most strikeouts allowed from may 4, 1994 to june 9, 2022

Between May 4, 1994 and June 9, 2022, 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	3,093	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
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,086	465	233	131	.640	465	3.30	26	9	0	3059.2	2,584	1,122	1,209	319	865	101	0	27	12,484	87	9.08	2.54	3.57	0.94	24.7	6.9	1.13	.279	3.56	7.60
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,079	415	195	98	.666	406	3.15	12	5	0	2586.1	2,108	904	974	292	688	100	2	20	10,459	73	10.71	2.39	4.48	1.02	29.4	6.6	1.08	.288	3.39	7.34
5	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
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,834	540	219	136	.617	498	3.44	17	5	1	3161.2	2,952	1,208	1,294	335	722	74	8	25	12,922	94	8.07	2.06	3.93	0.95	21.9	5.6	1.16	.292	3.68	8.40
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,702	384	189	84	.692	381	2.48	25	15	0	2484.2	1,878	685	747	198	609	38	1	27	9,776	95	9.79	2.21	4.44	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	6.80
8	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
9	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
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	2,488	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
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	2,200	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	2,106	537	139	87	.615	295	3.21	25	10	154	2219.0	1,988	791	854	184	544	38	204	56	9,036	70	8.54	2.21	3.87	0.75	23.3	6.0	1.14	.293	3.46	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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Phillies	87	73	.544	6.5
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
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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
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