most strikeouts allowed from september 30, 1965 to august 11, 2006

Between September 30, 1965 and August 11, 2006, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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	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	4,552	682	345	176	.662	681	3.11	118	46	0	4764.2	4,047	1,647	1,818	350	1,534	150	0	62	19,610	134	8.60	2.90	2.97	0.66	23.2	7.8	1.17	.284	3.43	7.64
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,498	548	275	145	.655	538	3.19	97	37	2	3744.0	2,965	1,327	1,500	355	1,393	174	5	25	15,418	101	10.81	3.35	3.23	0.85	29.2	9.0	1.16	.290	3.61	7.13
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,116	727	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5193.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	9	149	21,581	178	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,286	814	316	271	.538	715	3.35	245	45	23	5315.1	4,957	1,980	2,295	476	1,776	120	61	83	22,292	217	5.56	3.01	1.85	0.81	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.89	8.39
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,185	658	283	225	.557	594	3.34	267	49	6	4490.1	4,136	1,666	1,850	482	995	84	32	117	18,365	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.29
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,138	667	328	200	.621	663	3.06	108	35	0	4554.2	4,242	1,549	1,755	312	934	125	3	166	18,540	63	6.20	1.85	3.36	0.62	16.9	5.0	1.14	.280	3.47	8.38
11	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,137	643	290	235	.552	634	3.05	291	51	3	4829.0	4,430	1,634	1,891	349	1,223	95	7	133	19,742	137	5.85	2.28	2.57	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	8.26
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,985	438	206	88	.701	371	2.75	46	17	3	2634.0	1,991	805	886	211	696	125	23	26	10,517	57	10.20	2.38	4.29	0.72	28.4	6.6	1.02	.274	3.03	6.80
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,981	539	206	136	.602	406	3.43	82	19	22	3072.2	2,785	1,170	1,232	323	682	50	81	42	12,491	72	8.73	2.00	4.37	0.95	23.9	5.5	1.13	.291	3.61	8.16
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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,720	660	187	133	.584	419	3.26	53	16	154	3098.1	2,694	1,124	1,223	252	918	49	204	70	12,688	132	7.90	2.67	2.96	0.73	21.4	7.2	1.17	.279	3.55	7.83
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	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
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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,542	468	237	132	.642	468	3.63	57	23	0	3172.1	3,016	1,281	1,365	341	715	48	0	24	12,961	65	7.21	2.03	3.56	0.97	19.6	5.5	1.18	.287	3.87	8.56
20	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
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,450	628	287	189	.603	628	3.46	55	24	0	4105.1	3,973	1,579	1,739	319	1,388	59	0	137	17,287	62	5.37	3.04	1.77	0.70	14.2	8.0	1.31	.280	3.81	8.71
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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