most strikeouts allowed from april 10, 1976 to september 2, 1998

Between April 10, 1976 and September 2, 1998, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 3,956 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from April 10, 1976 to september 2, 1998

	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	3,956	552	219	194	.530	552	3.25	127	38	0	3735.1	2,777	1,349	1,538	224	1,798	101	0	55	15,583	200	9.53	4.33	2.20	0.54	25.4	11.5	1.22	.269	3.71	6.69
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,098	445	230	124	.650	444	2.95	114	44	0	3238.0	2,704	1,061	1,177	211	999	103	0	44	13,240	80	8.61	2.78	3.10	0.59	23.4	7.5	1.14	.282	3.27	7.52
3	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
4	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,421	426	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2898.0	2,652	1,268	1,396	301	1,259	46	1	28	12,275	87	7.52	3.91	1.92	0.93	19.7	10.3	1.35	.285	4.34	8.24
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,366	475	192	165	.538	471	3.58	145	36	0	3349.2	3,210	1,331	1,462	315	919	116	1	48	13,928	83	6.36	2.47	2.57	0.85	17.0	6.6	1.23	.283	3.93	8.62
6	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,298	560	208	205	.504	543	3.77	113	24	1	3630.0	3,561	1,521	1,711	397	1,095	114	7	106	15,350	105	5.70	2.71	2.10	0.98	15.0	7.1	1.28	.276	4.24	8.83
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,284	292	139	79	.638	283	3.39	55	22	2	1948.0	1,501	734	822	168	931	91	4	11	8,181	71	10.55	4.30	2.45	0.78	27.9	11.4	1.25	.283	3.80	6.93
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	1,026	183	164	.527	337	3.56	94	18	388	3091.1	2,924	1,222	1,318	329	647	68	569	82	12,711	24	6.54	1.88	3.47	0.96	17.7	5.1	1.16	.275	3.84	8.51
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,220	394	181	125	.592	380	3.32	109	24	1	2766.1	2,487	1,020	1,170	234	944	25	6	77	11,472	100	7.22	3.07	2.35	0.76	19.4	8.2	1.24	.280	3.81	8.09
10	David Cone D. Cone	2,208	355	166	91	.646	326	3.17	55	21	1	2370.0	1,952	835	917	188	889	75	9	32	9,816	121	8.38	3.38	2.48	0.71	22.5	9.1	1.20	.273	3.48	7.41
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,179	720	200	203	.496	440	3.77	107	13	49	3548.2	3,100	1,487	1,698	357	1,530	155	172	40	15,095	169	5.53	3.88	1.42	0.91	14.4	10.1	1.30	.252	4.31	7.86
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,138	682	244	193	.558	562	3.70	122	30	8	3989.0	3,889	1,640	1,832	372	1,163	121	51	70	16,712	83	4.82	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,123	372	183	103	.640	369	3.33	68	24	1	2547.2	2,287	943	1,030	164	833	65	1	36	10,570	66	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.58	20.1	7.9	1.22	.287	3.64	8.08
14	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
15	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,999	399	201	115	.636	395	2.75	89	28	0	2824.0	2,481	862	989	141	642	75	3	107	11,406	44	6.37	2.05	3.11	0.45	17.5	5.6	1.11	.274	3.15	7.91
16	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
17	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,941	712	171	182	.484	371	3.83	53	9	32	3011.1	2,947	1,281	1,427	321	872	80	170	101	12,693	52	5.80	2.61	2.23	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.26	8.81
18	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,925	399	152	126	.547	342	3.65	56	14	0	2435.0	2,321	988	1,100	228	1,006	61	24	24	10,363	102	7.11	3.72	1.91	0.84	18.6	9.7	1.37	.293	4.07	8.58
19	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,909	323	142	105	.575	323	3.39	45	12	0	2201.0	1,911	830	914	181	729	34	0	53	9,102	117	7.81	2.98	2.62	0.74	21.0	8.0	1.20	.277	3.74	7.81
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,893	463	188	132	.588	423	3.31	68	25	5	2901.0	2,688	1,066	1,220	214	901	94	18	104	12,115	111	5.87	2.80	2.10	0.66	15.6	7.4	1.24	.274	3.78	8.34
21	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	8.97
22	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,831	426	173	152	.532	416	3.70	114	19	2	2912.1	2,809	1,197	1,366	268	1,156	64	7	44	12,441	107	5.66	3.57	1.58	0.83	14.7	9.3	1.36	.279	4.22	8.68
23	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,790	375	131	139	.485	355	4.72	44	9	0	2220.0	2,208	1,165	1,277	216	1,247	33	11	34	9,891	115	7.26	5.06	1.44	0.88	18.1	12.6	1.56	.302	5.18	8.95
24	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,763	358	170	90	.654	322	3.29	95	26	4	2376.1	2,183	868	947	226	624	12	17	24	9,725	55	6.68	2.36	2.83	0.86	18.1	6.4	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27
25	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,743	307	114	96	.543	300	3.36	25	9	1	1866.2	1,421	696	749	191	715	41	2	33	7,668	22	8.40	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.7	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	6.85

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