most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 1970 to august 11, 1994

Between January 1, 1970 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,483 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	5,483	759	312	279	.528	744	3.18	217	61	2	5159.2	3,765	1,825	2,085	305	2,664	153	8	70	21,624	268	9.56	4.65	2.06	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.266	3.64	6.57
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,492	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.39
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,550	622	282	210	.573	606	3.30	219	45	1	4479.1	4,017	1,641	1,877	373	1,591	43	6	137	18,631	157	7.13	3.20	2.23	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.77	8.07
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,057	549	254	173	.595	543	2.96	181	49	0	3980.2	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	97	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	7.51
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,817	624	273	196	.582	619	3.26	143	47	3	4323.0	3,829	1,564	1,729	404	1,084	68	4	67	17,680	91	5.86	2.26	2.60	0.84	15.9	6.1	1.14	.257	3.60	7.97
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,806	662	264	234	.530	626	3.51	199	35	9	4516.0	4,281	1,759	2,023	426	1,596	100	23	65	19,074	162	5.59	3.18	1.76	0.85	14.7	8.4	1.30	.273	4.03	8.53
7	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
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	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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,300	488	219	181	.548	485	3.18	215	39	1	3664.1	3,424	1,294	1,490	281	949	71	3	87	15,022	99	5.65	2.33	2.42	0.69	15.3	6.3	1.19	.275	3.66	8.41
11	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,263	475	215	174	.553	462	3.46	202	35	0	3395.1	3,216	1,307	1,454	375	724	66	8	74	13,940	46	6.00	1.92	3.13	0.99	16.2	5.2	1.16	.270	3.85	8.52
12	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	705	66	416	85	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,201	326	172	93	.649	325	2.93	94	36	0	2393.1	2,002	780	869	160	690	68	0	41	9,729	55	8.28	2.59	3.19	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	7.53
14	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,187	536	186	186	.500	458	3.52	107	20	17	3312.1	3,205	1,296	1,453	257	1,042	59	42	99	13,876	74	5.94	2.83	2.10	0.70	15.8	7.5	1.28	.285	3.95	8.71
15	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
16	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	7.93
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	1,969	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
19	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
20	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,904	627	219	191	.534	546	3.64	127	39	11	3662.2	3,732	1,483	1,701	245	1,124	57	41	118	15,554	109	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.33	.285	4.18	9.17
21	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
22	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,861	373	150	130	.536	360	3.44	112	31	2	2579.0	2,334	986	1,111	181	1,004	20	5	61	10,843	104	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.63	17.2	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.15
23	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,844	466	229	133	.633	453	2.82	192	46	3	3417.2	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,938	67	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	7.72
24	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
25	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

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