most strikeouts allowed from july 12, 1964 to may 25, 1989

Between July 12, 1964 and May 25, 1989, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,854 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	4,854	687	278	255	.522	653	3.15	209	55	3	4611.1	3,375	1,615	1,843	264	2,472	126	13	74	19,388	235	9.47	4.82	1.96	0.52	25.0	12.8	1.27	.267	3.60	6.59
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	117	19,369	125	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	7.47
4	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,460	620	258	228	.531	614	3.23	234	56	0	4527.1	4,155	1,625	1,808	389	1,236	136	3	67	18,632	104	6.88	2.46	2.80	0.77	18.6	6.6	1.19	.281	3.59	8.26
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,403	711	303	254	.544	677	3.09	301	52	6	5158.2	4,744	1,770	2,040	380	1,326	103	18	154	21,144	153	5.94	2.31	2.57	0.66	16.1	6.3	1.18	.274	3.56	8.28
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,334	854	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5389.0	5,029	2,004	2,327	481	1,802	122	81	86	22,611	226	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
8	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
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,657	530	204	176	.537	462	3.42	186	40	8	3391.1	3,123	1,288	1,424	320	1,014	84	32	66	14,087	113	7.05	2.69	2.62	0.85	18.9	7.2	1.22	.280	3.78	8.29
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	8.52
11	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
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,321	366	192	123	.610	354	2.78	204	45	4	2890.0	2,413	893	999	186	897	68	6	87	11,824	74	7.23	2.79	2.59	0.58	19.6	7.6	1.15	.267	3.11	7.51
13	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,237	484	192	178	.519	468	3.48	130	31	0	3254.0	3,093	1,260	1,422	330	914	96	6	79	13,613	90	6.19	2.53	2.45	0.91	16.4	6.7	1.23	.275	3.93	8.55
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,236	374	132	119	.526	311	3.04	97	21	13	2262.1	1,740	765	877	147	1,146	52	34	70	9,537	127	8.90	4.56	1.95	0.58	23.4	12.0	1.28	.267	3.49	6.92
15	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,117	87	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	7.63
16	Tommy John T. John	2,185	739	286	220	.565	684	3.34	160	45	3	4608.2	4,676	1,711	1,963	292	1,227	98	21	98	19,252	184	4.27	2.40	1.78	0.57	11.3	6.4	1.28	.284	3.83	9.13
17	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
18	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
19	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,945	760	235	186	.558	507	3.38	139	24	15	3707.1	3,829	1,391	1,632	316	819	72	94	105	15,531	94	4.72	1.99	2.37	0.77	12.5	5.3	1.25	.284	3.96	9.30
20	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,892	517	202	177	.533	494	3.35	100	26	4	3316.2	3,337	1,236	1,394	200	864	86	14	104	13,882	87	5.13	2.34	2.19	0.54	13.6	6.2	1.27	.289	3.78	9.06
21	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,879	605	214	184	.538	529	3.61	127	39	11	3568.1	3,617	1,432	1,642	232	1,101	56	41	115	15,143	108	4.74	2.78	1.71	0.59	12.4	7.3	1.32	.285	4.14	9.12
22	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,829	508	162	138	.540	361	3.60	100	20	78	2702.2	2,563	1,080	1,165	286	654	60	111	69	11,205	25	6.09	2.18	2.80	0.95	16.3	5.8	1.19	.272	3.88	8.53
23	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,805	692	167	149	.528	276	3.59	89	11	61	2753.1	2,331	1,097	1,267	260	1,198	124	239	36	11,645	136	5.90	3.92	1.51	0.85	15.5	10.3	1.28	.251	4.14	7.62
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	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

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