most strikeouts allowed from april 21, 1968 to september 11, 2009

Between April 21, 1968 and September 11, 2009, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,689 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From April 21, 1968 to September 11, 2009

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5,689	803	323	290	.527	770	3.19	222	61	3	5369.0	3,909	1,904	2,171	319	2,786	158	13	77	22,503	275	9.54	4.67	2.04	0.53	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.55
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,869	613	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4131.0	3,339	1,510	1,699	410	1,497	189	5	37	17,046	109	10.61	3.26	3.25	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.70	7.27
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,913	685	311	232	.573	668	3.23	241	52	1	4932.2	4,399	1,768	2,023	398	1,743	50	7	147	20,489	169	7.14	3.18	2.24	0.73	19.1	8.5	1.25	.278	3.69	8.03
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,492	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.39
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,456	618	294	192	.605	610	2.87	213	59	1	4505.0	3,729	1,439	1,583	360	1,311	71	5	111	18,242	119	6.90	2.62	2.64	0.72	18.9	7.2	1.12	.258	3.16	7.45
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	8.49
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,196	700	301	229	.568	687	3.24	161	53	4	4824.0	4,277	1,737	1,916	435	1,234	73	10	88	19,753	104	5.96	2.30	2.59	0.81	16.2	6.2	1.14	.259	3.57	7.98
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,144	473	218	99	.688	406	2.92	46	17	3	2812.1	2,202	913	1,000	237	756	138	23	30	11,324	62	10.06	2.42	4.16	0.76	27.8	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	7.05
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,133	737	299	259	.536	693	3.41	234	43	12	5041.0	4,732	1,911	2,196	462	1,693	109	30	75	21,173	195	5.59	3.02	1.85	0.82	14.8	8.0	1.27	.271	3.92	8.45
11	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.27
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,072	720	213	153	.582	478	3.32	53	16	154	3457.0	3,057	1,274	1,381	287	1,002	57	204	83	14,198	145	8.00	2.61	3.07	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.17	.283	3.60	7.96
13	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
14	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,775	555	254	204	.555	541	3.38	243	45	1	3993.2	3,738	1,500	1,663	425	860	77	9	96	16,364	59	6.25	1.94	3.23	0.96	17.0	5.3	1.15	.271	3.75	8.42
15	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,702	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	8.73
16	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,696	565	253	209	.548	560	3.08	260	45	2	4264.0	3,941	1,459	1,693	313	1,096	86	5	112	17,461	117	5.69	2.31	2.46	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.273	3.57	8.32
17	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	450	194	126	.606	419	3.47	56	22	1	2898.2	2,504	1,116	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	7.77
18	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	8.64
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	8.76
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,532	601	220	207	.515	522	3.36	138	31	17	3799.0	3,602	1,418	1,591	287	1,173	71	42	117	15,822	89	6.00	2.78	2.16	0.68	16.0	7.4	1.26	.282	3.77	8.53
21	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	205	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	8.40
22	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	8.27
23	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,401	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	100	20	390	3285.2	3,076	1,279	1,382	347	738	75	577	90	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	8.43
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
25	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,664	174	240	44	16,168	180	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	7.77

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Between April 21, 1968 and September 11, 2009, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,689 strikeouts.

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