most strikeouts allowed from july 7, 1973 to october 1, 1995

Between July 7, 1973 and October 1, 1995, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,706 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	4,706	642	267	228	.539	640	3.22	174	48	0	4426.2	3,267	1,582	1,809	261	2,213	120	2	59	18,510	230	9.57	4.50	2.13	0.53	25.4	12.0	1.24	.268	3.68	6.64
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,985	568	234	201	.538	564	3.43	197	45	0	4081.2	3,828	1,554	1,720	362	1,111	131	1	57	16,884	96	6.58	2.45	2.69	0.80	17.7	6.6	1.21	.282	3.79	8.44
3	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,702	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	8.73
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,760	489	217	163	.571	475	3.33	150	30	1	3452.2	3,089	1,278	1,467	293	1,235	32	6	98	14,364	120	7.19	3.22	2.23	0.76	19.2	8.6	1.25	.278	3.82	8.05
5	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
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,333	349	182	98	.650	348	3.00	94	36	0	2533.1	2,143	845	939	175	750	82	0	41	10,352	64	8.29	2.66	3.11	0.62	22.5	7.2	1.14	.281	3.34	7.61
7	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,308	824	215	214	.501	440	3.74	107	13	58	3743.0	3,237	1,556	1,777	373	1,625	168	224	43	15,905	177	5.55	3.91	1.42	0.90	14.5	10.2	1.30	.251	4.27	7.78
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,285	901	192	159	.547	361	3.48	100	20	323	3133.0	2,916	1,213	1,311	324	716	67	464	85	12,894	26	6.56	2.06	3.19	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.273	3.77	8.38
9	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,250	382	166	140	.542	379	3.80	79	18	0	2642.0	2,362	1,116	1,236	265	1,142	42	1	26	11,135	79	7.66	3.89	1.97	0.90	20.2	10.3	1.33	.282	4.21	8.05
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,244	526	213	186	.534	510	3.55	151	27	5	3623.0	3,464	1,428	1,629	327	1,353	84	12	52	15,369	133	5.57	3.36	1.66	0.81	14.6	8.8	1.33	.276	4.05	8.61
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,121	424	186	135	.579	420	3.13	120	39	0	3004.0	2,570	1,045	1,149	247	927	41	1	83	12,288	85	6.35	2.78	2.29	0.74	17.3	7.5	1.16	.259	3.44	7.70
12	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,097	496	212	157	.575	492	3.39	94	28	2	3367.2	3,040	1,267	1,395	329	855	46	3	51	13,837	61	5.60	2.28	2.45	0.88	15.2	6.2	1.16	.258	3.73	8.12
13	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,022	610	231	176	.568	528	3.60	120	28	6	3747.2	3,601	1,500	1,673	344	1,080	110	40	62	15,636	82	4.86	2.59	1.87	0.83	12.9	6.9	1.25	.270	4.02	8.65
14	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
15	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,918	402	158	133	.543	375	3.49	112	31	2	2669.1	2,435	1,036	1,164	197	1,038	20	10	63	11,238	108	6.47	3.50	1.85	0.66	17.1	9.2	1.30	.277	3.92	8.21
16	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	7.87
17	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,835	518	195	178	.523	493	3.44	94	21	5	3287.1	3,339	1,255	1,411	211	868	84	15	110	13,816	85	5.02	2.38	2.11	0.58	13.3	6.3	1.28	.289	3.86	9.14
18	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,826	415	175	147	.543	414	3.69	74	16	0	2806.0	2,784	1,149	1,275	288	843	46	0	36	11,783	85	5.86	2.70	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.09	8.93
19	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
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,750	429	150	149	.502	364	3.58	88	17	16	2640.0	2,592	1,049	1,173	202	831	48	37	70	11,081	49	5.97	2.83	2.11	0.69	15.8	7.5	1.30	.290	4.00	8.84
21	David Cone D. Cone	1,741	288	129	78	.623	259	3.18	50	21	1	1922.0	1,589	679	746	151	716	55	9	29	7,959	98	8.15	3.35	2.43	0.71	21.9	9.0	1.20	.272	3.49	7.44
22	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
23	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,723	431	134	143	.484	363	4.06	62	16	0	2388.0	2,320	1,078	1,189	291	846	40	13	39	10,187	84	6.49	3.19	2.04	1.10	16.9	8.3	1.33	.278	4.48	8.74
24	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	9.17
25	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1,679	457	171	139	.552	392	4.08	72	18	6	2697.2	2,662	1,223	1,324	236	1,081	46	30	75	11,548	100	5.60	3.61	1.55	0.79	14.5	9.4	1.39	.285	4.42	8.88

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Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Tue 9/29	CWS	@	HOU	5:00 PM
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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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