most strikeouts allowed from april 20, 1976 to september 27, 1998

Between April 20, 1976 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,940 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from April 20, 1976 to september 27, 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	3,940	550	218	193	.530	550	3.26	126	38	0	3719.1	2,772	1,346	1,535	224	1,787	101	0	55	15,522	200	9.53	4.32	2.20	0.54	25.4	11.5	1.23	.269	3.71	6.71
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,153	450	233	124	.653	449	2.95	114	44	0	3274.2	2,732	1,072	1,188	214	1,012	105	0	44	13,389	82	8.67	2.78	3.12	0.59	23.5	7.6	1.14	.283	3.27	7.51
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	432	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2901.0	2,654	1,270	1,398	302	1,260	46	1	28	12,288	87	7.51	3.91	1.92	0.94	19.7	10.3	1.35	.285	4.34	8.23
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,357	473	191	164	.538	469	3.58	145	36	0	3333.2	3,193	1,326	1,454	315	915	115	1	48	13,859	83	6.36	2.47	2.58	0.85	17.0	6.6	1.23	.283	3.93	8.62
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,329	296	143	79	.644	287	3.36	56	23	2	1978.1	1,523	739	827	169	943	92	4	12	8,302	71	10.60	4.29	2.47	0.77	28.1	11.4	1.25	.284	3.76	6.93
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,285	558	207	205	.502	541	3.76	112	24	1	3619.0	3,549	1,513	1,702	395	1,092	112	7	106	15,303	105	5.68	2.72	2.09	0.98	14.9	7.1	1.28	.276	4.23	8.83
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,246	1,035	184	162	.532	335	3.54	94	18	388	3096.1	2,921	1,218	1,313	330	644	68	572	82	12,720	24	6.53	1.87	3.49	0.96	17.7	5.1	1.15	.275	3.82	8.49
9	David Cone D. Cone	2,243	359	168	93	.644	330	3.17	55	21	1	2396.2	1,980	845	927	191	895	76	9	32	9,925	122	8.42	3.36	2.51	0.72	22.6	9.0	1.20	.274	3.48	7.44
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,214	392	181	124	.593	378	3.29	109	24	1	2760.1	2,475	1,008	1,158	232	939	25	6	77	11,436	100	7.22	3.06	2.36	0.76	19.4	8.2	1.24	.279	3.78	8.07
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,174	717	200	203	.496	440	3.77	107	13	49	3545.0	3,094	1,484	1,695	356	1,529	155	171	40	15,077	169	5.52	3.88	1.42	0.90	14.4	10.1	1.30	.252	4.30	7.86
12	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,150	377	185	103	.642	374	3.33	68	24	1	2580.2	2,318	956	1,044	169	843	66	1	36	10,706	67	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.59	20.1	7.9	1.22	.287	3.64	8.08
13	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	70	16,754	84	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77
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	2,024	403	202	117	.633	399	2.75	89	28	0	2849.1	2,503	872	1,001	141	654	76	3	110	11,517	45	6.39	2.07	3.09	0.45	17.6	5.7	1.11	.274	3.16	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	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,951	403	153	129	.543	346	3.66	56	14	0	2461.2	2,347	1,002	1,117	231	1,024	63	24	25	10,485	102	7.13	3.74	1.91	0.84	18.6	9.8	1.37	.293	4.08	8.58
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,942	327	146	105	.582	327	3.36	46	13	0	2228.0	1,924	832	916	181	734	34	0	53	9,201	117	7.84	2.96	2.65	0.73	21.1	8.0	1.19	.276	3.70	7.77
19	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,432	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,912	468	190	133	.588	428	3.33	68	25	5	2926.2	2,722	1,084	1,239	216	916	95	18	105	12,238	113	5.88	2.82	2.09	0.66	15.6	7.5	1.24	.275	3.81	8.37
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	1,816	424	171	152	.529	414	3.71	113	19	2	2896.0	2,794	1,194	1,361	268	1,152	62	7	44	12,372	106	5.64	3.58	1.58	0.83	14.7	9.3	1.36	.278	4.23	8.68
23	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,795	377	131	140	.483	356	4.73	44	9	0	2226.0	2,216	1,171	1,283	219	1,248	33	11	34	9,918	115	7.26	5.05	1.44	0.89	18.1	12.6	1.56	.302	5.19	8.96
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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Between April 20, 1976 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,940 strikeouts.

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