most strikeouts allowed from april 28, 1975 to april 20, 2002

Between April 28, 1975 and April 20, 2002, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 4,099 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	4,099	575	229	205	.528	575	3.26	134	42	0	3892.1	2,900	1,412	1,615	234	1,901	106	0	55	16,276	211	9.48	4.40	2.16	0.54	25.2	11.7	1.23	.268	3.73	6.71
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,743	549	281	147	.657	548	3.12	116	45	0	3910.2	3,331	1,355	1,498	281	1,268	130	0	46	16,114	108	8.61	2.92	2.95	0.65	23.2	7.9	1.18	.285	3.45	7.67
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,446	405	204	101	.669	395	3.12	80	31	2	2778.1	2,135	962	1,082	243	1,167	126	5	18	11,492	88	11.16	3.78	2.95	0.79	30.0	10.2	1.19	.291	3.50	6.92
4	David Cone D. Cone	2,655	445	193	123	.611	415	3.45	56	22	1	2880.2	2,484	1,103	1,209	254	1,124	106	9	41	12,099	149	8.29	3.51	2.36	0.79	21.9	9.3	1.25	.280	3.78	7.76
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,574	506	205	174	.541	502	3.53	163	39	0	3596.0	3,401	1,411	1,551	339	987	119	1	50	14,898	90	6.44	2.47	2.61	0.85	17.3	6.6	1.22	.281	3.88	8.51
6	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,560	593	223	215	.509	575	3.69	129	29	1	3883.0	3,772	1,594	1,789	417	1,167	120	8	112	16,365	113	5.93	2.70	2.19	0.97	15.6	7.1	1.27	.277	4.15	8.74
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,530	508	259	146	.640	504	2.83	102	34	0	3563.0	3,216	1,122	1,282	197	765	97	3	141	14,441	49	6.39	1.93	3.31	0.50	17.5	5.3	1.12	.278	3.24	8.12
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	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	8.27
10	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,443	494	190	159	.544	437	3.84	61	14	0	3014.1	2,897	1,286	1,429	293	1,259	75	24	30	12,866	127	7.29	3.76	1.94	0.87	19.0	9.8	1.38	.296	4.27	8.65
11	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,400	1,069	197	171	.535	361	3.51	100	20	390	3283.2	3,074	1,279	1,382	347	736	75	576	90	13,524	28	6.58	2.02	3.26	0.95	17.7	5.4	1.16	.274	3.79	8.43
12	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,397	427	196	136	.590	413	3.32	121	27	1	2998.2	2,683	1,107	1,271	255	1,037	27	6	82	12,436	105	7.19	3.11	2.31	0.77	19.3	8.3	1.24	.278	3.81	8.05
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2800.2	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	8.24
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,204	750	203	207	.495	440	3.75	107	13	52	3597.2	3,133	1,500	1,716	359	1,554	161	192	40	15,303	173	5.51	3.89	1.42	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.252	4.29	7.84
15	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,166	401	160	117	.578	361	3.37	47	14	15	2484.0	2,159	929	1,019	203	788	40	26	58	10,234	119	7.85	2.86	2.75	0.74	21.2	7.7	1.19	.278	3.69	7.82
16	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
17	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
18	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,070	394	135	102	.570	283	3.37	72	17	13	2187.2	1,949	818	873	219	542	33	60	38	8,911	57	8.52	2.23	3.82	0.90	23.2	6.1	1.14	.286	3.59	8.02
19	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,032	405	181	119	.603	402	3.19	72	17	0	2788.2	2,602	989	1,139	171	773	120	1	38	11,564	90	6.56	2.49	2.63	0.55	17.6	6.7	1.21	.287	3.68	8.40
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,014	510	204	150	.576	466	3.48	68	25	5	3130.1	2,939	1,211	1,367	235	1,007	117	19	108	13,150	121	5.79	2.90	2.00	0.68	15.3	7.7	1.26	.277	3.93	8.45
21	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,003	300	134	59	.694	233	2.69	36	15	3	1715.1	1,278	512	567	129	473	79	23	20	6,846	44	10.51	2.48	4.23	0.68	29.3	6.9	1.02	.276	2.97	6.71
22	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
23	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,961	461	187	165	.531	449	3.66	126	20	2	3160.1	3,057	1,285	1,466	293	1,220	74	9	46	13,477	121	5.58	3.47	1.61	0.83	14.6	9.1	1.35	.278	4.17	8.71
24	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,955	430	142	157	.475	397	4.83	47	11	0	2465.0	2,493	1,324	1,449	252	1,375	39	13	37	11,003	128	7.14	5.02	1.42	0.92	17.8	12.5	1.57	.304	5.29	9.10
25	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	1,948	473	226	133	.630	473	3.38	50	21	0	3146.1	2,986	1,181	1,309	227	1,071	42	0	102	13,203	57	5.57	3.06	1.82	0.65	14.8	8.1	1.29	.278	3.74	8.54

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Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Tue 9/29	CWS	@	HOU	5:00 PM
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
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