most strikeouts allowed from september 9, 1991 to july 27, 2018

Between September 9, 1991 and July 27, 2018, Randy Johnson fanned the most batters, with 4,335 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	4,335	524	267	132	.669	510	3.16	90	34	2	3562.2	2,871	1,249	1,403	355	1,147	173	6	33	14,557	85	10.95	2.90	3.78	0.90	29.8	7.9	1.13	.294	3.54	7.25
2	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
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,050	474	224	125	.642	473	3.28	44	19	0	3180.1	2,723	1,158	1,274	249	1,097	116	0	35	13,186	100	8.63	3.10	2.78	0.70	23.1	8.3	1.20	.285	3.61	7.71
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,019	481	212	135	.611	431	3.42	83	20	13	3133.1	2,860	1,190	1,249	339	647	51	38	36	12,712	65	8.67	1.86	4.67	0.97	23.7	5.1	1.12	.291	3.59	8.21
5	CC Sabathia	2,923	527	243	150	.618	527	3.70	38	12	0	3417.0	3,240	1,403	1,535	350	1,038	117	0	44	14,286	73	7.70	2.73	2.82	0.92	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.53
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,782	530	268	149	.643	529	3.68	57	23	0	3516.1	3,414	1,437	1,537	370	770	59	0	29	14,396	69	7.12	1.97	3.61	0.95	19.3	5.3	1.19	.292	3.93	8.74
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,664	573	284	164	.634	573	3.00	79	27	0	3883.1	3,606	1,293	1,446	280	619	107	0	114	15,629	47	6.17	1.43	4.30	0.65	17.0	4.0	1.09	.278	3.35	8.36
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,599	407	198	119	.625	407	3.39	24	8	0	2688.2	2,338	1,014	1,099	260	797	91	0	27	11,067	80	8.70	2.67	3.26	0.87	23.5	7.2	1.17	.284	3.68	7.83
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,589	618	174	113	.606	376	3.20	38	14	154	2785.0	2,460	989	1,070	227	749	49	204	74	11,386	104	8.37	2.42	3.46	0.73	22.7	6.6	1.15	.287	3.46	7.95
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	2,522	558	245	185	.570	547	4.08	38	13	0	3433.2	3,550	1,556	1,690	430	943	64	2	47	14,525	44	6.61	2.47	2.67	1.13	17.4	6.5	1.31	.295	4.43	9.30
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	2,436	395	168	122	.579	395	3.28	25	11	0	2612.2	2,356	953	1,060	236	759	97	0	16	10,758	145	8.39	2.61	3.21	0.81	22.6	7.1	1.19	.293	3.65	8.12
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,379	444	184	112	.622	403	3.38	16	5	1	2592.1	2,425	973	1,047	261	618	63	8	21	10,628	80	8.26	2.15	3.85	0.91	22.4	5.8	1.17	.296	3.63	8.42
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,349	327	155	80	.660	318	3.22	9	5	0	2045.2	1,687	733	793	228	570	74	2	16	8,301	65	10.33	2.51	4.12	1.00	28.3	6.9	1.10	.287	3.49	7.42
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,341	383	152	111	.578	382	3.43	16	7	0	2476.2	2,219	944	1,013	287	687	86	0	42	10,180	55	8.51	2.50	3.41	1.04	23.0	6.7	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,211	307	148	69	.682	305	2.37	25	15	0	2024.1	1,509	533	582	137	524	31	1	27	7,962	77	9.83	2.33	4.22	0.61	27.8	6.6	1.00	.271	2.59	6.71
20	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
21	James Shields J. Shields	2,184	396	142	135	.513	394	4.00	23	9	0	2548.1	2,516	1,133	1,230	345	721	93	1	22	10,708	104	7.71	2.55	3.03	1.22	20.4	6.7	1.27	.295	4.34	8.89
22	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
23	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,137	370	171	95	.643	369	3.49	15	4	0	2305.0	2,111	894	967	224	750	79	0	8	9,573	56	8.34	2.93	2.85	0.87	22.3	7.8	1.24	.296	3.78	8.24
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,114	548	254	153	.624	548	3.47	39	20	0	3553.2	3,471	1,371	1,490	287	1,234	50	0	117	14,980	44	5.35	3.13	1.71	0.73	14.1	8.2	1.32	.282	3.77	8.79

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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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