most strikeouts allowed from july 7, 1974 to april 17, 2000

Between July 7, 1974 and April 17, 2000, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,328 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From July 7, 1974 to April 17, 2000

	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	4,328	600	245	214	.534	599	3.22	152	45	0	4094.2	3,026	1,466	1,676	245	2,017	111	1	56	17,104	217	9.51	4.43	2.15	0.54	25.3	11.8	1.23	.267	3.68	6.65
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,330	483	248	135	.648	482	3.04	115	45	0	3480.1	2,938	1,174	1,304	236	1,114	115	0	44	14,296	91	8.61	2.88	2.99	0.61	23.3	7.8	1.16	.284	3.37	7.60
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,740	529	217	182	.544	525	3.48	176	40	0	3777.1	3,547	1,459	1,611	345	1,046	124	1	50	15,637	92	6.53	2.49	2.62	0.82	17.5	6.7	1.22	.281	3.84	8.45
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,727	334	163	88	.649	325	3.23	70	26	2	2276.2	1,744	817	917	201	1,015	101	4	15	9,477	75	10.78	4.01	2.69	0.79	28.8	10.7	1.21	.284	3.63	6.89
5	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,682	614	234	222	.513	593	3.65	137	33	1	4029.1	3,905	1,634	1,835	428	1,199	124	10	114	16,960	114	5.99	2.68	2.24	0.96	15.8	7.1	1.27	.278	4.10	8.72
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,534	450	202	145	.582	436	3.34	128	27	1	3158.2	2,816	1,173	1,345	271	1,115	29	6	87	13,111	108	7.22	3.18	2.27	0.77	19.3	8.5	1.24	.278	3.83	8.02
7	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
8	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
9	David Cone D. Cone	2,430	393	180	103	.636	364	3.22	56	22	1	2604.2	2,162	933	1,025	213	998	89	9	34	10,824	130	8.40	3.45	2.43	0.74	22.5	9.2	1.21	.275	3.54	7.47
10	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
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,246	784	206	212	.493	440	3.76	107	13	53	3658.0	3,178	1,529	1,748	366	1,582	165	202	41	15,557	175	5.53	3.89	1.42	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.251	4.30	7.82
12	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,242	405	189	107	.639	398	3.46	68	24	1	2705.2	2,455	1,040	1,138	188	915	75	1	39	11,281	73	7.46	3.04	2.45	0.63	19.9	8.1	1.25	.288	3.79	8.17
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,176	439	223	126	.639	435	2.81	93	28	0	3090.1	2,779	965	1,110	159	693	81	3	120	12,541	46	6.34	2.02	3.14	0.46	17.4	5.5	1.12	.278	3.23	8.09
14	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,176	439	166	140	.542	382	3.72	58	14	0	2694.2	2,560	1,115	1,243	256	1,127	72	24	27	11,479	117	7.27	3.76	1.93	0.86	19.0	9.8	1.37	.294	4.15	8.55
15	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	70	16,754	84	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77
16	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,098	356	157	113	.581	356	3.35	47	14	0	2414.1	2,092	898	986	195	774	38	0	55	9,947	119	7.82	2.89	2.71	0.73	21.1	7.8	1.19	.277	3.68	7.80
17	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
18	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,061	485	200	173	.536	472	3.57	139	25	3	3340.2	3,209	1,324	1,517	304	1,265	78	10	48	14,199	125	5.55	3.41	1.63	0.82	14.5	8.9	1.34	.277	4.09	8.65
19	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,007	502	204	145	.585	462	3.41	68	25	5	3116.2	2,910	1,180	1,336	231	997	107	18	108	13,062	119	5.80	2.88	2.01	0.67	15.4	7.6	1.25	.276	3.86	8.40
20	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
21	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,432	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
22	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,940	462	198	145	.577	458	3.39	84	24	2	3140.0	2,849	1,181	1,294	312	792	41	3	48	12,904	56	5.56	2.27	2.45	0.89	15.0	6.1	1.16	.258	3.71	8.17
23	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,920	413	138	155	.471	388	4.81	47	11	0	2413.2	2,439	1,291	1,416	243	1,345	36	13	35	10,766	126	7.16	5.02	1.43	0.91	17.8	12.5	1.57	.304	5.28	9.09
24	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,869	388	171	123	.582	384	3.18	104	35	0	2725.2	2,341	962	1,060	222	861	38	1	73	11,174	80	6.17	2.84	2.17	0.73	16.7	7.7	1.17	.259	3.50	7.73
25	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	8.97

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