most strikeouts allowed from may 11, 1977 to september 27, 1998

Between May 11, 1977 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,560 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	3,560	505	197	173	.532	505	3.26	100	29	0	3383.0	2,540	1,224	1,401	209	1,563	93	0	51	14,092	192	9.47	4.16	2.28	0.56	25.3	11.1	1.21	.269	3.73	6.76
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,153	450	233	124	.653	449	2.95	114	44	0	3274.2	2,732	1,072	1,188	214	1,012	105	0	44	13,389	82	8.67	2.78	3.12	0.59	23.5	7.6	1.14	.283	3.27	7.51
3	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
4	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,421	432	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2901.0	2,654	1,270	1,398	302	1,260	46	1	28	12,288	87	7.51	3.91	1.92	0.94	19.7	10.3	1.35	.285	4.34	8.23
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,329	296	143	79	.644	287	3.36	56	23	2	1978.1	1,523	739	827	169	943	92	4	12	8,302	71	10.60	4.29	2.47	0.77	28.1	11.4	1.25	.284	3.76	6.93
6	David Cone D. Cone	2,243	359	168	93	.644	330	3.17	55	21	1	2396.2	1,980	845	927	191	895	76	9	32	9,925	122	8.42	3.36	2.51	0.72	22.6	9.0	1.20	.274	3.48	7.44
7	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,150	377	185	103	.642	374	3.33	68	24	1	2580.2	2,318	956	1,044	169	843	66	1	36	10,706	67	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.59	20.1	7.9	1.22	.287	3.64	8.08
8	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,126	683	243	189	.563	560	3.71	121	30	8	3959.0	3,864	1,630	1,822	370	1,151	121	46	69	16,594	83	4.83	2.62	1.85	0.84	12.8	6.9	1.27	.272	4.14	8.78
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,105	433	175	147	.543	429	3.68	123	28	0	2999.0	2,887	1,227	1,343	298	821	103	1	42	12,487	73	6.32	2.46	2.56	0.89	16.9	6.6	1.24	.283	4.03	8.66
10	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,070	627	185	194	.488	440	3.85	107	13	24	3372.0	2,976	1,444	1,646	348	1,441	145	103	36	14,359	158	5.52	3.85	1.44	0.93	14.4	10.0	1.31	.254	4.39	7.94
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,024	403	202	117	.633	399	2.75	89	28	0	2849.1	2,503	872	1,001	141	654	76	3	110	11,517	45	6.39	2.07	3.09	0.45	17.6	5.7	1.11	.274	3.16	7.91
13	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,012	994	169	150	.530	300	3.56	84	15	387	2850.1	2,726	1,128	1,215	311	553	61	569	74	11,707	18	6.35	1.75	3.64	0.98	17.2	4.7	1.15	.275	3.84	8.61
14	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,995	353	157	117	.573	339	3.34	93	21	1	2465.1	2,218	916	1,057	208	861	24	6	73	10,244	92	7.28	3.14	2.32	0.76	19.5	8.4	1.25	.281	3.86	8.10
15	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,988	520	185	195	.487	503	3.90	86	21	1	3292.1	3,306	1,427	1,607	366	1,007	102	7	101	14,001	97	5.43	2.75	1.97	1.00	14.2	7.2	1.31	.279	4.39	9.04
16	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
17	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,951	403	153	129	.543	346	3.66	56	14	0	2461.2	2,347	1,002	1,117	231	1,024	63	24	25	10,485	102	7.13	3.74	1.91	0.84	18.6	9.8	1.37	.293	4.08	8.58
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,942	327	146	105	.582	327	3.36	46	13	0	2228.0	1,924	832	916	181	734	34	0	53	9,201	117	7.84	2.96	2.65	0.73	21.1	8.0	1.19	.276	3.70	7.77
19	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,432	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,912	468	190	133	.588	428	3.33	68	25	5	2926.2	2,722	1,084	1,239	216	916	95	18	105	12,238	113	5.88	2.82	2.09	0.66	15.6	7.5	1.24	.275	3.81	8.37
21	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	8.97
22	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,795	377	131	140	.483	356	4.73	44	9	0	2226.0	2,216	1,171	1,283	219	1,248	33	11	34	9,918	115	7.26	5.05	1.44	0.89	18.1	12.6	1.56	.302	5.19	8.96
23	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,743	307	114	96	.543	300	3.36	25	9	1	1866.2	1,421	696	749	191	715	41	2	33	7,668	22	8.40	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.7	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	6.85
24	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
25	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,733	345	168	90	.651	321	3.28	95	26	3	2341.2	2,143	854	930	225	615	12	12	24	9,576	54	6.66	2.36	2.82	0.86	18.1	6.4	1.18	.274	3.57	8.24

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