most strikeouts allowed from august 23, 1972 to september 1, 2010

Between August 23, 1972 and September 1, 2010, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,998 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From August 23, 1972 to September 1, 2010

	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	4,998	673	282	242	.538	670	3.17	197	52	1	4681.2	3,436	1,649	1,886	275	2,333	125	3	61	19,546	241	9.61	4.48	2.14	0.53	25.6	11.9	1.23	.268	3.63	6.61
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	7.28
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	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
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,184	598	251	211	.543	594	3.36	215	52	0	4323.2	4,041	1,613	1,791	374	1,166	141	1	60	17,854	101	6.63	2.43	2.73	0.78	17.8	6.5	1.20	.282	3.73	8.41
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	7.07
7	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
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	7.97
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,933	520	232	175	.570	506	3.33	166	32	1	3691.0	3,321	1,367	1,569	312	1,317	35	6	104	15,363	127	7.15	3.21	2.23	0.76	19.1	8.6	1.26	.279	3.83	8.10
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,405	686	267	204	.567	628	4.24	33	10	0	4020.1	4,156	1,892	2,036	511	1,137	144	15	67	17,102	57	5.38	2.55	2.12	1.14	14.1	6.6	1.32	.282	4.56	9.30
18	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
19	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
20	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,364	413	152	148	.507	408	4.22	26	7	0	2629.0	2,582	1,234	1,322	347	703	82	4	50	11,046	70	8.09	2.41	3.36	1.19	21.4	6.4	1.25	.296	4.53	8.84
21	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
22	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,340	556	225	192	.540	530	3.52	158	28	7	3796.1	3,612	1,485	1,700	341	1,427	88	17	54	16,099	144	5.55	3.38	1.64	0.81	14.5	8.9	1.33	.275	4.03	8.56
23	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,306	450	201	142	.586	446	3.08	131	41	0	3202.1	2,708	1,097	1,205	267	977	44	1	86	13,067	91	6.48	2.75	2.36	0.75	17.6	7.5	1.15	.258	3.39	7.61
24	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
25	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,276	523	228	163	.583	519	3.31	110	33	2	3595.2	3,206	1,322	1,458	345	913	51	3	54	14,734	72	5.70	2.29	2.49	0.86	15.4	6.2	1.15	.257	3.65	8.02

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Between August 23, 1972 and September 1, 2010, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,998 strikeouts.

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