most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1958 to october 2, 1981

Between May 3, 1958 and October 2, 1981, Gaylord Perry fanned the most hitters, with 3,336 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 3, 1958 to october 2, 1981

	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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,336	715	297	239	.554	628	2.99	294	52	10	4947.0	4,479	1,644	1,903	348	1,275	100	33	155	20,219	142	6.07	2.32	2.62	0.63	16.5	6.3	1.16	.272	3.46	8.15
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,249	452	189	174	.521	418	3.11	178	47	3	3074.0	2,193	1,061	1,211	161	1,812	84	13	44	12,991	151	9.51	5.31	1.79	0.47	25.0	13.9	1.30	.264	3.55	6.42
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,148	549	262	173	.602	531	2.99	223	46	1	3979.1	3,463	1,324	1,502	303	1,354	44	7	115	16,402	133	7.12	3.06	2.32	0.69	19.2	8.3	1.21	.274	3.40	7.83
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,069	503	259	143	.644	497	2.60	208	54	1	3782.0	3,009	1,092	1,198	280	1,071	52	5	97	15,147	93	7.30	2.55	2.87	0.67	20.3	7.1	1.08	.256	2.85	7.16
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,961	597	264	202	.567	531	3.31	262	47	7	4116.0	3,745	1,513	1,672	446	883	73	36	110	16,767	57	6.47	1.93	3.35	0.98	17.7	5.3	1.12	.266	3.66	8.19
7	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,756	557	241	184	.567	540	3.05	162	55	5	3887.2	3,332	1,319	1,457	308	995	62	12	89	15,811	84	6.38	2.30	2.77	0.71	17.4	6.3	1.11	.259	3.37	7.71
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,640	670	240	216	.526	526	3.13	220	41	29	4183.1	3,781	1,457	1,717	351	1,274	103	81	79	17,361	191	5.68	2.74	2.07	0.76	15.2	7.3	1.21	.264	3.69	8.13
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,589	512	195	167	.539	474	3.25	136	39	13	3361.2	3,082	1,215	1,356	319	855	145	27	86	13,935	39	6.93	2.29	3.03	0.85	18.6	6.1	1.17	.276	3.63	8.25
11	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
12	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,408	812	278	234	.543	623	3.44	180	31	15	4420.1	4,493	1,689	1,979	384	1,050	120	81	105	18,543	126	4.90	2.14	2.29	0.78	13.0	5.7	1.25	.282	4.03	9.15
13	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,386	567	227	170	.572	479	3.28	187	49	15	3456.2	3,036	1,261	1,380	343	1,096	49	51	53	14,231	27	6.21	2.85	2.18	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.260	3.59	7.90
14	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,357	407	167	148	.530	402	2.95	159	42	0	3000.2	2,699	984	1,103	215	810	75	3	49	12,274	66	7.07	2.43	2.91	0.64	19.2	6.6	1.17	.282	3.31	8.10
15	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
16	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,273	455	187	148	.558	420	2.94	156	45	6	3093.0	2,770	1,011	1,162	249	750	141	24	116	12,679	72	6.61	2.18	3.03	0.72	17.9	5.9	1.14	.272	3.38	8.06
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,214	334	156	77	.670	286	2.64	133	38	9	2118.2	1,571	622	705	178	709	15	26	46	8,605	78	9.40	3.01	3.12	0.76	25.7	8.2	1.08	.254	2.99	6.67
18	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,181	478	180	176	.506	432	3.23	129	29	12	3173.0	2,926	1,137	1,280	240	1,013	57	25	108	13,157	72	6.19	2.87	2.15	0.68	16.6	7.7	1.24	.278	3.63	8.30
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,071	503	248	140	.639	475	2.78	203	51	3	3626.2	3,046	1,120	1,249	268	1,212	34	11	35	14,776	82	5.14	3.01	1.71	0.67	14.0	8.2	1.17	.248	3.10	7.56
20	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,011	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
21	Tommy John T. John	1,848	542	223	158	.585	501	3.00	135	42	3	3484.2	3,319	1,162	1,367	205	955	70	13	78	14,396	133	4.77	2.47	1.94	0.53	12.8	6.6	1.23	.275	3.53	8.57
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,816	391	178	126	.586	380	3.09	135	35	2	2789.1	2,428	958	1,080	195	913	20	2	54	11,446	80	5.86	2.95	1.99	0.63	15.9	8.0	1.20	.263	3.48	7.83
23	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,731	366	153	115	.571	328	3.25	115	34	2	2302.0	2,042	830	952	200	762	40	15	35	9,603	68	6.77	2.98	2.27	0.78	18.0	7.9	1.22	.268	3.72	7.98
24	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,728	484	142	135	.513	340	3.70	94	18	7	2569.0	2,416	1,056	1,202	233	1,004	90	70	65	10,949	119	6.05	3.52	1.72	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.277	4.21	8.46
25	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,725	512	209	164	.560	463	3.41	129	43	4	3166.2	3,034	1,200	1,328	297	849	72	28	88	13,121	96	4.90	2.41	2.03	0.84	13.1	6.5	1.23	.269	3.77	8.62

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