most strikeouts allowed from may 12, 1975 to september 27, 1998

Between May 12, 1975 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,080 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 12, 1975 to september 27, 1998

	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	4,080	573	227	205	.525	573	3.28	133	41	0	3877.1	2,891	1,411	1,613	234	1,894	106	0	55	16,214	210	9.47	4.40	2.15	0.54	25.2	11.7	1.23	.268	3.74	6.71
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	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,551	503	203	174	.538	499	3.53	161	39	0	3570.0	3,384	1,402	1,541	335	979	119	1	50	14,799	90	6.43	2.47	2.61	0.84	17.2	6.6	1.22	.282	3.88	8.53
4	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,542	589	222	215	.508	572	3.71	128	28	1	3866.1	3,760	1,593	1,788	417	1,159	120	7	112	16,298	112	5.92	2.70	2.19	0.97	15.6	7.1	1.27	.277	4.16	8.75
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	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
7	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,392	1,064	196	171	.534	361	3.52	100	20	390	3274.2	3,067	1,279	1,381	347	730	74	575	88	13,484	28	6.57	2.01	3.28	0.95	17.7	5.4	1.16	.274	3.80	8.43
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,382	424	195	135	.591	410	3.31	120	27	1	2981.2	2,665	1,097	1,261	252	1,031	27	6	82	12,363	105	7.19	3.11	2.31	0.76	19.3	8.3	1.24	.278	3.81	8.04
9	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
10	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
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,204	749	203	207	.495	440	3.75	107	13	52	3595.2	3,133	1,500	1,716	359	1,554	161	191	40	15,297	173	5.52	3.89	1.42	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.252	4.30	7.84
12	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
13	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	70	16,754	84	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77
14	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
15	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
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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,944	458	186	164	.531	446	3.68	124	20	2	3134.1	3,033	1,280	1,461	291	1,216	73	9	46	13,376	121	5.58	3.49	1.60	0.84	14.5	9.1	1.36	.278	4.20	8.71
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,774	433	178	142	.556	429	3.48	73	19	2	2919.2	2,675	1,129	1,236	300	740	38	3	47	12,020	52	5.47	2.28	2.40	0.92	14.8	6.2	1.17	.259	3.81	8.25

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