most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1994 to september 21, 2019

Between May 3, 1994 and September 21, 2019, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,707 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	3,707	447	233	108	.683	434	3.10	72	29	1	3020.2	2,477	1,039	1,171	313	855	133	5	31	12,270	60	11.04	2.55	4.34	0.93	30.2	7.0	1.10	.298	3.49	7.38
2	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
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,989	451	223	129	.634	451	3.33	26	9	0	2971.0	2,525	1,098	1,185	306	848	98	0	27	12,148	86	9.05	2.57	3.52	0.93	24.6	7.0	1.14	.281	3.59	7.65
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,986	404	208	92	.693	401	2.94	46	17	1	2679.2	2,119	875	959	232	694	131	2	25	10,789	57	10.03	2.33	4.30	0.78	27.7	6.4	1.05	.280	3.22	7.12
5	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
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,643	387	182	113	.617	365	3.45	66	14	9	2616.0	2,410	1,004	1,046	300	513	43	21	23	10,601	51	9.09	1.76	5.15	1.03	24.9	4.8	1.12	.297	3.60	8.29
7	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
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,601	401	188	97	.660	400	3.28	26	10	0	2651.1	2,275	966	1,061	215	950	94	0	22	11,034	92	8.83	3.22	2.74	0.73	23.6	8.6	1.22	.287	3.60	7.72
9	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
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	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
12	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
13	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
14	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,488	462	229	136	.627	461	3.77	44	17	0	3022.2	2,973	1,265	1,360	329	662	54	0	24	12,421	57	7.41	1.97	3.76	0.98	20.0	5.3	1.20	.297	4.05	8.85
15	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
16	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
17	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
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	2,200	490	236	140	.628	490	3.17	57	20	0	3251.0	3,114	1,144	1,272	256	485	87	0	100	13,143	34	6.09	1.34	4.54	0.71	16.7	3.7	1.11	.283	3.52	8.62
22	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
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,109	538	139	88	.612	296	3.21	25	10	154	2220.2	1,989	793	856	184	550	38	204	57	9,049	71	8.55	2.23	3.83	0.75	23.3	6.1	1.14	.293	3.47	8.06
24	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
25	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

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