most strikeouts allowed from april 14, 1971 to august 11, 1994

Between April 14, 1971 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,358 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	5,358	732	305	268	.532	725	3.18	212	59	1	5028.0	3,679	1,775	2,026	295	2,567	149	4	68	21,054	260	9.59	4.59	2.09	0.53	25.4	12.2	1.24	.267	3.63	6.59
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,557	663	275	241	.533	658	3.33	235	57	0	4788.0	4,482	1,772	1,963	413	1,271	152	2	65	19,754	112	6.69	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.0	6.4	1.20	.283	3.69	8.42
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,348	586	270	191	.586	571	3.27	205	43	1	4210.1	3,761	1,530	1,748	345	1,476	40	6	120	17,478	143	7.16	3.16	2.27	0.74	19.2	8.4	1.24	.278	3.74	8.04
4	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
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,760	510	235	161	.593	505	2.98	161	47	0	3676.0	3,082	1,216	1,336	301	1,092	52	2	89	14,935	99	6.76	2.67	2.53	0.74	18.5	7.3	1.14	.259	3.27	7.55
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,630	626	252	216	.538	592	3.46	189	32	9	4274.1	4,047	1,643	1,892	383	1,525	94	22	63	18,044	156	5.54	3.21	1.72	0.81	14.6	8.5	1.30	.273	3.98	8.52
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,612	584	258	181	.588	579	3.20	132	43	3	4051.2	3,567	1,440	1,595	364	1,003	58	4	60	16,524	82	5.80	2.23	2.60	0.81	15.8	6.1	1.13	.257	3.54	7.92
8	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
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,353	849	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3783.1	3,265	1,572	1,796	376	1,653	174	234	44	16,086	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	705	66	416	85	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,201	326	172	93	.649	325	2.93	94	36	0	2393.1	2,002	780	869	160	690	68	0	41	9,729	55	8.28	2.59	3.19	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	7.53
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	7.93
13	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,096	481	204	159	.562	460	3.25	139	33	1	3246.0	2,862	1,172	1,307	250	1,147	22	10	60	13,434	101	5.81	3.18	1.83	0.69	15.6	8.5	1.24	.263	3.62	7.94
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,069	445	194	168	.536	442	3.18	190	33	1	3317.2	3,125	1,174	1,349	252	860	62	3	79	13,621	88	5.61	2.33	2.41	0.68	15.2	6.3	1.20	.277	3.66	8.48
15	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,062	505	174	179	.493	428	3.56	102	19	17	3090.1	3,011	1,221	1,364	234	970	57	42	85	12,956	67	6.01	2.82	2.13	0.68	15.9	7.5	1.29	.288	3.97	8.77
16	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	9.10
17	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,975	433	192	157	.550	421	3.49	176	32	0	3063.2	2,943	1,187	1,323	344	660	59	7	67	12,608	37	5.80	1.94	2.99	1.01	15.7	5.2	1.18	.272	3.89	8.65
18	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
19	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
20	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	7.87
21	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,861	373	150	130	.536	360	3.44	112	31	2	2579.0	2,334	986	1,111	181	1,004	20	5	61	10,843	104	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.63	17.2	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.15
22	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,827	606	212	182	.538	525	3.62	122	37	11	3532.1	3,595	1,421	1,635	234	1,072	56	41	116	14,990	101	4.65	2.73	1.70	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	9.16
23	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,822	412	175	146	.545	411	3.67	74	16	0	2791.2	2,764	1,139	1,264	285	840	46	0	35	11,719	84	5.87	2.71	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.07	8.91
24	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27
25	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,723	431	134	143	.484	363	4.06	62	16	0	2388.0	2,320	1,078	1,189	291	846	40	13	39	10,187	84	6.49	3.19	2.04	1.10	16.9	8.3	1.33	.278	4.48	8.74

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