most strikeouts allowed from may 27, 1993 to august 9, 2023

Between May 27, 1993 and August 9, 2023, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,965 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	3,965	477	248	115	.683	463	3.14	80	30	2	3234.0	2,635	1,129	1,265	333	945	147	6	31	13,155	69	11.03	2.63	4.20	0.93	30.1	7.2	1.11	.296	3.52	7.33
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,329	451	212	106	.667	442	3.14	12	5	0	2802.2	2,288	979	1,051	324	735	110	2	20	11,327	75	10.69	2.36	4.53	1.04	29.4	6.5	1.08	.288	3.38	7.35
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,283	499	250	139	.643	499	3.24	26	9	0	3264.1	2,738	1,174	1,273	332	913	105	0	27	13,295	93	9.05	2.52	3.60	0.92	24.7	6.9	1.12	.278	3.51	7.55
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,124	458	217	97	.691	408	2.94	46	17	2	2791.1	2,198	911	997	237	744	140	18	28	11,248	62	10.07	2.40	4.20	0.76	27.8	6.6	1.05	.280	3.21	7.09
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	2,912	417	207	91	.695	414	2.48	25	15	0	2676.1	2,031	738	807	218	653	41	1	27	10,539	98	9.79	2.20	4.46	0.73	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	6.83
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,803	417	192	123	.610	395	3.53	69	14	9	2809.2	2,624	1,103	1,153	321	564	48	21	29	11,435	60	8.98	1.81	4.97	1.03	24.5	4.9	1.13	.299	3.69	8.41
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,733	426	197	108	.646	425	3.36	27	11	0	2812.2	2,422	1,051	1,151	229	1,003	104	0	25	11,713	95	8.75	3.21	2.72	0.73	23.3	8.6	1.22	.287	3.68	7.75
10	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,581	483	242	141	.632	482	3.81	45	17	0	3159.0	3,111	1,336	1,431	343	699	56	0	26	12,992	60	7.35	1.99	3.69	0.98	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	2,370	521	256	148	.634	521	3.08	66	22	0	3485.2	3,306	1,194	1,337	264	528	93	0	105	14,067	41	6.12	1.36	4.49	0.68	16.8	3.8	1.10	.281	3.45	8.54
19	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,296	567	152	97	.610	325	3.25	26	11	154	2425.2	2,162	875	943	204	627	40	204	65	9,903	82	8.52	2.33	3.66	0.76	23.2	6.3	1.15	.291	3.50	8.02
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	471	198	123	.617	404	3.49	28	11	3	2633.0	2,530	1,021	1,091	225	721	81	13	40	10,952	51	7.47	2.46	3.03	0.77	20.0	6.6	1.23	.298	3.73	8.65
24	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,135	334	119	77	.607	254	3.08	16	3	12	1737.0	1,417	595	643	186	402	109	25	15	7,001	40	11.06	2.08	5.31	0.96	30.5	5.7	1.05	.295	3.33	7.34
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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Sat 3/27	AZ	@	SDP	8:40 PM
Sun 3/28	AZ	@	SDP	4:10 PM
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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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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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