most strikeouts allowed from may 7, 1968 to september 6, 2007

Between May 7, 1968 and September 6, 2007, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,672 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player From May 7, 1968 to September 6, 2007

	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	5,672	801	322	289	.527	768	3.20	222	61	3	5356.2	3,901	1,903	2,166	319	2,774	158	13	76	22,446	274	9.53	4.66	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.55
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,668	708	354	184	.658	706	3.13	118	46	0	4910.2	4,183	1,707	1,884	363	1,577	159	0	63	20,216	143	8.56	2.89	2.96	0.67	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.67
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,616	566	284	150	.654	556	3.22	98	37	2	3855.1	3,065	1,381	1,556	368	1,422	182	5	29	15,877	102	10.78	3.32	3.25	0.86	29.1	9.0	1.16	.290	3.63	7.16
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,899	682	310	231	.573	665	3.22	239	52	1	4909.2	4,377	1,759	2,014	398	1,735	50	7	146	20,392	168	7.15	3.18	2.25	0.73	19.1	8.5	1.24	.278	3.69	8.02
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	3,439	615	294	190	.607	607	2.88	212	59	1	4480.0	3,707	1,435	1,576	359	1,305	70	5	109	18,137	118	6.91	2.62	2.64	0.72	19.0	7.2	1.12	.258	3.17	7.45
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,263	706	344	212	.619	702	3.09	109	35	0	4791.1	4,488	1,647	1,858	330	965	130	3	172	19,512	67	6.13	1.81	3.38	0.62	16.7	4.9	1.14	.280	3.49	8.43
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,189	698	299	229	.566	685	3.24	161	53	4	4811.0	4,265	1,733	1,911	434	1,230	73	10	88	19,698	104	5.97	2.30	2.59	0.81	16.2	6.2	1.14	.259	3.57	7.98
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,127	734	299	256	.539	690	3.40	234	43	12	5024.0	4,711	1,898	2,183	459	1,692	108	30	75	21,101	192	5.60	3.03	1.85	0.82	14.8	8.0	1.27	.271	3.91	8.44
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,103	566	215	144	.599	433	3.46	83	20	22	3241.1	2,981	1,247	1,312	344	710	52	81	43	13,208	72	8.62	1.97	4.37	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.28
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,002	443	207	92	.692	376	2.81	46	17	3	2650.2	2,018	827	910	213	704	129	23	27	10,605	59	10.19	2.39	4.26	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.275	3.09	6.85
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,937	697	205	144	.587	456	3.26	53	16	154	3336.0	2,934	1,210	1,316	270	976	54	204	81	13,689	141	7.92	2.63	3.01	0.73	21.5	7.1	1.17	.282	3.55	7.92
13	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
14	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,758	552	252	203	.554	538	3.39	242	45	1	3971.1	3,722	1,494	1,656	423	856	77	9	96	16,279	59	6.25	1.94	3.22	0.96	16.9	5.3	1.15	.271	3.75	8.43
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,675	561	252	208	.548	556	3.07	259	45	2	4239.1	3,913	1,448	1,682	312	1,091	86	5	110	17,357	117	5.68	2.32	2.45	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.273	3.57	8.31
16	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
17	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,649	499	247	144	.632	498	3.70	57	23	0	3337.2	3,220	1,374	1,465	359	748	52	0	26	13,675	67	7.14	2.02	3.54	0.97	19.4	5.5	1.19	.290	3.95	8.68
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	2,559	664	302	197	.605	664	3.49	56	25	0	4325.0	4,198	1,675	1,840	340	1,457	64	0	141	18,214	65	5.33	3.03	1.76	0.71	14.0	8.0	1.31	.280	3.83	8.74
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,514	598	218	206	.514	519	3.36	137	31	17	3774.1	3,582	1,411	1,583	285	1,169	71	42	117	15,725	88	5.99	2.79	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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