most strikeouts allowed from june 7, 1966 to september 22, 1993

Between June 7, 1966 and September 22, 1993, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 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	5,714	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	4,115	726	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5192.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	8	149	21,578	178	7.13	3.16	2.25	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
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	3,504	762	317	252	.557	744	3.27	176	57	5	5202.1	4,616	1,891	2,079	467	1,331	80	12	102	21,302	111	6.06	2.30	2.63	0.81	16.4	6.2	1.14	.261	3.60	7.99
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,278	800	314	268	.540	715	3.35	245	45	23	5294.0	4,933	1,968	2,276	474	1,764	117	56	79	22,187	214	5.57	3.00	1.86	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.269	3.87	8.39
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,137	640	281	224	.556	591	3.34	267	49	3	4437.1	4,090	1,645	1,827	474	981	83	23	113	18,141	62	6.36	1.99	3.20	0.96	17.3	5.4	1.14	.269	3.71	8.30
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,089	633	284	234	.548	626	3.04	288	50	3	4772.1	4,372	1,613	1,866	349	1,213	94	7	132	19,509	136	5.83	2.29	2.55	0.66	15.8	6.2	1.17	.272	3.52	8.25
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,764	636	240	235	.505	614	3.66	143	34	1	4175.2	4,053	1,698	1,904	447	1,251	129	10	116	17,587	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	8.74
10	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
11	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,378	526	244	180	.575	504	3.83	174	28	0	3682.2	3,404	1,569	1,719	375	1,323	54	10	97	15,484	192	5.81	3.23	1.80	0.92	15.4	8.5	1.28	.267	4.20	8.32
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,285	835	211	207	.505	417	3.71	106	12	61	3674.1	3,157	1,515	1,729	366	1,604	163	240	43	15,593	169	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.90	14.7	10.3	1.30	.250	4.24	7.73
13	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,252	454	174	161	.519	397	3.44	170	31	4	2951.0	2,752	1,127	1,247	278	883	68	24	64	12,274	99	6.87	2.69	2.55	0.85	18.3	7.2	1.23	.281	3.80	8.39
14	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,196	801	183	149	.551	361	3.45	100	20	272	3035.2	2,813	1,164	1,255	313	692	65	374	83	12,480	26	6.51	2.05	3.17	0.93	17.6	5.5	1.15	.271	3.72	8.34
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,113	502	204	154	.570	430	3.33	164	40	12	3107.0	2,778	1,149	1,256	307	971	44	43	48	12,825	19	6.12	2.81	2.18	0.89	16.5	7.6	1.21	.263	3.64	8.05
17	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,084	521	258	145	.640	505	2.82	207	53	3	3783.2	3,221	1,187	1,316	288	1,220	36	8	35	15,426	79	4.96	2.90	1.71	0.69	13.5	7.9	1.17	.249	3.13	7.66
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,033	302	163	86	.655	301	2.94	91	35	0	2222.2	1,878	726	807	145	619	64	0	40	9,037	51	8.23	2.51	3.28	0.59	22.5	6.8	1.12	.281	3.27	7.60
19	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	9.10
20	Tommy John T. John	1,993	679	268	210	.561	645	3.36	152	42	1	4338.1	4,440	1,622	1,866	275	1,132	92	17	88	18,137	172	4.13	2.35	1.76	0.57	11.0	6.2	1.28	.284	3.87	9.21
21	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,984	331	143	124	.536	328	3.69	74	16	0	2307.1	2,015	945	1,054	224	1,022	40	1	24	9,698	65	7.74	3.99	1.94	0.87	20.5	10.5	1.32	.279	4.11	7.86
22	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,924	480	208	139	.599	453	3.37	61	28	8	3019.1	2,808	1,132	1,249	254	989	78	16	57	12,611	51	5.74	2.95	1.95	0.76	15.3	7.8	1.26	.273	3.72	8.37
23	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,907	628	220	191	.535	547	3.64	127	39	11	3669.2	3,734	1,483	1,701	245	1,127	59	41	118	15,581	109	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	9.16
24	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,881	456	212	154	.579	445	3.22	175	40	1	3234.1	2,777	1,156	1,280	348	871	46	4	49	13,134	45	5.23	2.42	2.16	0.97	14.3	6.6	1.13	.243	3.56	7.73
25	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,840	363	148	128	.536	351	3.44	112	31	2	2525.2	2,278	966	1,089	173	991	20	5	60	10,617	102	6.56	3.53	1.86	0.62	17.3	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.12

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