most strikeouts allowed from may 29, 1962 to may 10, 2004

Between May 29, 1962 and May 10, 2004, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From May 29, 1962 to May 10, 2004

	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,140	613	316	160	.664	612	3.18	117	46	0	4317.0	3,703	1,526	1,682	324	1,396	142	0	54	17,806	126	8.63	2.91	2.97	0.68	23.3	7.8	1.18	.286	3.51	7.72
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,932	461	233	117	.666	451	3.10	89	36	2	3169.1	2,466	1,093	1,234	287	1,272	149	5	22	13,087	93	11.17	3.61	3.09	0.81	30.0	9.7	1.18	.293	3.50	7.00
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	3,640	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
7	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
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,525	770	312	264	.542	685	3.09	302	53	10	5324.1	4,907	1,830	2,112	397	1,368	108	33	162	21,838	158	5.96	2.31	2.58	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.274	3.57	8.29
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	227	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
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	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,796	582	291	166	.637	578	2.91	103	34	0	4011.1	3,672	1,299	1,485	244	850	114	3	155	16,305	53	6.27	1.91	3.29	0.55	17.1	5.2	1.13	.279	3.33	8.24
13	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,775	443	226	148	.604	425	2.82	236	51	5	3439.1	2,875	1,076	1,209	228	1,106	91	11	101	14,137	89	7.26	2.89	2.51	0.60	19.6	7.8	1.16	.266	3.16	7.52
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	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
16	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
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,595	457	167	119	.584	345	3.32	80	19	13	2637.1	2,334	973	1,033	268	610	40	60	41	10,696	67	8.86	2.08	4.25	0.91	24.3	5.7	1.12	.288	3.53	7.96
18	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
19	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
20	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,465	362	170	69	.711	295	2.61	41	15	3	2122.2	1,594	616	688	155	568	101	23	21	8,469	51	10.45	2.41	4.34	0.66	29.1	6.7	1.02	.278	2.92	6.76
21	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
22	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,433	414	139	131	.515	341	3.16	103	23	14	2462.1	1,925	864	982	161	1,283	57	37	72	10,448	140	8.89	4.69	1.90	0.59	23.3	12.3	1.30	.271	3.59	7.04
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,366	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	7.94
24	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
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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