most strikeouts allowed from may 5, 1991 to september 28, 2019

Between May 5, 1991 and September 28, 2019, Randy Johnson fanned the most batters, with 4,496 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	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	3,207	498	233	133	.637	497	3.26	51	20	0	3362.2	2,882	1,218	1,347	261	1,148	120	0	44	13,929	104	8.58	3.07	2.79	0.70	23.0	8.2	1.20	.285	3.61	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	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
5	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
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,006	453	225	129	.636	453	3.33	26	9	0	2982.0	2,535	1,103	1,190	308	850	98	0	27	12,193	87	9.07	2.57	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.14	.281	3.59	7.65
7	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
8	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
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,693	642	184	123	.599	400	3.26	42	14	154	2934.0	2,599	1,064	1,148	240	806	52	204	74	12,017	119	8.26	2.47	3.34	0.74	22.4	6.7	1.16	.287	3.52	7.97
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,692	365	170	89	.656	356	3.20	10	5	0	2290.0	1,883	813	876	254	618	85	2	19	9,278	65	10.58	2.43	4.36	1.00	29.0	6.7	1.09	.289	3.44	7.40
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,622	488	205	123	.625	447	3.35	16	5	1	2872.0	2,661	1,070	1,151	292	667	69	8	25	11,729	86	8.22	2.09	3.93	0.92	22.4	5.7	1.16	.293	3.61	8.34
12	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,558	422	163	121	.574	421	3.42	17	7	0	2694.2	2,421	1,024	1,100	310	766	100	0	43	11,101	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.04	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.67	8.09
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,463	346	169	74	.695	344	2.44	25	15	0	2273.2	1,715	617	672	173	577	33	1	27	8,955	88	9.75	2.28	4.27	0.68	27.5	6.4	1.01	.270	2.66	6.79
18	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
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,355	412	190	108	.638	411	3.56	15	4	0	2537.2	2,387	1,005	1,096	258	820	84	0	8	10,595	61	8.35	2.91	2.87	0.92	22.2	7.7	1.26	.301	3.89	8.47
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,254	572	269	160	.627	572	3.41	46	20	0	3735.0	3,615	1,417	1,547	300	1,279	51	0	120	15,702	52	5.43	3.08	1.76	0.72	14.4	8.1	1.31	.281	3.73	8.71
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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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
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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