most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1958 to october 5, 1980

Between May 3, 1958 and October 5, 1980, Gaylord Perry struck out the most batters, with 3,276 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From May 3, 1958 to October 5, 1980

	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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,276	692	289	230	.557	605	2.96	291	52	10	4796.1	4,297	1,578	1,833	339	1,251	96	33	154	19,575	139	6.15	2.35	2.62	0.64	16.7	6.4	1.16	.271	3.44	8.06
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,109	431	178	169	.513	397	3.18	173	44	3	2925.0	2,094	1,033	1,177	159	1,744	83	13	43	12,386	135	9.57	5.37	1.78	0.49	25.1	14.1	1.31	.265	3.62	6.44
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,988	481	245	141	.635	475	2.60	202	53	1	3622.2	2,895	1,048	1,150	272	1,008	49	5	89	14,505	88	7.42	2.50	2.96	0.68	20.6	6.9	1.08	.257	2.86	7.19
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,969	525	249	169	.596	507	3.02	213	45	1	3789.1	3,311	1,273	1,443	294	1,292	43	7	112	15,639	124	7.05	3.07	2.30	0.70	19.0	8.3	1.21	.273	3.43	7.86
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,898	578	259	194	.572	515	3.28	261	47	7	4010.0	3,623	1,460	1,617	432	843	73	34	106	16,300	55	6.50	1.89	3.44	0.97	17.8	5.2	1.11	.265	3.63	8.13
7	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
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,652	534	230	175	.568	517	3.07	156	52	5	3729.0	3,200	1,273	1,406	302	966	61	12	86	15,187	84	6.40	2.33	2.75	0.73	17.5	6.4	1.12	.259	3.39	7.72
9	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,589	512	195	167	.539	474	3.25	136	39	13	3361.2	3,082	1,215	1,356	319	855	145	27	86	13,935	39	6.93	2.29	3.03	0.85	18.6	6.1	1.17	.276	3.63	8.25
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,578	648	233	209	.527	504	3.14	217	38	29	4044.0	3,661	1,409	1,661	345	1,218	102	81	77	16,783	189	5.74	2.71	2.12	0.77	15.4	7.3	1.21	.264	3.70	8.15
11	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
12	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,400	771	272	228	.544	622	3.44	180	31	11	4367.1	4,433	1,669	1,954	382	1,033	120	65	97	18,314	124	4.95	2.13	2.32	0.79	13.1	5.6	1.25	.282	4.03	9.14
13	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,354	558	225	165	.577	470	3.27	186	49	15	3399.1	2,982	1,236	1,349	340	1,077	49	51	51	13,989	27	6.23	2.85	2.19	0.90	16.8	7.7	1.19	.260	3.57	7.90
14	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
15	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,273	455	187	148	.558	420	2.94	156	45	6	3093.0	2,770	1,011	1,162	249	750	141	24	116	12,679	72	6.61	2.18	3.03	0.72	17.9	5.9	1.14	.272	3.38	8.06
16	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,250	387	156	141	.525	382	2.96	150	41	0	2841.1	2,554	933	1,051	206	770	70	3	48	11,630	63	7.13	2.44	2.92	0.65	19.3	6.6	1.17	.282	3.33	8.09
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,214	334	156	77	.670	286	2.64	133	38	9	2118.2	1,571	622	705	178	709	15	26	46	8,605	78	9.40	3.01	3.12	0.76	25.7	8.2	1.08	.254	2.99	6.67
18	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,105	451	176	163	.519	416	3.19	126	28	7	3051.2	2,801	1,083	1,221	230	972	57	16	101	12,640	70	6.21	2.87	2.17	0.68	16.7	7.7	1.24	.277	3.60	8.26
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,036	481	241	132	.646	453	2.74	198	51	3	3499.1	2,929	1,067	1,189	254	1,166	32	11	34	14,244	79	5.24	3.00	1.75	0.65	14.3	8.2	1.17	.249	3.06	7.53
20	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,011	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
21	Tommy John T. John	1,800	523	214	151	.586	482	3.02	128	42	3	3347.1	3,189	1,124	1,320	196	918	67	13	76	13,831	127	4.84	2.47	1.96	0.53	13.0	6.6	1.23	.276	3.55	8.57
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,753	373	170	120	.586	362	3.12	134	35	2	2664.2	2,331	924	1,040	188	859	19	2	51	10,933	73	5.92	2.90	2.04	0.63	16.0	7.9	1.20	.264	3.51	7.87
23	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,731	366	153	115	.571	328	3.25	115	34	2	2302.0	2,042	830	952	200	762	40	15	35	9,603	68	6.77	2.98	2.27	0.78	18.0	7.9	1.22	.268	3.72	7.98
24	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,728	484	142	135	.513	340	3.70	94	18	7	2569.0	2,416	1,056	1,202	233	1,004	90	70	65	10,949	119	6.05	3.52	1.72	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.277	4.21	8.46
25	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,725	512	209	164	.560	463	3.41	129	43	4	3166.2	3,034	1,200	1,328	297	849	72	28	88	13,121	96	4.90	2.41	2.03	0.84	13.1	6.5	1.23	.269	3.77	8.62

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Between May 3, 1958 and October 5, 1980, Gaylord Perry struck out the most batters, with 3,276 strikeouts.

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