most strikeouts allowed from may 2, 1968 to august 18, 2009

Between May 2, 1968 and August 18, 2009, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,682 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From May 2, 1968 to August 18, 2009

	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	5,682	802	323	289	.528	769	3.19	222	61	3	5363.2	3,904	1,903	2,166	319	2,781	158	13	76	22,474	275	9.53	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.63	6.55
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,869	613	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4131.0	3,339	1,510	1,699	410	1,497	189	5	37	17,046	109	10.61	3.26	3.25	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.70	7.27
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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,905	683	310	232	.572	666	3.23	240	52	1	4918.1	4,387	1,764	2,019	398	1,739	50	7	146	20,432	169	7.15	3.18	2.25	0.73	19.1	8.5	1.25	.278	3.69	8.03
5	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
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,445	616	294	191	.606	608	2.88	213	59	1	4490.0	3,713	1,436	1,578	359	1,308	70	5	111	18,177	118	6.91	2.62	2.63	0.72	19.0	7.2	1.12	.258	3.16	7.44
7	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
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,191	699	300	229	.567	686	3.24	161	53	4	4817.1	4,271	1,735	1,914	435	1,231	73	10	88	19,724	104	5.96	2.30	2.59	0.81	16.2	6.2	1.14	.259	3.58	7.98
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,129	735	299	257	.538	691	3.40	234	43	12	5030.0	4,719	1,903	2,188	461	1,692	109	30	75	21,127	193	5.60	3.03	1.85	0.82	14.8	8.0	1.27	.271	3.91	8.44
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,125	469	215	99	.685	402	2.92	46	17	3	2790.2	2,182	905	992	233	753	137	23	30	11,236	62	10.08	2.43	4.15	0.75	27.8	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	7.04
11	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
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,044	716	212	152	.582	474	3.32	53	16	154	3435.0	3,038	1,266	1,373	285	1,001	57	204	83	14,113	145	7.98	2.62	3.04	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	7.96
13	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
14	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
15	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,763	553	253	203	.555	539	3.38	242	45	1	3979.2	3,727	1,496	1,658	423	857	77	9	96	16,309	59	6.25	1.94	3.22	0.96	16.9	5.3	1.15	.271	3.75	8.43
16	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,686	563	252	209	.547	558	3.09	259	45	2	4249.0	3,930	1,457	1,691	312	1,094	86	5	111	17,406	117	5.69	2.32	2.46	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.274	3.58	8.32
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,518	599	218	207	.513	520	3.36	137	31	17	3782.1	3,590	1,414	1,586	286	1,170	71	42	117	15,758	88	5.99	2.78	2.15	0.68	16.0	7.4	1.26	.282	3.77	8.54
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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