	1.22	.287	3.70	7.76
10	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,602	486	244	142	.632	485	3.81	45	17	0	3178.1	3,128	1,347	1,442	348	703	56	0	26	13,069	61	7.37	1.99	3.70	0.99	19.9	5.4	1.21	.297	4.08	8.86
11	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	8.09
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	8.57
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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,389	524	258	149	.634	524	3.08	67	22	0	3508.2	3,325	1,202	1,346	266	534	93	0	106	14,156	42	6.13	1.37	4.47	0.68	16.9	3.8	1.10	.281	3.45	8.53
19	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,306	570	153	98	.610	328	3.27	26	11	154	2444.0	2,185	889	957	207	638	40	204	66	9,989	82	8.49	2.35	3.61	0.76	23.1	6.4	1.16	.291	3.52	8.05
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	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,186	472	198	124	.615	405	3.52	28	11	3	2634.0	2,539	1,029	1,099	227	721	81	13	40	10,963	51	7.47	2.46	3.03	0.78	19.9	6.6	1.24	.298	3.76	8.68
24	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,142	335	119	77	.607	255	3.08	16	3	12	1741.2	1,418	597	645	187	402	110	25	15	7,017	40	11.07	2.08	5.33	0.97	30.5	5.7	1.04	.295	3.33	7.33
25	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

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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
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