most strikeouts allowed from may 1, 1966 to september 22, 1992

Between May 1, 1966 and September 22, 1992, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,663 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	5,663	793	319	287	.526	759	3.17	222	61	3	5312.2	3,861	1,874	2,129	316	2,752	157	13	78	22,253	273	9.59	4.66	2.06	0.54	25.4	12.4	1.24	.265	3.61	6.54
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	3,694	689	287	247	.537	682	3.30	241	60	0	4951.0	4,603	1,818	2,017	428	1,321	155	3	71	20,409	114	6.72	2.40	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.37
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	3,547	770	322	254	.559	752	3.27	177	58	5	5251.1	4,665	1,906	2,095	470	1,339	81	12	103	21,505	112	6.08	2.29	2.65	0.81	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	8.00
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,282	808	315	270	.538	715	3.35	245	45	23	5306.0	4,950	1,977	2,291	475	1,774	119	58	82	22,255	217	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.81	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.89	8.40
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,169	652	281	225	.555	594	3.34	267	49	6	4475.1	4,123	1,661	1,844	480	993	84	30	116	18,304	62	6.37	2.00	3.19	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.29
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,123	639	288	235	.551	632	3.04	290	51	3	4812.2	4,413	1,626	1,880	349	1,221	95	7	132	19,674	137	5.84	2.28	2.56	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	8.25
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,646	604	233	217	.518	582	3.61	143	34	1	3975.2	3,830	1,593	1,786	418	1,195	119	10	108	16,716	111	5.99	2.71	2.21	0.95	15.8	7.1	1.26	.277	4.04	8.67
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	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,287	462	177	163	.521	404	3.43	171	32	5	2996.1	2,788	1,143	1,269	281	900	69	25	64	12,463	100	6.87	2.70	2.54	0.84	18.4	7.2	1.23	.281	3.81	8.37
12	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,264	496	235	167	.585	474	3.73	169	27	0	3510.0	3,196	1,456	1,593	357	1,252	51	10	95	14,698	178	5.81	3.21	1.81	0.92	15.4	8.5	1.27	.264	4.08	8.19
13	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
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,163	801	202	190	.515	383	3.68	106	12	61	3469.1	2,953	1,417	1,620	345	1,539	156	240	40	14,724	159	5.61	3.99	1.41	0.89	14.7	10.5	1.29	.248	4.20	7.66
15	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,138	511	206	157	.567	436	3.33	166	42	13	3145.0	2,805	1,163	1,271	313	985	44	44	48	12,975	21	6.12	2.82	2.17	0.90	16.5	7.6	1.21	.262	3.64	8.03
16	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,121	528	261	148	.638	512	2.83	210	53	3	3837.1	3,260	1,205	1,336	294	1,242	36	8	36	15,641	82	4.97	2.91	1.71	0.69	13.6	7.9	1.17	.248	3.13	7.65
17	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,114	736	181	145	.555	361	3.43	100	20	238	2967.0	2,742	1,132	1,222	306	677	62	322	77	12,192	26	6.41	2.05	3.12	0.93	17.3	5.6	1.15	.270	3.71	8.32
18	Tommy John T. John	2,031	687	271	213	.560	653	3.35	154	44	1	4392.1	4,488	1,635	1,882	275	1,149	96	17	91	18,360	173	4.16	2.35	1.77	0.56	11.1	6.3	1.28	.284	3.86	9.20
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	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,918	464	215	156	.580	452	3.22	177	40	1	3287.0	2,816	1,175	1,301	351	897	46	4	51	13,353	46	5.25	2.46	2.14	0.96	14.4	6.7	1.13	.243	3.56	7.71
21	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
22	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,880	304	158	104	.603	296	2.71	172	38	2	2410.0	2,011	725	813	140	746	50	4	78	9,838	61	7.02	2.79	2.52	0.52	19.1	7.6	1.14	.266	3.04	7.51
23	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,873	273	152	72	.679	272	2.80	89	34	0	2031.0	1,703	631	708	128	552	53	0	36	8,229	48	8.30	2.45	3.39	0.57	22.8	6.7	1.11	.280	3.14	7.55
24	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,859	449	198	128	.607	424	3.27	61	28	8	2845.1	2,598	1,035	1,146	231	929	71	16	53	11,836	51	5.88	2.94	2.00	0.73	15.7	7.8	1.24	.271	3.62	8.22
25	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,781	297	127	115	.525	294	3.78	67	16	0	2053.2	1,807	862	960	203	940	39	1	22	8,678	58	7.81	4.12	1.89	0.89	20.5	10.8	1.34	.281	4.21	7.92

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