most strikeouts allowed from july 12, 1965 to may 25, 1989

Between July 12, 1965 and May 25, 1989, Nolan Ryan struck out 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	4,121	730	329	244	.574	707	3.21	254	55	2	5198.2	4,650	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	11	149	21,599	179	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.4	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,308	832	317	273	.537	716	3.34	245	45	27	5348.0	4,987	1,987	2,304	477	1,783	120	70	84	22,425	219	5.57	3.00	1.86	0.80	14.8	8.0	1.27	.269	3.88	8.39
7	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,196	668	291	240	.548	640	3.07	291	51	4	4891.1	4,501	1,666	1,932	354	1,252	98	15	141	20,028	142	5.88	2.30	2.55	0.65	16.0	6.3	1.18	.274	3.55	8.28
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	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
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,421	487	185	169	.523	427	3.45	176	34	6	3135.1	2,910	1,202	1,334	294	942	75	26	64	13,048	104	6.95	2.70	2.57	0.84	18.6	7.2	1.23	.281	3.83	8.35
11	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,247	531	212	165	.562	453	3.33	172	45	13	3258.1	2,896	1,204	1,316	322	1,020	46	45	50	13,429	21	6.21	2.82	2.20	0.89	16.7	7.6	1.20	.263	3.63	8.00
12	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
13	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
14	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,167	543	266	150	.639	515	2.86	211	53	3	3883.2	3,308	1,233	1,372	298	1,275	36	11	36	15,852	84	5.02	2.95	1.70	0.69	13.7	8.0	1.18	.249	3.18	7.67
15	Tommy John T. John	2,118	709	279	217	.563	672	3.34	159	45	2	4512.1	4,592	1,677	1,928	289	1,195	98	18	94	18,857	180	4.22	2.38	1.77	0.58	11.2	6.3	1.28	.284	3.85	9.16
16	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,024	325	170	110	.607	316	2.75	181	40	3	2568.0	2,137	784	879	157	792	56	5	80	10,486	63	7.09	2.78	2.56	0.55	19.3	7.6	1.14	.266	3.08	7.49
17	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,989	487	224	164	.577	473	3.24	181	42	1	3418.2	2,925	1,230	1,360	368	936	49	5	55	13,891	48	5.24	2.46	2.13	0.97	14.3	6.7	1.13	.242	3.58	7.70
18	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,974	333	115	110	.511	279	3.11	87	18	10	2032.0	1,571	702	801	138	1,021	51	29	65	8,568	109	8.74	4.52	1.93	0.61	23.0	11.9	1.28	.266	3.55	6.96
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,802	718	221	171	.564	468	3.43	132	22	14	3445.0	3,583	1,314	1,527	295	762	65	92	100	14,446	83	4.71	1.99	2.36	0.77	12.5	5.3	1.26	.285	3.99	9.36
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	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,751	380	179	125	.589	358	3.62	137	21	0	2684.2	2,421	1,079	1,174	281	954	28	10	72	11,202	131	5.87	3.20	1.84	0.94	15.6	8.5	1.26	.261	3.94	8.12

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