most strikeouts allowed from october 2, 1987 to august 20, 2016

Between October 2, 1987 and August 20, 2016, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,875 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from october 2, 1987 to august 20, 2016

	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	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	7.28
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,990	605	295	162	.646	604	3.13	83	37	0	4158.1	3,531	1,444	1,603	305	1,364	141	0	56	17,133	123	8.64	2.95	2.93	0.66	23.3	8.0	1.18	.285	3.47	7.64
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,252	709	347	210	.623	709	3.07	107	34	0	4827.1	4,511	1,644	1,857	333	918	132	0	163	19,606	64	6.06	1.71	3.54	0.62	16.6	4.7	1.12	.279	3.46	8.41
4	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
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.27
6	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	7.97
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	CC Sabathia	2,684	474	221	139	.614	474	3.72	38	12	0	3119.0	2,962	1,290	1,409	308	945	103	0	43	13,037	65	7.74	2.73	2.84	0.89	20.6	7.2	1.25	.295	4.07	8.55
9	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,587	673	303	199	.604	673	3.51	56	25	0	4363.0	4,243	1,703	1,866	351	1,467	63	0	141	18,366	64	5.34	3.03	1.76	0.72	14.1	8.0	1.31	.280	3.85	8.75
10	David Cone D. Cone	2,582	419	189	120	.612	406	3.44	55	22	1	2779.2	2,389	1,061	1,162	245	1,080	100	2	40	11,666	144	8.36	3.50	2.39	0.79	22.1	9.3	1.25	.280	3.76	7.74
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	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	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,510	464	195	165	.542	464	3.83	63	15	0	3060.1	2,927	1,302	1,446	295	1,266	72	0	32	13,035	124	7.38	3.72	1.98	0.87	19.3	9.7	1.37	.296	4.25	8.61
14	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
15	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,393	485	210	144	.593	475	3.27	72	17	0	3251.1	3,073	1,183	1,355	208	901	139	1	42	13,523	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.58	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
16	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,334	501	229	161	.587	492	3.94	36	13	0	3125.1	3,185	1,368	1,490	373	882	59	1	45	13,190	42	6.72	2.54	2.65	1.07	17.7	6.7	1.30	.295	4.29	9.17
17	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,251	646	251	190	.569	590	4.19	31	9	0	3790.2	3,923	1,763	1,900	484	1,017	138	14	60	16,086	43	5.34	2.41	2.21	1.15	14.0	6.3	1.30	.282	4.51	9.31
18	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,238	351	151	105	.590	351	3.12	25	11	0	2372.2	2,108	823	916	196	676	80	0	16	9,716	130	8.49	2.56	3.31	0.74	23.0	7.0	1.17	.293	3.47	8.00
19	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,206	386	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2375.0	2,132	959	1,010	259	706	78	3	42	9,829	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.19	.285	3.83	8.08
20	David Wells D. Wells	2,175	643	235	154	.604	487	4.12	54	12	12	3415.2	3,602	1,565	1,688	407	710	83	60	65	14,305	97	5.73	1.87	3.06	1.07	15.2	5.0	1.26	.292	4.45	9.49
21	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
22	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,121	412	174	134	.565	411	3.89	18	8	0	2639.2	2,673	1,140	1,243	279	752	121	0	29	11,178	113	7.23	2.56	2.82	0.95	19.0	6.7	1.30	.303	4.24	9.11
23	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,119	343	169	104	.619	343	3.51	23	7	0	2278.2	2,032	889	968	209	686	79	0	22	9,434	73	8.37	2.71	3.09	0.83	22.5	7.3	1.19	.287	3.82	8.03
24	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
25	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

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Between October 2, 1987 and August 20, 2016, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,875 strikeouts.

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