most strikeouts allowed from september 9, 1990 to august 18, 2018

Between September 9, 1990 and August 18, 2018, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,554 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 9, 1990 to august 18, 2018

	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	4,554	557	280	145	.659	543	3.22	93	35	2	3757.2	3,036	1,346	1,512	373	1,290	183	6	34	15,435	96	10.91	3.09	3.53	0.89	29.5	8.4	1.15	.295	3.62	7.27
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	3,077	534	215	142	.602	431	3.44	83	20	20	3200.0	2,937	1,224	1,286	342	680	51	68	42	13,014	69	8.65	1.91	4.53	0.96	23.6	5.2	1.13	.293	3.62	8.26
5	CC Sabathia	2,952	531	244	150	.619	531	3.69	38	12	0	3436.1	3,254	1,408	1,540	352	1,050	118	0	44	14,373	73	7.73	2.75	2.81	0.92	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.03	8.52
6	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
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	2,726	653	186	128	.592	411	3.29	42	14	154	3000.0	2,665	1,097	1,182	246	833	52	204	75	12,295	125	8.18	2.50	3.27	0.74	22.2	6.8	1.17	.287	3.55	8.00
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,633	411	199	122	.620	411	3.40	24	8	0	2709.1	2,364	1,025	1,110	267	799	91	0	27	11,156	80	8.75	2.65	3.30	0.89	23.6	7.2	1.17	.285	3.69	7.85
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	2,529	561	247	186	.570	550	4.09	38	13	0	3450.2	3,569	1,568	1,702	433	946	64	2	47	14,597	45	6.60	2.47	2.67	1.13	17.3	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	2,443	399	168	125	.573	398	3.32	25	11	0	2632.0	2,380	971	1,082	241	769	98	0	16	10,850	145	8.35	2.63	3.18	0.82	22.5	7.1	1.20	.293	3.70	8.14
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,394	447	184	115	.615	406	3.38	16	5	1	2611.2	2,438	980	1,054	265	625	63	8	21	10,705	80	8.25	2.15	3.83	0.91	22.4	5.8	1.17	.295	3.63	8.40
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,383	331	157	80	.662	322	3.20	9	5	0	2071.2	1,703	736	796	230	575	74	2	17	8,398	65	10.35	2.50	4.14	1.00	28.4	6.8	1.10	.287	3.46	7.40
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,364	387	155	111	.583	386	3.40	16	7	0	2501.2	2,235	946	1,016	287	693	89	0	42	10,274	56	8.50	2.49	3.41	1.03	23.0	6.7	1.17	.285	3.66	8.04
18	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,302	582	275	163	.628	582	3.40	48	21	0	3800.0	3,668	1,436	1,567	303	1,300	52	0	121	15,963	52	5.45	3.08	1.77	0.72	14.4	8.1	1.31	.280	3.71	8.69
19	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
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,228	310	149	69	.683	308	2.37	25	15	0	2044.1	1,524	538	587	138	526	31	1	27	8,038	80	9.81	2.32	4.24	0.61	27.7	6.5	1.00	.271	2.58	6.71
21	James Shields J. Shields	2,207	400	143	137	.511	398	4.00	23	9	0	2575.1	2,539	1,144	1,244	350	730	93	1	22	10,819	104	7.71	2.55	3.02	1.22	20.4	6.7	1.27	.294	4.35	8.87
22	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
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	2,154	374	172	97	.639	373	3.53	15	4	0	2324.2	2,141	911	985	230	756	79	0	8	9,662	57	8.34	2.93	2.85	0.89	22.3	7.8	1.25	.297	3.81	8.29

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