most strikeouts allowed from august 16, 1961 to october 2, 1983

Between August 16, 1961 and October 2, 1983, Steve Carlton fanned the most hitters, with 3,709 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from August 16, 1961 to october 2, 1983

	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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,709	624	300	200	.600	606	3.01	250	55	1	4558.2	3,993	1,524	1,733	340	1,524	48	7	130	18,778	155	7.32	3.01	2.43	0.67	19.8	8.1	1.21	.278	3.42	7.88
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,677	516	219	195	.529	482	3.10	193	52	3	3520.2	2,523	1,214	1,385	190	2,022	96	13	50	14,845	174	9.40	5.17	1.82	0.49	24.8	13.6	1.29	.263	3.54	6.45
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,378	108	33	163	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	8.31
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,272	559	273	170	.616	553	2.73	213	56	1	4131.1	3,352	1,254	1,380	314	1,204	59	5	106	16,639	106	7.13	2.62	2.72	0.68	19.7	7.2	1.10	.258	3.01	7.30
5	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,065	622	266	206	.564	605	3.11	172	56	5	4357.2	3,765	1,504	1,662	347	1,113	68	12	93	17,748	89	6.33	2.30	2.75	0.72	17.3	6.3	1.12	.260	3.43	7.78
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,912	739	268	230	.538	594	3.20	226	43	29	4619.1	4,218	1,640	1,917	392	1,452	108	81	83	19,218	201	5.67	2.83	2.01	0.76	15.2	7.6	1.23	.267	3.73	8.22
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,881	463	237	154	.606	442	2.82	244	54	5	3572.1	2,976	1,120	1,259	235	1,170	95	12	103	14,688	96	7.26	2.95	2.46	0.59	19.6	8.0	1.16	.266	3.17	7.50
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
10	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,499	435	176	160	.524	430	3.01	164	42	0	3177.1	2,875	1,063	1,191	225	865	85	3	53	13,023	71	7.08	2.45	2.89	0.64	19.2	6.6	1.18	.283	3.37	8.14
11	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
12	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,366	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	7.94
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,359	557	202	190	.515	475	3.33	134	31	17	3516.0	3,296	1,301	1,457	268	1,104	65	43	113	14,613	81	6.04	2.83	2.14	0.69	16.1	7.6	1.25	.280	3.73	8.44
14	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,355	856	277	218	.560	594	3.40	175	31	17	4339.1	4,438	1,638	1,917	376	988	105	97	114	18,175	121	4.88	2.05	2.38	0.78	13.0	5.4	1.25	.283	3.98	9.20
15	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,208	553	268	149	.643	518	2.83	211	53	4	3930.1	3,327	1,235	1,376	301	1,294	38	13	36	16,028	85	5.06	2.96	1.71	0.69	13.8	8.1	1.18	.248	3.15	7.62
16	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,132	437	226	133	.630	425	2.86	230	49	2	3272.0	2,946	1,038	1,229	294	639	38	9	76	13,272	41	5.86	1.76	3.34	0.81	16.1	4.8	1.10	.261	3.38	8.10
17	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,011	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
18	Tommy John T. John	1,983	614	248	184	.574	569	3.12	154	44	3	3944.0	3,850	1,369	1,598	241	1,045	75	15	84	16,339	151	4.53	2.38	1.90	0.55	12.1	6.4	1.24	.278	3.65	8.79
19	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,972	441	191	143	.572	425	3.21	142	37	2	3055.2	2,687	1,091	1,222	227	1,028	22	6	57	12,601	90	5.81	3.03	1.92	0.67	15.6	8.2	1.22	.263	3.60	7.91
20	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,881	377	140	123	.532	348	3.25	93	30	11	2466.2	2,313	890	994	225	599	108	21	74	10,247	30	6.86	2.19	3.14	0.82	18.4	5.8	1.18	.281	3.63	8.44
21	Rudy May R. May	1,760	535	152	156	.494	360	3.46	87	24	12	2622.0	2,314	1,007	1,150	199	958	42	73	56	10,904	68	6.04	3.29	1.84	0.68	16.1	8.8	1.25	.266	3.95	7.94
22	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,728	484	142	135	.513	340	3.70	94	18	7	2569.0	2,416	1,056	1,202	233	1,004	90	70	65	10,949	119	6.05	3.52	1.72	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.277	4.21	8.46
23	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,703	397	120	95	.558	255	3.07	78	20	21	1926.0	1,684	656	754	91	858	29	63	61	8,165	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.290	3.52	7.87
24	Rick Wise R. Wise	1,647	506	188	181	.509	455	3.69	138	30	0	3127.1	3,227	1,281	1,455	261	804	44	15	83	13,157	49	4.74	2.31	2.05	0.75	12.5	6.1	1.29	.285	4.19	9.29
25	Al Downing A. Downing	1,631	402	123	106	.537	316	3.20	73	24	3	2263.1	1,942	805	932	177	925	30	36	31	9,506	76	6.49	3.68	1.76	0.70	17.2	9.7	1.27	.262	3.71	7.72

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