most strikeouts allowed since july 30, 1970

Since July 30, 1970, Nolan Ryan has struck out the most batters, with 5,412 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player Since July 30, 1970

	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	5,412	746	307	273	.529	733	3.18	213	60	2	5080.2	3,722	1,795	2,054	301	2,610	150	6	68	21,294	264	9.59	4.62	2.07	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.267	3.64	6.59
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	7.28
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	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,639	681	282	247	.533	674	3.33	240	60	0	4897.2	4,568	1,810	2,007	423	1,307	154	3	68	20,201	114	6.69	2.40	2.78	0.78	18.0	6.5	1.20	.282	3.69	8.39
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	7.69
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,516	492	221	121	.646	483	3.27	12	5	0	2999.0	2,473	1,088	1,161	365	794	115	2	20	12,148	81	10.55	2.38	4.43	1.10	28.9	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	7.42
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,418	600	277	196	.586	585	3.26	212	43	1	4321.2	3,854	1,566	1,791	356	1,531	41	6	126	17,943	148	7.12	3.19	2.23	0.74	19.0	8.5	1.25	.278	3.73	8.03
8	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
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	7.07
10	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
11	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	8.56
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	7.97
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.91
14	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	8.52
15	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,856	525	239	168	.587	520	2.99	166	47	0	3782.1	3,183	1,256	1,386	305	1,131	55	2	91	15,391	103	6.80	2.69	2.53	0.73	18.6	7.3	1.14	.261	3.30	7.57
16	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
17	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
18	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,730	414	157	95	.623	333	2.96	16	3	12	2207.0	1,790	727	785	221	515	140	25	15	8,883	48	11.13	2.10	5.30	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	7.30
19	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,682	640	255	222	.535	604	3.48	191	32	9	4355.2	4,132	1,685	1,942	397	1,549	96	23	63	18,401	157	5.54	3.20	1.73	0.82	14.6	8.4	1.30	.273	4.01	8.54
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,678	600	261	189	.580	595	3.24	135	43	3	4147.2	3,668	1,495	1,656	380	1,031	61	4	61	16,941	86	5.81	2.24	2.60	0.82	15.8	6.1	1.13	.257	3.59	7.96
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	8.09
25	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	8.82

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