most strikeouts allowed from july 8, 1972 to august 8, 1994

Between July 8, 1972 and August 8, 1994, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,099 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	5,099	684	285	249	.534	681	3.17	201	55	1	4760.0	3,482	1,676	1,915	281	2,378	127	3	64	19,866	245	9.64	4.50	2.14	0.53	25.7	12.0	1.23	.267	3.62	6.58
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,243	607	253	216	.539	603	3.36	216	52	0	4391.0	4,102	1,638	1,819	379	1,189	143	1	61	18,139	105	6.65	2.44	2.73	0.78	17.9	6.6	1.20	.282	3.73	8.41
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,011	531	241	176	.578	517	3.28	176	36	1	3790.0	3,377	1,380	1,584	315	1,338	35	6	107	15,730	128	7.15	3.18	2.25	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.24	.278	3.76	8.02
4	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
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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,386	567	229	195	.540	540	3.50	162	28	7	3878.0	3,687	1,510	1,730	345	1,442	88	18	56	16,430	146	5.54	3.35	1.65	0.80	14.5	8.8	1.32	.275	4.01	8.56
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,378	460	205	147	.582	456	3.07	136	41	0	3285.1	2,776	1,122	1,232	274	1,004	46	1	87	13,404	91	6.51	2.75	2.37	0.75	17.7	7.5	1.15	.258	3.38	7.60
8	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,350	846	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3780.0	3,262	1,570	1,793	375	1,650	174	232	44	16,070	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,331	532	231	167	.580	528	3.30	114	35	2	3665.1	3,262	1,343	1,482	349	923	52	3	54	15,005	75	5.72	2.27	2.53	0.86	15.5	6.2	1.14	.257	3.64	8.01
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,243	848	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	293	3081.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	704	66	415	85	12,678	26	6.55	2.06	3.19	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,194	325	172	93	.649	324	2.93	94	36	0	2386.1	1,995	777	866	158	686	68	0	41	9,699	55	8.27	2.59	3.20	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	7.52
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	7.93
13	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,999	553	211	191	.525	527	3.39	101	26	5	3525.2	3,575	1,327	1,491	221	932	88	15	117	14,805	89	5.10	2.38	2.14	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.28	.290	3.81	9.13
14	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,968	505	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3090.0	2,891	1,190	1,309	267	1,033	79	20	60	12,946	55	5.73	3.01	1.91	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
15	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,901	462	162	165	.495	395	3.59	97	18	16	2860.0	2,795	1,140	1,273	218	900	55	38	80	11,998	59	5.98	2.83	2.11	0.69	15.8	7.5	1.29	.289	4.01	8.80
17	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
18	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,854	372	150	130	.536	359	3.45	112	31	2	2571.0	2,330	985	1,110	180	1,003	20	5	60	10,814	104	6.49	3.51	1.85	0.63	17.1	9.3	1.30	.277	3.89	8.16
19	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,822	412	175	146	.545	411	3.67	74	16	0	2791.2	2,764	1,139	1,264	285	840	46	0	35	11,719	84	5.87	2.71	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.07	8.91
20	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,815	389	167	149	.528	387	3.29	164	29	0	2882.0	2,750	1,053	1,196	229	760	52	2	69	11,866	73	5.67	2.37	2.39	0.72	15.3	6.4	1.22	.280	3.73	8.59
21	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
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,771	435	180	147	.550	415	3.39	115	26	1	2889.1	2,611	1,088	1,214	224	1,044	18	10	56	12,039	91	5.52	3.25	1.70	0.70	14.7	8.7	1.26	.266	3.78	8.13
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	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,683	507	165	122	.575	332	3.86	55	9	19	2548.2	2,398	1,092	1,194	253	995	60	87	45	10,870	111	5.94	3.51	1.69	0.89	15.5	9.2	1.33	.272	4.22	8.47

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Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
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Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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