most strikeouts allowed from september 25, 1990 to august 5, 2018

Between September 25, 1990 and August 5, 2018, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 4,539 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	4,539	554	280	143	.662	540	3.22	93	35	2	3742.1	3,018	1,338	1,501	370	1,282	183	6	33	15,364	95	10.92	3.08	3.54	0.89	29.5	8.3	1.15	.295	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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,076	527	215	140	.606	431	3.44	83	20	19	3193.1	2,930	1,219	1,281	341	679	51	66	42	12,986	69	8.67	1.91	4.53	0.96	23.7	5.2	1.13	.293	3.61	8.26
5	CC Sabathia	2,933	529	243	150	.618	529	3.70	38	12	0	3424.2	3,249	1,407	1,539	352	1,044	118	0	44	14,326	73	7.71	2.74	2.81	0.93	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.54
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,843	606	296	175	.628	606	3.04	83	28	0	4110.1	3,820	1,387	1,554	297	683	113	0	125	16,573	53	6.23	1.50	4.16	0.65	17.2	4.1	1.10	.279	3.40	8.36
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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,714	650	186	127	.594	408	3.28	42	14	154	2980.2	2,643	1,085	1,170	245	823	52	204	75	12,209	123	8.19	2.49	3.30	0.74	22.2	6.7	1.16	.286	3.53	7.98
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,620	409	199	120	.624	409	3.39	24	8	0	2701.1	2,351	1,017	1,102	263	799	91	0	27	11,119	80	8.73	2.66	3.28	0.88	23.6	7.2	1.17	.284	3.67	7.83
10	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
11	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,525	559	245	186	.568	548	4.09	38	13	0	3438.2	3,557	1,561	1,695	431	945	64	2	47	14,549	44	6.61	2.47	2.67	1.13	17.4	6.5	1.31	.295	4.44	9.31
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	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
14	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,439	397	168	123	.577	397	3.30	25	11	0	2620.1	2,367	962	1,069	237	763	97	0	16	10,796	145	8.38	2.62	3.20	0.81	22.6	7.1	1.19	.293	3.67	8.13
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,384	445	184	113	.620	404	3.38	16	5	1	2598.1	2,429	975	1,049	262	619	63	8	21	10,651	80	8.26	2.14	3.85	0.91	22.4	5.8	1.17	.296	3.63	8.41
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,359	328	156	80	.661	319	3.22	9	5	0	2051.2	1,691	735	795	229	572	74	2	16	8,325	65	10.35	2.51	4.12	1.00	28.3	6.9	1.10	.287	3.49	7.42
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,350	384	153	111	.580	383	3.42	16	7	0	2481.2	2,222	944	1,014	287	689	87	0	42	10,201	56	8.52	2.50	3.41	1.04	23.0	6.8	1.17	.285	3.68	8.06
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,291	579	273	163	.626	579	3.40	48	21	0	3780.1	3,649	1,430	1,560	301	1,291	52	0	121	15,881	52	5.45	3.07	1.77	0.72	14.4	8.1	1.31	.280	3.71	8.69
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,218	308	149	69	.683	306	2.37	25	15	0	2030.1	1,514	535	584	138	526	31	1	27	7,987	79	9.83	2.33	4.22	0.61	27.8	6.6	1.00	.271	2.59	6.71
21	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
22	James Shields J. Shields	2,198	398	142	136	.511	396	4.00	23	9	0	2561.1	2,526	1,139	1,238	348	728	93	1	22	10,764	104	7.72	2.56	3.02	1.22	20.4	6.8	1.27	.294	4.35	8.88
23	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
24	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
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,141	372	171	96	.640	371	3.51	15	4	0	2315.0	2,126	903	976	227	755	79	0	8	9,619	57	8.32	2.94	2.84	0.88	22.3	7.8	1.24	.296	3.79	8.27

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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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Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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