most strikeouts allowed from may 13, 1991 to may 13, 2017

Between May 13, 1991 and May 13, 2017, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,485 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	4,485	545	277	139	.666	531	3.19	91	35	2	3686.1	2,963	1,306	1,465	366	1,237	181	6	33	15,102	94	10.95	3.02	3.63	0.89	29.7	8.2	1.14	.294	3.58	7.23
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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,055	511	215	138	.609	431	3.43	83	20	14	3173.1	2,908	1,211	1,273	340	672	51	56	40	12,899	66	8.66	1.91	4.55	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.292	3.61	8.25
5	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
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,800	597	291	172	.629	597	3.03	83	28	0	4048.1	3,762	1,361	1,520	293	668	113	0	121	16,314	53	6.22	1.49	4.19	0.65	17.2	4.1	1.09	.279	3.38	8.36
7	CC Sabathia	2,753	489	225	143	.611	489	3.73	38	12	0	3207.1	3,045	1,328	1,449	321	976	107	0	43	13,409	67	7.73	2.74	2.82	0.90	20.5	7.3	1.25	.294	4.07	8.54
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,391	516	234	166	.585	507	3.97	36	13	0	3211.0	3,275	1,418	1,541	387	897	61	1	46	13,545	42	6.70	2.51	2.67	1.08	17.7	6.6	1.30	.294	4.32	9.18
13	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,286	364	156	111	.584	364	3.18	25	11	0	2442.1	2,196	862	960	209	698	83	0	16	10,024	135	8.42	2.57	3.28	0.77	22.8	7.0	1.18	.294	3.54	8.09
14	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
15	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,239	359	176	108	.620	359	3.48	23	7	0	2381.1	2,111	922	1,003	220	719	80	0	23	9,847	75	8.46	2.72	3.11	0.83	22.7	7.3	1.19	.287	3.79	7.98
16	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
17	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,191	424	179	138	.565	423	3.88	18	8	0	2711.2	2,741	1,170	1,277	291	773	122	0	29	11,481	115	7.27	2.57	2.83	0.97	19.1	6.7	1.30	.302	4.24	9.10
18	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
19	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
20	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,137	344	138	96	.590	343	3.31	15	7	0	2247.0	2,004	826	882	250	604	67	0	41	9,195	44	8.56	2.42	3.54	1.00	23.2	6.6	1.16	.286	3.53	8.03
21	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
22	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
23	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,080	482	222	133	.625	479	3.49	26	13	0	3126.2	2,957	1,213	1,319	248	917	124	0	84	13,005	84	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.1	1.24	.281	3.80	8.51
24	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,079	398	159	102	.609	357	3.40	16	5	1	2305.0	2,177	872	937	225	558	59	8	20	9,483	69	8.12	2.18	3.73	0.88	21.9	5.9	1.19	.297	3.66	8.50
25	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2,075	579	132	133	.498	351	4.35	11	3	87	2387.0	2,347	1,154	1,250	267	1,071	91	186	47	10,412	80	7.82	4.04	1.94	1.01	19.9	10.3	1.43	.301	4.71	8.85

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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