most strikeouts allowed from july 28, 1975 to september 27, 1998

Between July 28, 1975 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 3,988 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from July 28, 1975 to september 27, 1998

	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	3,988	557	222	195	.532	557	3.25	128	38	0	3765.1	2,800	1,359	1,550	225	1,818	102	0	55	15,715	202	9.53	4.35	2.19	0.54	25.4	11.6	1.23	.269	3.70	6.69
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,153	450	233	124	.653	449	2.95	114	44	0	3274.2	2,732	1,072	1,188	214	1,012	105	0	44	13,389	82	8.67	2.78	3.12	0.59	23.5	7.6	1.14	.283	3.27	7.51
3	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
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,474	491	198	171	.537	487	3.55	155	38	0	3479.1	3,308	1,371	1,505	328	951	118	1	49	14,430	87	6.40	2.46	2.60	0.85	17.1	6.6	1.22	.282	3.89	8.56
5	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,421	432	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2901.0	2,654	1,270	1,398	302	1,260	46	1	28	12,288	87	7.51	3.91	1.92	0.94	19.7	10.3	1.35	.285	4.34	8.23
6	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,412	574	215	210	.506	557	3.73	121	26	1	3750.0	3,652	1,556	1,747	408	1,123	116	7	107	15,819	107	5.79	2.70	2.15	0.98	15.2	7.1	1.27	.276	4.19	8.76
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,329	296	143	79	.644	287	3.36	56	23	2	1978.1	1,523	739	827	169	943	92	4	12	8,302	71	10.60	4.29	2.47	0.77	28.1	11.4	1.25	.284	3.76	6.93
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,312	1,049	190	168	.531	349	3.54	97	18	388	3180.1	2,998	1,252	1,352	338	688	71	572	86	13,091	25	6.54	1.95	3.36	0.96	17.7	5.3	1.16	.275	3.83	8.48
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,302	408	186	132	.585	394	3.33	112	24	1	2859.2	2,570	1,059	1,216	244	981	26	6	80	11,869	102	7.24	3.09	2.35	0.77	19.4	8.3	1.24	.280	3.83	8.09
10	David Cone D. Cone	2,243	359	168	93	.644	330	3.17	55	21	1	2396.2	1,980	845	927	191	895	76	9	32	9,925	122	8.42	3.36	2.51	0.72	22.6	9.0	1.20	.274	3.48	7.44
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,197	739	203	206	.496	440	3.75	107	13	52	3584.0	3,122	1,494	1,710	359	1,541	159	184	40	15,238	172	5.52	3.87	1.43	0.90	14.4	10.1	1.30	.252	4.29	7.84
12	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,150	377	185	103	.642	374	3.33	68	24	1	2580.2	2,318	956	1,044	169	843	66	1	36	10,706	67	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.59	20.1	7.9	1.22	.287	3.64	8.08
13	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	70	16,754	84	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77
14	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
15	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,024	403	202	117	.633	399	2.75	89	28	0	2849.1	2,503	872	1,001	141	654	76	3	110	11,517	45	6.39	2.07	3.09	0.45	17.6	5.7	1.11	.274	3.16	7.91
16	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
17	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,951	403	153	129	.543	346	3.66	56	14	0	2461.2	2,347	1,002	1,117	231	1,024	63	24	25	10,485	102	7.13	3.74	1.91	0.84	18.6	9.8	1.37	.293	4.08	8.58
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,942	327	146	105	.582	327	3.36	46	13	0	2228.0	1,924	832	916	181	734	34	0	53	9,201	117	7.84	2.96	2.65	0.73	21.1	8.0	1.19	.276	3.70	7.77
19	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,432	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,912	468	190	133	.588	428	3.33	68	25	5	2926.2	2,722	1,084	1,239	216	916	95	18	105	12,238	113	5.88	2.82	2.09	0.66	15.6	7.5	1.24	.275	3.81	8.37
21	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,877	441	178	160	.527	431	3.71	118	19	2	3016.0	2,926	1,243	1,420	281	1,185	66	7	46	12,890	112	5.60	3.54	1.58	0.84	14.6	9.2	1.36	.279	4.24	8.73
22	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	8.97
23	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,795	377	131	140	.483	356	4.73	44	9	0	2226.0	2,216	1,171	1,283	219	1,248	33	11	34	9,918	115	7.26	5.05	1.44	0.89	18.1	12.6	1.56	.302	5.19	8.96
24	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,775	367	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2390.0	2,195	874	953	226	633	13	22	24	9,785	56	6.68	2.38	2.80	0.85	18.1	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27
25	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,743	307	114	96	.543	300	3.36	25	9	1	1866.2	1,421	696	749	191	715	41	2	33	7,668	22	8.40	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.7	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	6.85

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Wed 5/13	SEA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 5/14	SEA	@	HOU	2:10 PM
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Between July 28, 1975 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 3,988 strikeouts.

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