most strikeouts allowed from may 12, 1991 to september 22, 2019

Between May 12, 1991 and September 22, 2019, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,488 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 12, 1991 to september 22, 2019

	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	4,488	546	277	139	.666	532	3.19	91	35	2	3690.1	2,969	1,310	1,469	367	1,243	182	6	33	15,126	94	10.95	3.03	3.61	0.90	29.7	8.2	1.14	.294	3.58	7.24
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,197	497	232	133	.636	496	3.27	51	20	0	3354.2	2,878	1,217	1,346	261	1,147	120	0	44	13,901	104	8.58	3.08	2.79	0.70	23.0	8.3	1.20	.285	3.61	7.72
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	CC Sabathia	3,091	560	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3576.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,986	74	7.78	2.77	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.57
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,055	512	215	138	.609	431	3.43	83	20	14	3174.0	2,909	1,211	1,273	340	673	51	56	40	12,902	66	8.66	1.91	4.54	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.292	3.61	8.25
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,994	452	224	129	.635	452	3.33	26	9	0	2976.0	2,531	1,100	1,187	306	850	98	0	27	12,170	86	9.05	2.57	3.52	0.93	24.6	7.0	1.14	.281	3.59	7.65
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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,806	598	291	173	.627	598	3.03	83	28	0	4056.0	3,771	1,365	1,525	294	669	113	0	122	16,348	53	6.23	1.48	4.19	0.65	17.2	4.1	1.09	.279	3.38	8.37
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,689	641	184	122	.601	399	3.26	42	14	154	2927.0	2,593	1,061	1,145	239	802	52	204	74	11,986	116	8.27	2.47	3.35	0.73	22.4	6.7	1.16	.287	3.52	7.97
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,682	364	169	89	.655	355	3.19	10	5	0	2284.0	1,878	809	872	252	617	85	2	19	9,254	65	10.57	2.43	4.35	0.99	29.0	6.7	1.09	.289	3.44	7.40
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,613	487	204	123	.624	446	3.36	16	5	1	2863.2	2,659	1,070	1,151	292	666	69	8	25	11,702	86	8.21	2.09	3.92	0.92	22.3	5.7	1.16	.294	3.62	8.36
12	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,550	421	163	121	.574	420	3.43	17	7	0	2690.2	2,419	1,024	1,100	310	766	99	0	43	11,086	57	8.53	2.56	3.33	1.04	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	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	2,521	418	169	135	.556	417	3.42	25	11	0	2724.1	2,482	1,034	1,154	263	801	105	0	16	11,258	156	8.33	2.65	3.15	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	2,456	345	168	74	.694	343	2.45	25	15	0	2267.2	1,713	617	672	173	576	33	1	27	8,934	87	9.75	2.29	4.26	0.69	27.5	6.4	1.01	.270	2.67	6.80
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	2,351	411	190	108	.638	410	3.57	15	4	0	2531.2	2,379	1,003	1,094	258	820	84	0	8	10,570	61	8.36	2.92	2.87	0.92	22.2	7.8	1.26	.301	3.89	8.46
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,248	571	268	160	.626	571	3.42	46	20	0	3728.0	3,609	1,416	1,546	299	1,278	51	0	120	15,674	52	5.43	3.09	1.76	0.72	14.3	8.2	1.31	.281	3.73	8.71
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	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
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,178	421	183	121	.602	411	3.21	58	15	0	2826.1	2,661	1,007	1,153	181	749	130	1	36	11,718	88	6.94	2.39	2.91	0.58	18.6	6.4	1.21	.292	3.67	8.47
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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