what major league pitcher had the most strikeouts from 1977 to 1994

Between the 1977 and 1994 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 3,629 strikeouts.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,629	513	202	176	.534	513	3.24	106	31	0	3451.0	2,584	1,243	1,421	211	1,615	96	0	53	14,388	195	9.46	4.21	2.25	0.55	25.2	11.2	1.22	.269	3.71	89	2.92	80	6.74	291.4
2	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	206	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	96	3.93	95	8.40	93
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,201	326	172	93	.649	325	2.93	94	36	0	2393.1	2,002	780	869	160	690	68	0	41	9,729	55	8.28	2.59	3.19	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	68	2.81	69	7.53	340.6
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,155	440	179	149	.546	436	3.64	127	30	0	3061.0	2,933	1,237	1,357	302	838	104	1	42	12,733	76	6.34	2.46	2.57	0.89	16.9	6.6	1.23	.282	3.99	90	3.53	88	8.62	151.4
5	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	90	3.77	90	7.93	119.5
6	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,098	643	188	195	.491	440	3.84	107	13	31	3406.0	2,998	1,452	1,655	351	1,453	147	117	37	14,495	160	5.54	3.84	1.44	0.93	14.5	10.0	1.31	.253	4.37	96	4.30	108	7.92	-115.7
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,041	527	189	196	.491	510	3.90	90	22	1	3347.2	3,358	1,449	1,627	374	1,024	105	7	101	14,235	100	5.49	2.75	1.99	1.01	14.3	7.2	1.31	.279	4.37	98	4.00	100	9.03	6.5
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,025	359	161	118	.577	345	3.34	96	22	1	2513.2	2,263	932	1,076	215	872	24	6	73	10,441	92	7.25	3.12	2.32	0.77	19.4	8.4	1.25	.280	3.85	88	3.29	87	8.10	125.9
9	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	94	3.70	99	8.42	6.9
10	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,905	578	218	169	.563	498	3.64	116	26	6	3533.0	3,404	1,428	1,594	326	1,026	98	39	61	14,759	77	4.85	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.06	95	3.84	99	8.67	8.5
11	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,893	779	162	134	.547	307	3.52	85	15	291	2696.2	2,561	1,055	1,139	290	537	54	408	76	11,067	16	6.32	1.79	3.53	0.97	17.1	4.9	1.15	.274	3.80	86	3.39	84	8.55	190.8
12	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	86	2.76	75	7.87	217.6
13	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,861	373	150	130	.536	360	3.44	112	31	2	2579.0	2,334	986	1,111	181	1,004	20	5	61	10,843	104	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.63	17.2	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	95	3.43	94	8.15	60.6
14	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,822	412	175	146	.545	411	3.67	74	16	0	2791.2	2,764	1,139	1,264	285	840	46	0	35	11,719	84	5.87	2.71	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.07	89	3.76	94	8.91	77.4
15	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,751	351	170	90	.654	322	3.27	95	26	4	2360.1	2,163	858	935	225	620	12	16	24	9,653	55	6.68	2.36	2.82	0.86	18.1	6.4	1.18	.275	3.57	83	3.27	82	8.25	188.5
16	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,723	431	134	143	.484	363	4.06	62	16	0	2388.0	2,320	1,078	1,189	291	846	40	13	39	10,187	84	6.49	3.19	2.04	1.10	16.9	8.3	1.33	.278	4.48	100	3.99	98	8.74	21.5
17	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	96	3.72	94	9.17	59.5
18	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,683	507	165	122	.575	332	3.86	55	9	19	2548.2	2,398	1,092	1,194	253	995	60	87	45	10,870	111	5.94	3.51	1.69	0.89	15.5	9.2	1.33	.272	4.22	98	4.02	102	8.47	-23.1
19	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1,676	456	171	139	.552	391	4.09	72	18	6	2692.2	2,660	1,223	1,324	236	1,080	46	30	75	11,531	100	5.60	3.61	1.55	0.79	14.5	9.4	1.39	.285	4.43	104	3.93	100	8.89	2.8
20	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,658	388	156	141	.525	379	3.74	104	17	2	2641.2	2,560	1,098	1,250	250	1,055	56	6	37	11,284	93	5.65	3.59	1.57	0.85	14.7	9.3	1.37	.279	4.26	93	3.95	99	8.72	15.4
21	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,642	424	175	135	.565	409	3.41	103	30	1	2845.0	2,514	1,079	1,194	219	1,017	124	7	35	11,844	51	5.19	3.22	1.61	0.69	13.9	8.6	1.24	.260	3.78	82	3.79	93	7.95	89.1
22	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,615	598	145	140	.509	282	3.56	51	9	32	2447.0	2,303	968	1,082	231	722	60	168	90	10,239	42	5.94	2.66	2.24	0.85	15.8	7.1	1.24	.272	3.98	90	3.65	94	8.47	63
23	Mike Moore M. Moore	1,603	425	156	161	.492	415	4.23	78	16	2	2699.0	2,679	1,270	1,398	267	1,088	53	6	58	11,571	127	5.35	3.63	1.47	0.89	13.9	9.4	1.40	.282	4.66	102	4.17	99	8.93	4.8
24	Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	1,581	460	162	138	.540	396	3.81	43	14	5	2504.1	2,503	1,060	1,165	286	617	39	18	50	10,441	39	5.68	2.22	2.56	1.03	15.1	5.9	1.25	.280	4.19	99	3.79	98	9.00	20.1
25	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,553	276	104	85	.550	270	3.29	25	9	1	1706.0	1,283	623	671	165	649	39	1	29	6,983	21	8.19	3.42	2.39	0.87	22.2	9.3	1.13	.244	3.54	90	3.46	92	6.77	47.7

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