most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1991 to june 26, 2018

Between May 3, 1991 and June 26, 2018, Randy Johnson fanned the most batters, with 4,496 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 3, 1991 to June 26, 2018

	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	4,496	547	277	139	.666	533	3.20	91	35	2	3695.2	2,976	1,314	1,475	367	1,245	182	6	33	15,153	94	10.95	3.03	3.61	0.89	29.7	8.2	1.14	.294	3.59	7.25
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,214	499	234	133	.638	498	3.26	52	20	0	3371.2	2,887	1,220	1,349	261	1,150	120	0	44	13,962	104	8.58	3.07	2.79	0.70	23.0	8.2	1.20	.285	3.60	7.71
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	3,061	516	215	139	.607	431	3.43	83	20	16	3178.2	2,916	1,213	1,275	340	674	51	59	40	12,924	66	8.67	1.91	4.54	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.293	3.61	8.26
5	CC Sabathia	2,907	523	241	149	.618	523	3.69	38	12	0	3393.1	3,218	1,391	1,523	346	1,029	114	0	44	14,184	73	7.71	2.73	2.83	0.92	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.53
6	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
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,809	599	292	173	.628	599	3.03	83	28	0	4063.0	3,775	1,368	1,528	294	672	113	0	122	16,376	53	6.22	1.49	4.18	0.65	17.2	4.1	1.09	.279	3.38	8.36
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,694	643	185	123	.601	401	3.26	42	14	154	2940.0	2,606	1,066	1,150	241	806	52	204	74	12,040	119	8.25	2.47	3.34	0.74	22.4	6.7	1.16	.287	3.52	7.98
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,552	402	197	117	.627	402	3.39	24	8	0	2658.2	2,311	1,002	1,086	255	794	89	0	27	10,948	80	8.64	2.69	3.21	0.86	23.3	7.3	1.17	.283	3.68	7.82
10	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
11	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
12	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,508	553	244	181	.574	542	4.06	37	13	0	3403.0	3,512	1,536	1,669	426	936	63	2	47	14,390	44	6.63	2.48	2.68	1.13	17.4	6.5	1.31	.295	4.41	9.29
13	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
14	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,422	392	167	120	.582	392	3.27	25	11	0	2597.2	2,337	944	1,050	233	756	96	0	16	10,691	144	8.39	2.62	3.20	0.81	22.7	7.1	1.19	.293	3.64	8.10
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,338	438	179	112	.615	397	3.41	16	5	1	2551.2	2,393	967	1,041	259	613	62	8	21	10,472	80	8.25	2.16	3.81	0.91	22.3	5.9	1.18	.296	3.67	8.44
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,324	379	151	108	.583	378	3.38	16	7	0	2459.2	2,191	923	988	284	682	84	0	42	10,094	54	8.50	2.50	3.41	1.04	23.0	6.8	1.17	.284	3.62	8.02
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,314	322	151	79	.657	313	3.23	9	5	0	2011.2	1,660	721	780	223	561	71	2	14	8,164	64	10.35	2.51	4.12	1.00	28.3	6.9	1.10	.288	3.49	7.43
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,258	573	270	160	.628	573	3.41	46	20	0	3741.0	3,618	1,419	1,549	301	1,280	51	0	120	15,724	52	5.43	3.08	1.76	0.72	14.4	8.1	1.31	.280	3.73	8.70
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	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,183	423	183	123	.598	413	3.23	58	15	0	2832.1	2,677	1,017	1,163	181	754	130	1	37	11,757	90	6.94	2.40	2.90	0.58	18.6	6.4	1.21	.293	3.70	8.51
22	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,177	301	145	68	.681	299	2.38	25	15	0	1987.0	1,480	525	571	135	519	29	1	27	7,816	75	9.86	2.35	4.19	0.61	27.9	6.6	1.01	.271	2.59	6.70
23	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
24	James Shields J. Shields	2,148	390	140	132	.515	388	4.00	23	9	0	2511.1	2,479	1,115	1,209	339	707	91	1	22	10,546	102	7.70	2.53	3.04	1.21	20.4	6.7	1.27	.295	4.33	8.88
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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