most strikeouts allowed from september 12, 1990 to april 14, 2021

Between September 12, 1990 and April 14, 2021, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,543 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 12, 1990 to april 14, 2021

	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	4,543	556	280	144	.660	542	3.22	93	35	2	3750.0	3,027	1,343	1,506	373	1,286	183	6	33	15,399	95	10.90	3.09	3.53	0.90	29.5	8.4	1.15	.294	3.61	7.26
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,253	504	239	133	.642	503	3.22	53	21	0	3409.2	2,908	1,221	1,350	261	1,157	120	0	44	14,100	104	8.59	3.05	2.81	0.69	23.1	8.2	1.19	.284	3.56	7.68
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	3,077	532	215	141	.604	431	3.44	83	20	20	3199.1	2,935	1,222	1,284	342	680	51	68	42	13,010	69	8.66	1.91	4.53	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.293	3.61	8.26
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,013	454	226	129	.637	454	3.33	26	9	0	2988.0	2,538	1,105	1,192	310	851	98	0	27	12,214	87	9.08	2.56	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.13	.281	3.59	7.64
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,857	609	298	176	.629	609	3.04	84	28	0	4132.2	3,846	1,396	1,566	298	692	113	0	125	16,672	53	6.22	1.51	4.13	0.65	17.1	4.2	1.10	.279	3.41	8.38
8	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
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,798	379	175	94	.651	370	3.21	11	5	0	2369.1	1,961	846	911	268	642	86	2	20	9,617	71	10.63	2.44	4.36	1.02	29.1	6.7	1.10	.291	3.46	7.45
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,722	652	186	128	.592	410	3.28	42	14	154	2993.2	2,658	1,092	1,177	246	831	52	204	75	12,268	125	8.18	2.50	3.28	0.74	22.2	6.8	1.17	.287	3.54	7.99
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,699	503	209	127	.622	462	3.37	16	5	1	2956.2	2,746	1,108	1,189	302	680	70	8	25	12,074	91	8.22	2.07	3.97	0.92	22.4	5.6	1.16	.294	3.62	8.36
12	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
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,542	360	177	77	.697	357	2.44	25	15	0	2351.2	1,775	637	697	181	586	34	1	27	9,255	89	9.73	2.24	4.34	0.69	27.5	6.3	1.00	.270	2.67	6.79
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
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	2,397	424	193	111	.635	423	3.60	15	4	0	2598.2	2,451	1,040	1,131	269	837	87	0	8	10,860	63	8.30	2.90	2.86	0.93	22.1	7.7	1.27	.300	3.92	8.49
20	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,300	581	275	163	.628	581	3.40	48	21	0	3794.0	3,661	1,432	1,563	302	1,297	52	0	121	15,938	52	5.46	3.08	1.77	0.72	14.4	8.1	1.31	.280	3.71	8.68
21	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
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	2,189	427	185	124	.599	417	3.24	58	15	0	2857.0	2,698	1,029	1,175	183	763	131	1	37	11,858	91	6.90	2.40	2.87	0.58	18.5	6.4	1.21	.293	3.70	8.50
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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