most strikeouts allowed from june 4, 1974 to september 8, 1998

Between June 4, 1974 and September 8, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,399 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From June 4, 1974 to September 8, 1998

	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	4,399	608	248	217	.533	607	3.22	156	46	0	4162.2	3,077	1,490	1,703	248	2,049	112	1	57	17,387	220	9.51	4.43	2.15	0.54	25.3	11.8	1.23	.267	3.68	6.65
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,109	446	231	124	.651	445	2.95	114	44	0	3246.0	2,707	1,063	1,179	211	1,002	104	0	44	13,271	81	8.62	2.78	3.10	0.59	23.4	7.6	1.14	.282	3.27	7.51
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,778	535	220	185	.543	531	3.48	178	40	0	3821.1	3,592	1,476	1,630	352	1,061	127	1	50	15,828	92	6.54	2.50	2.62	0.83	17.6	6.7	1.22	.281	3.84	8.46
4	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,695	621	234	228	.506	599	3.68	137	33	1	4062.0	3,947	1,661	1,863	434	1,213	127	10	115	17,114	116	5.97	2.69	2.22	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.278	4.13	8.75
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,572	457	205	148	.581	443	3.34	132	28	1	3211.0	2,862	1,193	1,365	276	1,139	30	6	87	13,329	112	7.21	3.19	2.26	0.77	19.3	8.5	1.25	.278	3.83	8.02
6	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
7	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,421	426	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2898.0	2,652	1,268	1,396	301	1,259	46	1	28	12,275	87	7.52	3.91	1.92	0.93	19.7	10.3	1.35	.285	4.34	8.24
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,398	1,063	196	171	.534	361	3.50	100	20	390	3280.0	3,071	1,276	1,379	345	737	75	575	90	13,511	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.78	8.43
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,298	293	140	79	.639	284	3.38	56	23	2	1957.0	1,507	734	822	168	932	91	4	12	8,214	71	10.57	4.29	2.47	0.77	28.0	11.3	1.25	.283	3.78	6.93
10	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,255	795	207	213	.493	440	3.77	107	13	54	3680.2	3,199	1,543	1,763	369	1,594	165	207	41	15,656	176	5.51	3.90	1.41	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.251	4.31	7.82
11	David Cone D. Cone	2,219	356	167	91	.647	327	3.17	55	21	1	2377.0	1,954	836	918	189	889	75	9	32	9,838	121	8.40	3.37	2.50	0.72	22.6	9.0	1.20	.273	3.48	7.40
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,139	684	244	193	.558	562	3.70	122	30	8	3991.0	3,893	1,642	1,834	372	1,163	122	51	70	16,723	83	4.82	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.14	8.78
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,128	373	184	103	.641	370	3.33	68	24	1	2554.2	2,292	944	1,031	164	834	66	1	36	10,598	66	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.58	20.1	7.9	1.22	.287	3.63	8.07
14	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,098	492	202	177	.533	479	3.57	141	25	3	3389.0	3,253	1,344	1,537	308	1,279	79	10	48	14,401	126	5.57	3.40	1.64	0.82	14.6	8.9	1.34	.277	4.08	8.64
15	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
16	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,008	400	201	116	.634	396	2.76	89	28	0	2831.0	2,487	867	995	141	646	76	3	108	11,439	45	6.38	2.05	3.11	0.45	17.6	5.6	1.11	.274	3.16	7.91
17	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
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,959	469	198	148	.572	465	3.40	84	24	2	3180.1	2,890	1,202	1,320	318	804	42	3	48	13,078	57	5.54	2.28	2.44	0.90	15.0	6.1	1.16	.258	3.74	8.18
19	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,941	713	171	182	.484	371	3.83	53	9	32	3013.1	2,947	1,281	1,427	321	873	80	170	101	12,700	52	5.80	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.26	8.80
20	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,935	400	153	126	.548	343	3.64	56	14	0	2443.0	2,324	988	1,100	228	1,010	61	24	24	10,393	102	7.13	3.72	1.92	0.84	18.6	9.7	1.36	.293	4.05	8.56
21	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,921	324	143	105	.577	324	3.38	46	13	0	2210.0	1,914	830	914	181	729	34	0	53	9,132	117	7.82	2.97	2.64	0.74	21.0	8.0	1.20	.277	3.72	7.79
22	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,895	393	173	124	.582	389	3.17	104	35	0	2759.1	2,366	973	1,072	224	875	38	1	77	11,309	80	6.18	2.85	2.17	0.73	16.8	7.7	1.17	.259	3.50	7.72
23	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,894	464	188	133	.586	424	3.32	68	25	5	2903.0	2,696	1,072	1,226	215	903	94	18	104	12,131	111	5.87	2.80	2.10	0.67	15.6	7.4	1.24	.275	3.80	8.36
24	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
25	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,790	375	131	139	.485	355	4.72	44	9	0	2220.0	2,208	1,165	1,277	216	1,247	33	11	34	9,891	115	7.26	5.06	1.44	0.88	18.1	12.6	1.56	.302	5.18	8.95

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Between June 4, 1974 and September 8, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,399 strikeouts.

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