most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1994 to august 26, 2019

Between May 3, 1994 and August 26, 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	3,080	557	251	161	.609	557	3.73	38	12	0	3567.1	3,395	1,480	1,618	381	1,094	122	0	44	14,944	74	7.77	2.76	2.82	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.57
3	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
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,945	446	219	128	.631	446	3.35	25	8	0	2937.2	2,508	1,094	1,181	305	842	97	0	27	12,029	86	9.02	2.58	3.50	0.93	24.5	7.0	1.14	.281	3.62	7.68
5	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
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,641	359	168	87	.659	350	3.17	10	5	0	2256.0	1,851	794	857	247	611	85	2	19	9,137	65	10.54	2.44	4.32	0.99	28.9	6.7	1.09	.289	3.42	7.38
7	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
8	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,585	482	201	122	.622	441	3.35	16	5	1	2835.0	2,630	1,056	1,137	288	665	69	8	25	11,588	86	8.21	2.11	3.89	0.91	22.3	5.7	1.16	.293	3.61	8.35
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	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
11	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,530	417	163	118	.580	416	3.41	17	7	0	2673.2	2,398	1,014	1,090	307	752	96	0	42	10,999	57	8.52	2.53	3.36	1.03	23.0	6.8	1.18	.286	3.67	8.07
12	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
13	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,505	413	169	132	.561	412	3.38	25	11	0	2702.1	2,455	1,016	1,132	258	791	104	0	16	11,156	154	8.34	2.63	3.17	0.86	22.5	7.1	1.20	.293	3.77	8.18
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	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
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,434	341	166	72	.697	339	2.42	25	15	0	2246.1	1,689	603	658	166	567	33	1	27	8,839	87	9.75	2.27	4.29	0.67	27.5	6.4	1.00	.270	2.64	6.77
17	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,324	406	187	107	.636	405	3.55	15	4	0	2504.1	2,344	989	1,077	254	806	83	0	8	10,443	61	8.35	2.90	2.88	0.91	22.3	7.7	1.26	.300	3.87	8.42
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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Dodgers	99	62	.615
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Batting Average Leaders

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SB Leaders

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	67	.584
Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
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
Padres - w	90	71	.559	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	75	.534	13.0
Giants	65	96	.404	34.0
Rockies	58	103	.360	41.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	5.0
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Orioles	79	82	.491	19.0
Blue Jays	78	83	.484	20.0
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Twins	76	85	.472	9.0
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Royals	68	93	.422	17.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	80	81	.497
Rangers	80	81	.497
Mariners	75	86	.466	5.0
Athletics	64	97	.398	16.0
Angels	62	99	.385	18.0