most strikeouts allowed from may 13, 1965 to september 27, 2001

Between May 13, 1965 and September 27, 2001, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From May 13, 1965 to September 27, 2001

	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	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,131	734	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5210.0	4,666	1,862	2,128	413	1,829	53	11	149	21,651	180	7.14	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.4	1.25	.279	3.68	8.06
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,705	543	280	144	.660	542	3.10	116	45	0	3876.0	3,297	1,333	1,473	278	1,250	128	0	45	15,956	105	8.60	2.90	2.96	0.65	23.2	7.8	1.17	.285	3.42	7.66
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,492	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.39
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	117	19,369	125	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	7.47
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,406	400	199	101	.663	390	3.14	79	30	2	2741.1	2,109	955	1,075	241	1,160	124	5	18	11,352	88	11.18	3.81	2.94	0.79	30.0	10.2	1.19	.291	3.53	6.92
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,330	851	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5382.0	5,025	2,002	2,324	480	1,802	121	80	86	22,583	225	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,267	682	297	245	.548	654	3.07	297	51	4	4985.1	4,575	1,700	1,968	360	1,287	99	15	149	20,414	145	5.90	2.32	2.54	0.65	16.0	6.3	1.18	.274	3.55	8.26
10	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
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	2,645	443	192	122	.611	413	3.44	56	22	1	2870.0	2,475	1,097	1,202	254	1,119	105	9	40	12,052	149	8.29	3.51	2.36	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.25	.280	3.77	7.76
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	8.52
14	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,518	504	257	145	.639	500	2.84	102	34	0	3543.0	3,200	1,119	1,279	195	760	96	3	140	14,367	49	6.40	1.93	3.31	0.50	17.5	5.3	1.12	.278	3.25	8.13
15	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,506	502	190	171	.526	440	3.45	179	35	7	3225.0	2,986	1,235	1,368	303	966	81	28	66	13,413	108	6.99	2.70	2.59	0.85	18.7	7.2	1.23	.281	3.82	8.33
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	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,430	490	189	157	.546	433	3.81	61	14	0	2995.2	2,874	1,269	1,410	289	1,250	75	24	30	12,784	127	7.30	3.76	1.94	0.87	19.0	9.8	1.38	.296	4.24	8.63
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	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,664	174	240	44	16,168	180	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	7.77
21	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
22	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,293	546	218	167	.566	465	3.31	177	46	13	3340.0	2,960	1,230	1,349	332	1,045	47	46	51	13,763	22	6.18	2.82	2.19	0.89	16.7	7.6	1.20	.262	3.64	7.98
23	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,196	552	268	152	.638	520	2.85	211	53	3	3931.1	3,340	1,246	1,388	300	1,305	38	13	37	16,054	86	5.03	2.99	1.68	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	7.65
24	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
25	Tommy John T. John	2,153	723	284	220	.563	680	3.34	160	45	2	4570.1	4,643	1,697	1,948	290	1,212	98	18	96	19,090	181	4.24	2.39	1.78	0.57	11.3	6.3	1.28	.284	3.84	9.14

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