most strikeouts allowed from june 14, 1972 to july 24, 2012

Between June 14, 1972 and July 24, 2012, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,156 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From June 14, 1972 to July 24, 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	5,156	690	290	250	.537	687	3.15	205	56	1	4810.1	3,509	1,684	1,923	283	2,402	130	3	64	20,060	249	9.65	4.49	2.15	0.53	25.7	12.0	1.23	.267	3.60	6.57
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	3,264	612	254	220	.536	608	3.36	216	52	0	4425.0	4,136	1,653	1,835	381	1,195	144	1	61	18,279	105	6.64	2.43	2.73	0.77	17.9	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	3,063	537	245	176	.582	523	3.26	180	37	1	3841.0	3,418	1,393	1,597	318	1,355	36	6	108	15,935	129	7.18	3.17	2.26	0.75	19.2	8.5	1.24	.278	3.74	8.01
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	2,441	696	269	209	.563	638	4.25	33	10	0	4074.0	4,231	1,926	2,076	522	1,155	146	15	69	17,356	57	5.39	2.55	2.11	1.15	14.1	6.7	1.32	.283	4.59	9.35
19	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,408	464	208	148	.584	460	3.07	139	42	0	3316.1	2,799	1,132	1,242	274	1,015	46	1	87	13,527	91	6.53	2.75	2.37	0.74	17.8	7.5	1.15	.258	3.37	7.60
20	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,405	572	230	197	.539	545	3.49	164	28	7	3917.1	3,720	1,520	1,742	350	1,445	89	18	56	16,586	146	5.53	3.32	1.66	0.80	14.5	8.7	1.32	.274	4.00	8.55
21	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
22	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
23	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,356	537	233	170	.578	533	3.30	116	36	2	3703.2	3,294	1,358	1,499	352	933	52	3	55	15,158	76	5.73	2.27	2.53	0.86	15.5	6.2	1.14	.257	3.64	8.00
24	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
25	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,310	498	243	141	.633	488	3.87	25	4	0	3114.0	3,234	1,338	1,484	270	977	51	3	41	13,221	63	6.68	2.82	2.36	0.78	17.5	7.4	1.35	.308	4.29	9.35

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Between June 14, 1972 and July 24, 2012, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,156 strikeouts.

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