most strikeouts allowed from may 31, 1971 to july 26, 1994

Between May 31, 1971 and July 26, 1994, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,308 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	5,308	724	299	267	.528	719	3.20	210	59	1	4978.0	3,656	1,769	2,017	294	2,528	145	3	66	20,840	257	9.60	4.57	2.10	0.53	25.5	12.1	1.24	.268	3.65	6.61
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,487	653	271	236	.535	648	3.35	231	56	0	4709.1	4,411	1,751	1,938	405	1,257	151	2	65	19,442	111	6.66	2.40	2.77	0.77	17.9	6.5	1.20	.283	3.70	8.43
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,317	576	263	189	.582	562	3.29	199	40	1	4142.0	3,701	1,513	1,729	345	1,457	38	6	120	17,197	136	7.21	3.17	2.28	0.75	19.3	8.5	1.25	.279	3.76	8.04
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	2,682	501	230	159	.591	496	2.99	156	46	0	3600.1	3,022	1,197	1,316	295	1,076	50	2	88	14,634	99	6.70	2.69	2.49	0.74	18.3	7.4	1.14	.259	3.29	7.55
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,586	616	249	211	.541	582	3.47	185	31	9	4203.0	3,978	1,619	1,861	377	1,502	93	22	62	17,745	152	5.54	3.22	1.72	0.81	14.6	8.5	1.30	.273	3.99	8.52
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,567	575	256	178	.590	570	3.19	130	42	3	3991.0	3,506	1,413	1,567	360	991	57	4	58	16,276	81	5.79	2.23	2.59	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	2,350	846	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3780.0	3,262	1,570	1,793	375	1,650	174	232	44	16,070	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	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,031	497	171	177	.491	420	3.56	101	19	17	3034.2	2,954	1,202	1,344	231	956	57	42	84	12,724	66	6.02	2.84	2.12	0.69	16.0	7.5	1.29	.288	3.99	8.76
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,028	435	190	166	.534	432	3.19	188	33	1	3240.2	3,053	1,147	1,314	249	843	59	3	78	13,307	88	5.63	2.34	2.41	0.69	15.2	6.3	1.20	.277	3.65	8.48
15	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
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,014	471	196	158	.554	450	3.30	131	30	1	3159.1	2,809	1,158	1,292	247	1,119	20	10	59	13,103	95	5.74	3.19	1.80	0.70	15.4	8.5	1.24	.264	3.68	8.00
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	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
19	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,898	423	185	154	.546	411	3.48	168	31	0	2982.2	2,861	1,153	1,286	334	654	57	7	66	12,279	37	5.73	1.97	2.90	1.01	15.5	5.3	1.18	.271	3.88	8.63
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	1,785	597	208	179	.537	516	3.60	120	36	11	3479.1	3,535	1,393	1,604	230	1,045	56	41	116	14,750	100	4.62	2.70	1.71	0.59	12.1	7.1	1.32	.284	4.15	9.14
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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