most strikeouts allowed from april 30, 1976 to september 27, 1998

Between April 30, 1976 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 3,917 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from April 30, 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	3,917	548	217	193	.529	548	3.27	125	37	0	3702.1	2,766	1,344	1,533	224	1,774	101	0	55	15,454	199	9.52	4.31	2.21	0.54	25.3	11.5	1.23	.269	3.73	6.72
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	2,349	471	191	163	.540	467	3.57	145	36	0	3320.1	3,175	1,316	1,444	314	905	115	1	47	13,793	83	6.37	2.45	2.60	0.85	17.0	6.6	1.23	.283	3.91	8.61
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	2,273	557	207	204	.504	540	3.77	111	24	1	3611.0	3,547	1,512	1,701	394	1,089	112	7	106	15,274	104	5.67	2.71	2.09	0.98	14.9	7.1	1.28	.276	4.24	8.84
8	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
9	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,230	1,033	182	162	.529	333	3.56	93	17	388	3081.1	2,917	1,218	1,313	330	642	68	572	82	12,669	23	6.51	1.88	3.47	0.96	17.6	5.1	1.16	.275	3.84	8.52
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,207	391	181	124	.593	377	3.28	109	24	1	2754.1	2,471	1,004	1,154	232	934	25	6	77	11,409	98	7.21	3.05	2.36	0.76	19.3	8.2	1.24	.279	3.77	8.07
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,170	713	199	203	.495	440	3.78	107	13	48	3536.2	3,092	1,484	1,695	356	1,526	154	169	40	15,046	169	5.52	3.88	1.42	0.91	14.4	10.1	1.31	.252	4.31	7.87
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	1,802	421	170	151	.530	411	3.70	113	19	2	2876.1	2,775	1,184	1,350	267	1,145	62	7	44	12,286	106	5.64	3.58	1.57	0.84	14.7	9.3	1.36	.278	4.22	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 30, 1976 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 3,917 strikeouts.

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