most strikeouts allowed from may 5, 1971 to august 11, 1994

Between May 5, 1971 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,343 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	5,343	728	302	268	.530	723	3.18	212	59	1	5011.2	3,670	1,772	2,023	295	2,550	149	3	67	20,980	260	9.60	4.58	2.10	0.53	25.5	12.2	1.24	.267	3.63	6.59
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,535	659	275	237	.537	654	3.33	234	57	0	4760.0	4,455	1,761	1,950	408	1,264	152	2	65	19,638	112	6.68	2.39	2.80	0.77	18.0	6.4	1.20	.283	3.69	8.42
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,334	582	267	190	.584	567	3.29	202	41	1	4176.1	3,735	1,526	1,744	345	1,467	39	6	120	17,340	139	7.18	3.16	2.27	0.74	19.2	8.5	1.25	.279	3.76	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	2,597	580	258	180	.589	575	3.19	132	43	3	4026.2	3,538	1,427	1,581	362	998	58	4	59	16,418	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	2,478	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
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	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	705	66	416	85	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,201	326	172	93	.649	325	2.93	94	36	0	2393.1	2,002	780	869	160	690	68	0	41	9,729	55	8.28	2.59	3.19	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	7.53
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	7.93
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	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,051	501	173	178	.493	424	3.57	102	19	17	3066.0	2,987	1,215	1,357	233	962	57	42	84	12,857	67	6.02	2.82	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.29	.288	3.98	8.77
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,050	441	193	167	.536	438	3.17	189	33	1	3286.0	3,091	1,159	1,333	250	852	62	3	79	13,492	88	5.61	2.33	2.41	0.68	15.2	6.3	1.20	.276	3.65	8.47
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	1,969	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
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	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
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	1,861	373	150	130	.536	360	3.44	112	31	2	2579.0	2,334	986	1,111	181	1,004	20	5	61	10,843	104	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.63	17.2	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.15
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	1,801	601	209	180	.537	520	3.63	120	36	11	3497.2	3,561	1,410	1,624	233	1,056	56	41	116	14,845	100	4.63	2.72	1.71	0.60	12.1	7.1	1.32	.284	4.18	9.16
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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Astros	81	81	.500
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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