what pitcher had the most strikeouts between 1975 to 1994

Between the 1975 and 1994 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,142 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	4,142	580	233	206	.531	580	3.26	137	43	0	3933.1	2,929	1,425	1,628	237	1,930	108	0	55	16,448	212	9.48	4.42	2.15	0.54	25.2	11.7	1.24	.268	3.73	90	2.96	81	6.70	308.4
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,607	511	207	175	.542	507	3.53	165	39	0	3634.1	3,435	1,424	1,567	340	1,003	120	1	50	15,062	90	6.46	2.48	2.60	0.84	17.3	6.7	1.22	.282	3.88	89	3.42	87	8.51	202.8
3	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,571	595	224	215	.510	577	3.70	129	29	1	3893.1	3,781	1,602	1,795	419	1,170	121	8	112	16,406	113	5.94	2.70	2.20	0.97	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.15	95	3.81	96	8.74	63.6
4	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
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,412	431	196	139	.585	417	3.34	123	27	1	3021.2	2,704	1,121	1,286	258	1,048	27	6	82	12,535	105	7.18	3.12	2.30	0.77	19.2	8.4	1.24	.278	3.83	88	3.28	88	8.05	147.2
6	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,185	1,282	319	705	66	416	86	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	86	3.36	84	8.36	215.8
7	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,213	758	203	210	.492	440	3.76	107	13	53	3609.2	3,143	1,507	1,723	360	1,564	163	196	40	15,361	173	5.52	3.90	1.41	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.252	4.30	95	4.28	108	7.84	-124.9
8	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
9	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
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,975	465	188	167	.530	453	3.66	127	20	2	3188.0	3,094	1,295	1,481	297	1,228	75	9	47	13,601	122	5.58	3.47	1.61	0.84	14.5	9.0	1.36	.279	4.18	92	3.89	98	8.73	27.2
11	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
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	61	14,865	78	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	95	3.83	99	8.66	10.9
13	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
14	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
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,836	442	185	143	.564	438	3.43	79	22	2	2992.1	2,724	1,140	1,250	302	752	38	3	48	12,297	54	5.52	2.26	2.44	0.91	14.9	6.1	1.16	.259	3.76	93	3.57	94	8.19	66.1
16	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
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,784	373	165	118	.583	369	3.19	98	32	0	2615.2	2,248	926	1,022	218	822	36	1	69	10,724	77	6.14	2.83	2.17	0.75	16.6	7.7	1.17	.258	3.52	85	3.38	91	7.73	101.5
18	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	84	3.26	82	8.27	192
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1,679	457	171	139	.552	392	4.08	72	18	6	2697.2	2,662	1,223	1,324	236	1,081	46	30	75	11,548	100	5.60	3.61	1.55	0.79	14.5	9.4	1.39	.285	4.42	104	3.92	100	8.88	3.6
23	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,673	600	177	122	.592	356	3.33	54	13	29	2525.2	2,399	935	1,038	245	592	37	82	63	10,366	28	5.96	2.11	2.83	0.87	16.1	5.7	1.18	.275	3.70	88	3.40	90	8.55	106.1
24	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
25	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

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