most strikeouts allowed from may 2, 1971 to july 26, 1994

Between May 2, 1971 and July 26, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,350 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	5,350	729	303	268	.531	724	3.18	212	59	1	5018.2	3,673	1,773	2,024	295	2,557	149	3	68	21,011	260	9.59	4.59	2.09	0.53	25.5	12.2	1.24	.267	3.63	6.59
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,540	660	275	238	.536	655	3.32	235	57	0	4768.0	4,461	1,761	1,951	408	1,266	152	2	65	19,671	112	6.68	2.39	2.80	0.77	18.0	6.4	1.20	.283	3.68	8.42
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,336	583	268	190	.585	568	3.28	203	42	1	4185.1	3,744	1,526	1,744	345	1,468	39	6	120	17,377	139	7.17	3.16	2.27	0.74	19.2	8.4	1.25	.279	3.75	8.05
4	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
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,721	506	232	160	.592	501	2.99	158	46	0	3642.2	3,059	1,209	1,329	300	1,087	52	2	89	14,809	99	6.72	2.69	2.50	0.74	18.4	7.3	1.14	.259	3.28	7.56
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,618	622	250	214	.539	588	3.47	187	31	9	4246.1	4,019	1,637	1,882	382	1,518	94	22	63	17,928	155	5.55	3.22	1.72	0.81	14.6	8.5	1.30	.273	3.99	8.52
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,600	581	258	181	.588	576	3.19	132	43	3	4033.2	3,544	1,430	1,584	363	999	58	4	59	16,446	82	5.80	2.23	2.60	0.81	15.8	6.1	1.13	.256	3.53	7.91
8	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,462	546	253	186	.576	524	3.88	175	28	0	3809.0	3,546	1,642	1,799	388	1,376	57	10	99	16,041	204	5.82	3.25	1.79	0.92	15.3	8.6	1.29	.269	4.25	8.38
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,351	847	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3781.0	3,263	1,570	1,794	375	1,652	174	233	44	16,076	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,240	843	187	153	.550	361	3.47	100	20	291	3077.1	2,859	1,185	1,281	319	703	66	410	85	12,661	26	6.55	2.06	3.19	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.75	8.36
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,185	323	172	91	.654	322	2.93	94	36	0	2371.1	1,982	772	861	157	677	67	0	41	9,635	55	8.29	2.57	3.23	0.60	22.7	7.0	1.12	.279	3.27	7.52
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,089	349	150	132	.532	346	3.72	76	17	0	2427.2	2,137	1,003	1,118	240	1,071	40	1	25	10,217	74	7.74	3.97	1.95	0.89	20.4	10.5	1.32	.280	4.14	7.92
13	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,058	477	200	159	.557	456	3.27	135	32	1	3210.0	2,841	1,166	1,301	249	1,137	20	10	60	13,292	98	5.77	3.19	1.81	0.70	15.5	8.6	1.24	.264	3.65	7.97
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,054	442	193	167	.536	439	3.17	189	33	1	3297.0	3,099	1,162	1,336	250	856	62	3	79	13,534	88	5.61	2.34	2.40	0.68	15.2	6.3	1.20	.276	3.65	8.46
15	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,053	502	173	178	.493	425	3.56	102	19	17	3072.0	2,993	1,216	1,359	233	965	57	42	85	12,883	67	6.01	2.83	2.13	0.68	15.9	7.5	1.29	.288	3.98	8.77
16	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
17	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,965	503	210	146	.590	462	3.47	61	28	8	3087.1	2,888	1,189	1,308	267	1,031	79	19	60	12,934	55	5.73	3.01	1.91	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
18	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,953	429	189	156	.548	417	3.49	173	32	0	3034.1	2,913	1,176	1,310	340	660	59	7	67	12,492	37	5.79	1.96	2.96	1.01	15.6	5.3	1.18	.271	3.89	8.64
19	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,915	580	218	170	.562	498	3.64	116	25	6	3544.2	3,416	1,433	1,598	326	1,030	98	40	60	14,805	79	4.86	2.62	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.06	8.67
20	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	7.87
21	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,849	370	150	130	.536	358	3.45	112	31	2	2564.1	2,325	982	1,107	178	1,000	20	5	60	10,787	104	6.49	3.51	1.85	0.62	17.1	9.3	1.30	.277	3.89	8.16
22	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,822	412	175	146	.545	411	3.67	74	16	0	2791.2	2,764	1,139	1,264	285	840	46	0	35	11,719	84	5.87	2.71	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.07	8.91
23	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,811	602	210	180	.538	521	3.63	121	36	11	3506.2	3,567	1,413	1,627	234	1,060	56	41	116	14,881	101	4.65	2.72	1.71	0.60	12.2	7.1	1.32	.284	4.18	9.15
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	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,723	431	134	143	.484	363	4.06	62	16	0	2388.0	2,320	1,078	1,189	291	846	40	13	39	10,187	84	6.49	3.19	2.04	1.10	16.9	8.3	1.33	.278	4.48	8.74

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