most strikeouts allowed from august 8, 1970 to july 26, 1994

Between August 8, 1970 and July 26, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,399 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	5,399	745	306	273	.528	732	3.19	212	59	2	5071.2	3,719	1,795	2,054	301	2,605	150	6	68	21,259	263	9.58	4.62	2.07	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.267	3.64	6.60
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,626	679	281	247	.532	672	3.32	239	60	0	4882.2	4,558	1,803	2,000	422	1,301	154	3	68	20,140	114	6.68	2.40	2.79	0.78	18.0	6.5	1.20	.283	3.69	8.40
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,403	598	276	195	.586	583	3.27	211	43	1	4306.2	3,840	1,563	1,785	356	1,524	41	6	125	17,876	148	7.11	3.18	2.23	0.74	19.0	8.5	1.25	.278	3.73	8.02
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,839	523	238	167	.588	518	2.99	165	47	0	3766.1	3,173	1,251	1,381	303	1,126	55	2	91	15,329	103	6.78	2.69	2.52	0.72	18.5	7.3	1.14	.261	3.30	7.58
5	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
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,675	598	260	188	.580	593	3.23	135	43	3	4137.0	3,651	1,484	1,645	376	1,026	60	4	61	16,887	86	5.82	2.23	2.61	0.82	15.8	6.1	1.13	.257	3.58	7.94
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,667	637	254	220	.536	601	3.47	190	32	9	4332.0	4,107	1,672	1,929	393	1,545	95	23	63	18,302	157	5.54	3.21	1.73	0.82	14.6	8.4	1.30	.273	4.01	8.53
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	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,664	174	240	44	16,168	180	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	7.77
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	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,151	490	208	160	.565	469	3.22	143	37	1	3301.1	2,890	1,182	1,323	250	1,167	23	10	60	13,647	102	5.86	3.18	1.84	0.68	15.8	8.6	1.23	.263	3.61	7.88
13	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,141	460	204	171	.544	457	3.15	201	38	1	3436.1	3,220	1,201	1,389	261	881	66	3	81	14,093	94	5.61	2.31	2.43	0.68	15.2	6.3	1.19	.275	3.64	8.43
14	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,105	517	181	180	.501	440	3.55	105	19	17	3182.0	3,089	1,254	1,399	244	996	58	42	90	13,330	70	5.95	2.82	2.11	0.69	15.8	7.5	1.28	.287	3.96	8.74
15	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
16	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,077	448	202	161	.556	435	3.44	188	32	0	3186.0	3,027	1,218	1,358	350	679	62	8	72	13,083	42	5.87	1.92	3.06	0.99	15.9	5.2	1.16	.270	3.84	8.55
17	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
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	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,869	618	216	187	.536	537	3.61	126	39	11	3610.1	3,665	1,450	1,666	240	1,103	57	41	117	15,315	106	4.66	2.75	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.284	4.15	9.14
22	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
23	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
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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