most strikeouts allowed from april 21, 1972 to august 11, 1994

Between April 21, 1972 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,211 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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5,211	701	294	254	.536	698	3.16	208	58	1	4867.0	3,550	1,708	1,948	287	2,446	133	3	64	20,313	254	9.64	4.52	2.13	0.53	25.7	12.0	1.23	.267	3.60	6.56
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,336	625	260	226	.535	620	3.35	220	54	0	4516.0	4,208	1,680	1,863	391	1,212	148	2	63	18,642	107	6.65	2.42	2.75	0.78	17.9	6.5	1.20	.282	3.71	8.39
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,175	549	250	182	.579	535	3.26	187	38	1	3935.1	3,496	1,426	1,632	325	1,382	36	6	110	16,315	131	7.26	3.16	2.30	0.74	19.5	8.5	1.24	.278	3.73	8.00
4	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
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,479	475	215	151	.587	471	3.08	141	43	0	3397.2	2,876	1,162	1,277	283	1,038	48	1	87	13,865	94	6.57	2.75	2.39	0.75	17.9	7.5	1.15	.259	3.38	7.62
6	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
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,455	584	237	200	.542	556	3.49	171	28	7	4004.0	3,800	1,554	1,780	359	1,457	91	18	57	16,940	148	5.52	3.27	1.68	0.81	14.5	8.6	1.31	.274	4.00	8.54
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,415	546	239	171	.583	542	3.26	120	38	2	3781.1	3,342	1,370	1,516	355	949	53	3	55	15,455	76	5.75	2.26	2.54	0.84	15.6	6.1	1.13	.256	3.61	7.95
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,350	846	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3780.0	3,262	1,570	1,793	375	1,650	174	232	44	16,070	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	705	66	416	85	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
11	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	7.53
12	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	7.93
13	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	9.10
14	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,971	479	168	167	.501	404	3.57	98	19	17	2930.0	2,851	1,162	1,296	223	916	56	42	81	12,277	60	6.05	2.81	2.15	0.68	16.1	7.5	1.29	.288	3.98	8.76
15	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	8.42
16	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	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
17	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,920	408	179	155	.536	405	3.21	178	32	1	3040.1	2,863	1,086	1,231	233	792	58	3	74	12,471	80	5.68	2.34	2.42	0.69	15.4	6.4	1.20	.278	3.64	8.48
18	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	7.87
19	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	8.15
20	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	8.91
21	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,815	445	182	152	.545	424	3.39	117	27	1	2950.2	2,661	1,110	1,238	231	1,067	18	10	57	12,293	92	5.54	3.25	1.70	0.70	14.8	8.7	1.26	.265	3.78	8.12
22	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	8.27
23	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	8.74
24	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,719	394	169	144	.540	382	3.56	148	29	0	2745.1	2,634	1,086	1,207	315	625	54	7	62	11,321	34	5.64	2.05	2.75	1.03	15.2	5.5	1.19	.269	3.96	8.64
25	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,695	570	197	169	.538	490	3.55	115	35	11	3318.1	3,363	1,309	1,509	220	964	49	41	105	14,025	92	4.60	2.61	1.76	0.60	12.1	6.9	1.30	.283	4.09	9.12

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