most strikeouts allowed from august 20, 1965 to september 20, 2004

Between August 20, 1965 and September 20, 2004, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From August 20, 1965 to September 20, 2004

	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	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,297	638	328	164	.667	637	3.18	117	46	0	4479.2	3,836	1,584	1,744	335	1,454	147	0	57	18,479	130	8.63	2.92	2.96	0.67	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.50	7.71
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,139	486	244	127	.658	476	3.08	92	37	2	3346.0	2,589	1,145	1,293	300	1,299	156	5	23	13,773	95	11.13	3.49	3.19	0.81	30.1	9.4	1.16	.291	3.48	6.96
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,121	730	329	244	.574	707	3.21	254	55	2	5198.2	4,650	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	11	149	21,599	179	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.4	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
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	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	117	19,369	125	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	7.47
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,300	826	317	272	.538	716	3.34	245	45	27	5338.0	4,974	1,982	2,298	477	1,781	120	67	83	22,380	218	5.56	3.00	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.87	8.39
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,162	658	290	236	.551	635	3.05	291	51	4	4849.2	4,451	1,645	1,909	350	1,237	95	13	139	19,840	140	5.87	2.30	2.56	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.54	8.26
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,900	605	303	173	.637	601	2.93	105	35	0	4164.1	3,823	1,355	1,548	263	868	116	3	158	16,915	55	6.27	1.88	3.34	0.57	17.1	5.1	1.13	.279	3.35	8.26
12	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
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,725	480	183	123	.598	368	3.34	82	19	13	2797.2	2,488	1,037	1,099	286	633	44	60	41	11,344	70	8.77	2.04	4.30	0.92	24.0	5.6	1.12	.288	3.54	8.00
14	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
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,643	386	182	74	.711	319	2.68	42	16	3	2283.2	1,727	681	755	174	612	113	23	21	9,128	53	10.42	2.41	4.32	0.69	29.0	6.7	1.02	.278	2.98	6.81
16	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
17	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	8.52
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,390	596	163	120	.576	361	3.26	47	14	149	2694.0	2,319	976	1,068	215	826	40	199	60	11,039	126	7.98	2.76	2.89	0.72	21.7	7.5	1.17	.278	3.57	7.75
22	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
23	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,362	476	183	167	.523	417	3.42	176	34	5	3084.0	2,856	1,173	1,303	289	925	71	25	64	12,821	103	6.89	2.70	2.55	0.84	18.4	7.2	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,344	471	207	135	.605	461	3.20	72	17	0	3177.1	2,965	1,128	1,295	203	880	132	1	41	13,169	102	6.64	2.49	2.66	0.58	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.67	8.40
25	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2800.2	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	8.24

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