most strikeouts allowed from may 18, 1994 to september 30, 2022

Between May 18, 1994 and September 30, 2022, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,702 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	3,702	445	232	107	.684	432	3.07	72	29	1	3011.1	2,461	1,028	1,160	313	846	133	5	30	12,220	59	11.06	2.53	4.38	0.94	30.3	6.9	1.10	.297	3.47	7.36
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,189	429	201	101	.666	420	3.10	12	5	0	2676.1	2,171	923	994	298	701	107	2	20	10,806	73	10.72	2.36	4.55	1.00	29.5	6.5	1.07	.288	3.34	7.30
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,188	481	243	133	.646	481	3.25	26	9	0	3158.0	2,654	1,139	1,235	322	879	104	0	27	12,864	90	9.09	2.51	3.63	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.279	3.52	7.56
4	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
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,971	401	207	91	.695	398	2.93	46	17	1	2662.2	2,100	867	951	231	690	131	2	25	10,720	57	10.04	2.33	4.31	0.78	27.7	6.4	1.05	.279	3.21	7.10
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,881	555	223	141	.613	513	3.43	17	5	1	3241.0	3,042	1,234	1,326	342	738	75	8	25	13,258	96	8.00	2.05	3.90	0.95	21.7	5.6	1.17	.293	3.68	8.45
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,798	400	196	87	.693	397	2.48	25	15	0	2576.0	1,954	710	776	205	628	39	1	27	10,143	95	9.78	2.19	4.46	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	6.83
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,628	384	182	110	.623	362	3.42	66	14	9	2599.1	2,388	989	1,031	296	504	43	21	22	10,521	51	9.10	1.75	5.21	1.02	25.0	4.8	1.11	.297	3.57	8.27
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,575	398	187	96	.661	397	3.30	25	10	0	2630.1	2,263	963	1,055	214	941	94	0	22	10,950	91	8.81	3.22	2.74	0.73	23.5	8.6	1.22	.288	3.61	7.74
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,473	459	227	136	.625	458	3.78	43	17	0	2996.2	2,953	1,260	1,355	327	658	53	0	24	12,321	57	7.43	1.98	3.76	0.98	20.1	5.3	1.21	.298	4.07	8.87
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	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	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
20	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
21	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,182	487	234	140	.626	487	3.18	56	19	0	3227.1	3,097	1,140	1,268	255	484	86	0	100	13,055	34	6.08	1.35	4.51	0.71	16.7	3.7	1.11	.283	3.54	8.64
22	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,143	456	195	116	.627	389	3.36	28	11	3	2562.2	2,420	958	1,022	212	693	80	13	40	10,610	50	7.53	2.43	3.09	0.74	20.2	6.5	1.21	.295	3.59	8.50
23	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
24	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,097	535	139	85	.621	293	3.21	25	10	154	2206.1	1,975	786	846	183	541	36	204	55	8,980	69	8.55	2.21	3.88	0.75	23.4	6.0	1.14	.293	3.45	8.06
25	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

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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
Dodgers - y	99	62	.615
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Diamondbacks	86	75	.534	13.0
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