most strikeouts allowed from july 11, 1972 to may 18, 2012

Between July 11, 1972 and May 18, 2012, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,083 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From July 11, 1972 to May 18, 2012

	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	5,083	683	284	249	.533	680	3.17	200	54	1	4751.0	3,481	1,676	1,915	281	2,377	127	3	64	19,837	245	9.63	4.50	2.14	0.53	25.6	12.0	1.23	.267	3.63	6.59
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	3,233	606	253	216	.539	602	3.36	216	52	0	4381.0	4,095	1,638	1,819	379	1,183	143	1	61	18,098	105	6.64	2.43	2.73	0.78	17.9	6.5	1.20	.282	3.74	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	3,011	531	241	176	.578	517	3.28	176	36	1	3790.0	3,377	1,380	1,584	315	1,338	35	6	107	15,730	128	7.15	3.18	2.25	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.24	.278	3.76	8.02
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	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	8.82
16	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
17	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
18	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,434	694	269	207	.565	636	4.24	33	10	0	4065.1	4,215	1,913	2,063	517	1,150	145	15	69	17,309	57	5.39	2.55	2.12	1.14	14.1	6.6	1.32	.283	4.57	9.33
19	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
20	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
21	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,385	566	229	195	.540	540	3.51	162	28	7	3877.0	3,687	1,510	1,730	345	1,442	88	17	56	16,427	146	5.54	3.35	1.65	0.80	14.5	8.8	1.32	.275	4.02	8.56
22	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,373	459	205	146	.584	455	3.08	135	41	0	3276.1	2,767	1,121	1,230	274	1,001	46	1	86	13,366	91	6.52	2.75	2.37	0.75	17.8	7.5	1.15	.258	3.38	7.60
23	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
24	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,331	532	231	167	.580	528	3.30	114	35	2	3665.1	3,262	1,343	1,482	349	923	52	3	54	15,005	75	5.72	2.27	2.53	0.86	15.5	6.2	1.14	.257	3.64	8.01
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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Between July 11, 1972 and May 18, 2012, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,083 strikeouts.

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