most strikeouts allowed from april 22, 1971 to july 26, 1994

Between April 22, 1971 and July 26, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,358 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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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	3,554	662	275	240	.534	657	3.33	235	57	0	4781.0	4,476	1,768	1,959	410	1,270	152	2	65	19,727	112	6.69	2.39	2.80	0.77	18.0	6.4	1.20	.284	3.69	8.43
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,343	585	269	191	.585	570	3.28	204	42	1	4201.1	3,757	1,530	1,748	345	1,471	40	6	120	17,442	141	7.16	3.15	2.27	0.74	19.2	8.4	1.24	.279	3.74	8.05
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	2,737	508	233	161	.591	503	2.99	160	46	0	3659.2	3,074	1,214	1,334	301	1,090	52	2	89	14,877	99	6.73	2.68	2.51	0.74	18.4	7.3	1.14	.259	3.28	7.56
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,622	624	251	215	.539	590	3.46	188	31	9	4263.1	4,035	1,641	1,887	383	1,523	94	22	63	17,998	155	5.54	3.22	1.72	0.81	14.6	8.5	1.30	.273	3.98	8.52
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,612	583	258	181	.588	578	3.20	132	43	3	4045.2	3,561	1,438	1,593	364	1,001	58	4	59	16,499	82	5.81	2.23	2.61	0.81	15.8	6.1	1.13	.256	3.54	7.92
8	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,462	546	253	186	.576	524	3.88	175	28	0	3809.0	3,546	1,642	1,799	388	1,376	57	10	99	16,041	204	5.82	3.25	1.79	0.92	15.3	8.6	1.29	.269	4.25	8.38
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,353	848	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3783.0	3,263	1,570	1,794	375	1,652	174	234	44	16,082	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.76
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,240	843	187	153	.550	361	3.47	100	20	291	3077.1	2,859	1,185	1,281	319	703	66	410	85	12,661	26	6.55	2.06	3.19	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.75	8.36
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,185	323	172	91	.654	322	2.93	94	36	0	2371.1	1,982	772	861	157	677	67	0	41	9,635	55	8.29	2.57	3.23	0.60	22.7	7.0	1.12	.279	3.27	7.52
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,089	349	150	132	.532	346	3.72	76	17	0	2427.2	2,137	1,003	1,118	240	1,071	40	1	25	10,217	74	7.74	3.97	1.95	0.89	20.4	10.5	1.32	.280	4.14	7.92
13	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,085	480	203	159	.561	459	3.25	138	33	1	3237.0	2,856	1,170	1,305	250	1,145	20	10	60	13,396	100	5.80	3.18	1.82	0.70	15.6	8.5	1.24	.263	3.63	7.94
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,059	443	193	167	.536	440	3.18	189	33	1	3303.2	3,107	1,167	1,341	251	857	62	3	79	13,562	88	5.61	2.33	2.40	0.68	15.2	6.3	1.20	.276	3.65	8.46
15	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,058	504	174	178	.494	427	3.56	102	19	17	3082.1	3,006	1,219	1,362	233	968	57	42	85	12,927	67	6.01	2.83	2.13	0.68	15.9	7.5	1.29	.289	3.98	8.78
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	1,968	431	191	156	.550	419	3.48	175	32	0	3052.1	2,931	1,181	1,317	342	660	59	7	67	12,563	37	5.80	1.95	2.98	1.01	15.7	5.3	1.18	.272	3.88	8.64
18	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,965	503	210	146	.590	462	3.47	61	28	8	3087.1	2,888	1,189	1,308	267	1,031	79	19	60	12,934	55	5.73	3.01	1.91	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
19	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,915	580	218	170	.562	498	3.64	116	25	6	3544.2	3,416	1,433	1,598	326	1,030	98	40	60	14,805	79	4.86	2.62	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.06	8.67
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	1,849	370	150	130	.536	358	3.45	112	31	2	2564.1	2,325	982	1,107	178	1,000	20	5	60	10,787	104	6.49	3.51	1.85	0.62	17.1	9.3	1.30	.277	3.89	8.16
22	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
23	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,817	604	211	181	.538	523	3.62	122	37	11	3521.2	3,583	1,417	1,631	234	1,066	56	41	116	14,943	101	4.64	2.72	1.70	0.60	12.2	7.1	1.32	.285	4.17	9.16
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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