most strikeouts allowed from july 29, 1976 to september 27, 1998

Between July 29, 1976 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,772 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from July 29, 1976 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	3,772	528	212	181	.539	528	3.23	115	35	0	3571.0	2,662	1,282	1,465	217	1,688	99	0	53	14,884	197	9.51	4.25	2.23	0.55	25.3	11.3	1.22	.268	3.69	6.71
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	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
5	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
6	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
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,227	453	185	153	.547	449	3.61	134	33	0	3165.0	3,030	1,268	1,391	307	863	108	1	43	13,156	78	6.33	2.45	2.58	0.87	16.9	6.6	1.23	.282	3.96	8.62
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,176	1,015	179	156	.534	321	3.52	92	17	387	3006.0	2,847	1,176	1,269	324	604	66	569	81	12,341	22	6.51	1.81	3.60	0.97	17.6	4.9	1.15	.275	3.80	8.52
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,156	540	196	199	.496	523	3.81	98	23	1	3468.0	3,428	1,467	1,648	379	1,057	107	7	104	14,700	101	5.60	2.74	2.04	0.98	14.7	7.2	1.29	.277	4.28	8.90
10	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
11	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
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,125	675	192	199	.491	440	3.80	107	13	41	3464.0	3,039	1,463	1,672	351	1,481	150	147	38	14,737	165	5.52	3.85	1.43	0.91	14.4	10.0	1.30	.253	4.34	7.90
13	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,125	373	170	121	.584	359	3.31	100	22	1	2618.1	2,357	964	1,112	222	902	25	6	75	10,873	96	7.30	3.10	2.36	0.76	19.5	8.3	1.24	.281	3.82	8.10
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	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
22	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
23	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,763	357	170	90	.654	322	3.27	95	26	4	2376.0	2,179	864	943	225	624	12	17	24	9,720	55	6.68	2.36	2.83	0.85	18.1	6.4	1.18	.275	3.57	8.25
24	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
25	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,741	523	168	129	.566	348	3.95	55	9	19	2629.2	2,499	1,154	1,259	264	1,034	62	87	46	11,251	119	5.96	3.54	1.68	0.90	15.5	9.2	1.34	.274	4.31	8.55

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