most strikeouts allowed from july 2, 1958 to october 2, 1980

Between July 2, 1958 and October 2, 1980, Gaylord Perry struck out the most batters, with 3,276 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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,276	692	289	230	.557	605	2.96	291	52	10	4796.1	4,297	1,578	1,833	339	1,251	96	33	154	19,575	139	6.15	2.35	2.62	0.64	16.7	6.4	1.16	.271	3.44	8.06
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,100	430	178	168	.514	396	3.18	173	44	3	2918.0	2,088	1,031	1,175	158	1,744	83	13	43	12,358	135	9.56	5.38	1.78	0.49	25.1	14.1	1.31	.265	3.62	6.44
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,988	481	245	141	.635	475	2.60	202	53	1	3622.2	2,895	1,048	1,150	272	1,008	49	5	89	14,505	88	7.42	2.50	2.96	0.68	20.6	6.9	1.08	.257	2.86	7.19
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,969	525	249	169	.596	507	3.02	213	45	1	3789.1	3,311	1,273	1,443	294	1,292	43	7	112	15,639	124	7.05	3.07	2.30	0.70	19.0	8.3	1.21	.273	3.43	7.86
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,898	578	259	194	.572	515	3.28	261	47	7	4010.0	3,623	1,460	1,617	432	843	73	34	106	16,300	55	6.50	1.89	3.44	0.97	17.8	5.2	1.11	.265	3.63	8.13
7	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
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,648	532	230	175	.568	516	3.07	156	52	4	3720.2	3,193	1,271	1,404	302	963	61	11	86	15,151	84	6.41	2.33	2.75	0.73	17.5	6.4	1.12	.259	3.40	7.72
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,573	647	233	208	.528	503	3.14	216	38	29	4036.0	3,656	1,408	1,660	345	1,215	102	81	77	16,755	187	5.74	2.71	2.12	0.77	15.4	7.3	1.21	.264	3.70	8.15
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,535	501	191	165	.537	464	3.24	134	38	13	3308.2	3,028	1,192	1,332	312	831	142	27	86	13,700	38	6.90	2.26	3.05	0.85	18.5	6.1	1.17	.275	3.62	8.24
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	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,400	771	272	228	.544	622	3.44	180	31	11	4367.1	4,433	1,669	1,954	382	1,033	120	65	97	18,314	124	4.95	2.13	2.32	0.79	13.1	5.6	1.25	.282	4.03	9.14
13	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,354	558	225	165	.577	470	3.27	186	49	15	3399.1	2,982	1,236	1,349	340	1,077	49	51	51	13,989	27	6.23	2.85	2.19	0.90	16.8	7.7	1.19	.260	3.57	7.90
14	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
15	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,250	387	156	141	.525	382	2.96	150	41	0	2841.1	2,554	933	1,051	206	770	70	3	48	11,630	63	7.13	2.44	2.92	0.65	19.3	6.6	1.17	.282	3.33	8.09
16	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,240	435	183	144	.560	411	2.90	154	45	6	3023.2	2,688	973	1,121	244	729	136	19	114	12,371	68	6.67	2.17	3.07	0.73	18.1	5.9	1.13	.271	3.34	8.00
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,157	316	149	74	.668	277	2.61	130	38	8	2045.0	1,512	592	672	173	672	15	21	43	8,288	73	9.49	2.96	3.21	0.76	26.0	8.1	1.07	.254	2.96	6.65
18	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,101	450	175	163	.518	415	3.19	126	28	7	3043.2	2,793	1,080	1,218	229	970	57	16	101	12,607	70	6.21	2.87	2.17	0.68	16.7	7.7	1.24	.277	3.60	8.26
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,036	481	241	132	.646	453	2.74	198	51	3	3499.1	2,929	1,067	1,189	254	1,166	32	11	34	14,244	79	5.24	3.00	1.75	0.65	14.3	8.2	1.17	.249	3.06	7.53
20	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
21	Tommy John T. John	1,800	523	214	151	.586	482	3.02	128	42	3	3347.1	3,189	1,124	1,320	196	918	67	13	76	13,831	127	4.84	2.47	1.96	0.53	13.0	6.6	1.23	.276	3.55	8.57
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,753	373	170	120	.586	362	3.12	134	35	2	2664.2	2,331	924	1,040	188	859	19	2	51	10,933	73	5.92	2.90	2.04	0.63	16.0	7.9	1.20	.264	3.51	7.87
23	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
24	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
25	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,696	502	204	162	.557	456	3.41	128	43	4	3122.1	2,992	1,183	1,310	294	836	72	25	88	12,938	95	4.89	2.41	2.03	0.85	13.1	6.5	1.23	.269	3.78	8.62

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