most strikeouts allowed from june 30, 1940 to july 26, 1996

Between June 30, 1940 and July 26, 1996, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from June 30, 1940 to July 26, 1996

	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	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,492	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.39
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	117	19,369	125	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	7.47
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,378	108	33	163	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	8.31
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	227	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
9	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
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.0	3,433	1,365	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,615	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.66	8.22
11	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
12	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
13	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,833	1,801	2,018	434	1,432	41	67		21,555	78	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.6	1.19	.258	3.46	8.30
14	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	8.52
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,497	372	186	108	.633	371	3.07	96	36	0	2692.1	2,290	918	1,018	190	824	86	0	43	11,040	71	8.35	2.75	3.03	0.64	22.6	7.5	1.16	.282	3.40	7.66
16	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	81	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.09
17	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
18	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,462	898	283	237	.544	625	3.45	180	31	17	4530.0	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	117	19,026	128	4.89	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	9.18
19	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
20	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,366	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	7.94
21	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	6.79
22	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,664	174	240	44	16,168	180	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	7.77
23	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,362	676	286	245	.539	609	3.40	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,773	1,962	505	901	54	49		19,222	34	4.53	1.73	2.62	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	8.80
24	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,339	688	300	242	.554	608	3.53	288	49	15	4543.2	4,266	1,780	2,022	339	1,765	64	67		19,309	51	4.63	3.50	1.33	0.67	12.1	9.1	1.33	.265	4.01	8.45
25	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,324	398	171	145	.541	395	3.85	81	18	0	2750.0	2,467	1,175	1,297	280	1,185	45	1	26	11,595	81	7.61	3.88	1.96	0.92	20.0	10.2	1.33	.282	4.24	8.07

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