most strikeouts allowed from may 23, 1977 to september 27, 1998

Between May 23, 1977 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 3,540 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 23, 1977 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	3,540	503	196	172	.533	503	3.25	98	29	0	3365.0	2,528	1,217	1,394	206	1,550	93	0	51	14,018	192	9.47	4.15	2.28	0.55	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	2,118	680	242	189	.561	560	3.71	121	30	7	3947.2	3,860	1,629	1,821	370	1,149	121	44	68	16,555	83	4.83	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	6.9	1.27	.273	4.15	8.80
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,096	431	175	145	.547	427	3.69	121	28	0	2981.2	2,870	1,221	1,336	297	816	103	1	42	12,416	71	6.33	2.46	2.57	0.90	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	2,062	621	185	193	.489	440	3.86	107	13	20	3360.0	2,964	1,441	1,642	348	1,434	145	98	35	14,306	158	5.52	3.84	1.44	0.93	14.4	10.0	1.31	.254	4.40	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	2,010	992	168	149	.530	298	3.56	84	15	387	2839.0	2,712	1,123	1,210	311	547	61	569	73	11,653	18	6.37	1.73	3.67	0.99	17.2	4.7	1.15	.275	3.84	8.60
14	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,983	351	156	116	.574	337	3.34	92	21	1	2450.1	2,209	910	1,050	206	852	24	6	72	10,182	92	7.28	3.13	2.33	0.76	19.5	8.4	1.25	.281	3.86	8.11
15	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
16	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,963	517	182	195	.483	500	3.93	83	19	1	3265.1	3,287	1,425	1,605	365	1,002	102	7	101	13,899	95	5.41	2.76	1.96	1.01	14.1	7.2	1.31	.279	4.42	9.06
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	Kevin Gross K. Gross	1,727	474	142	158	.473	368	4.11	42	14	5	2487.2	2,519	1,137	1,245	230	986	79	38	76	10,791	53	6.25	3.57	1.75	0.83	16.0	9.1	1.41	.295	4.50	9.11

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Between May 23, 1977 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 3,540 strikeouts.

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