most strikeouts allowed from may 7, 1966 to september 22, 1992

Between May 7, 1966 and September 22, 1992, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,663 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	5,663	793	319	287	.526	759	3.17	222	61	3	5312.2	3,861	1,874	2,129	316	2,752	157	13	78	22,253	273	9.59	4.66	2.06	0.54	25.4	12.4	1.24	.265	3.61	6.54
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,115	726	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5192.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	8	149	21,578	178	7.13	3.16	2.25	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,694	689	287	247	.537	682	3.30	241	60	0	4951.0	4,603	1,818	2,017	428	1,321	155	3	71	20,409	114	6.72	2.40	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.37
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	117	19,369	125	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	7.47
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,538	768	321	253	.559	750	3.27	177	58	5	5237.1	4,652	1,900	2,089	468	1,336	81	12	102	21,447	111	6.08	2.30	2.65	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	7.99
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,281	806	314	270	.538	715	3.36	245	45	23	5303.1	4,950	1,977	2,291	475	1,770	119	57	82	22,243	216	5.57	3.00	1.85	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,162	651	281	225	.555	594	3.34	267	49	6	4470.0	4,123	1,661	1,844	480	991	84	30	115	18,285	62	6.37	2.00	3.19	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.30
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,110	637	286	235	.549	630	3.05	289	50	3	4796.2	4,401	1,625	1,878	349	1,221	95	7	132	19,615	137	5.84	2.29	2.55	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	8.26
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,646	604	233	217	.518	582	3.61	143	34	1	3975.2	3,830	1,593	1,786	418	1,195	119	10	108	16,716	111	5.99	2.71	2.21	0.95	15.8	7.1	1.26	.277	4.04	8.67
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	8.52
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,278	461	176	163	.519	403	3.44	170	31	5	2987.1	2,783	1,143	1,269	281	896	69	25	64	12,428	100	6.86	2.70	2.54	0.85	18.3	7.2	1.23	.281	3.82	8.38
12	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,264	496	235	167	.585	474	3.73	169	27	0	3510.0	3,196	1,456	1,593	357	1,252	51	10	95	14,698	178	5.81	3.21	1.81	0.92	15.4	8.5	1.27	.264	4.08	8.19
13	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,163	801	202	190	.515	383	3.68	106	12	61	3469.1	2,953	1,417	1,620	345	1,539	156	240	40	14,724	159	5.61	3.99	1.41	0.89	14.7	10.5	1.29	.248	4.20	7.66
15	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,134	510	205	157	.566	435	3.34	165	41	13	3136.0	2,801	1,163	1,271	313	983	44	44	48	12,943	21	6.12	2.82	2.17	0.90	16.5	7.6	1.21	.263	3.65	8.04
16	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,117	527	261	147	.640	511	2.82	210	53	3	3830.1	3,252	1,202	1,333	293	1,239	36	8	36	15,609	81	4.97	2.91	1.71	0.69	13.6	7.9	1.17	.248	3.13	7.64
17	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,114	736	181	145	.555	361	3.43	100	20	238	2967.0	2,742	1,132	1,222	306	677	62	322	77	12,192	26	6.41	2.05	3.12	0.93	17.3	5.6	1.15	.270	3.71	8.32
18	Tommy John T. John	2,025	686	271	212	.561	652	3.35	154	44	1	4385.1	4,482	1,634	1,881	275	1,145	95	17	90	18,330	173	4.16	2.35	1.77	0.56	11.0	6.2	1.28	.284	3.86	9.20
19	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
20	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,914	463	215	155	.581	451	3.21	177	40	1	3281.2	2,811	1,170	1,296	351	892	46	4	51	13,328	46	5.25	2.45	2.15	0.96	14.4	6.7	1.13	.243	3.55	7.71
21	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,907	628	220	191	.535	547	3.64	127	39	11	3669.2	3,734	1,483	1,701	245	1,127	59	41	118	15,581	109	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	9.16
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,873	273	152	72	.679	272	2.80	89	34	0	2031.0	1,703	631	708	128	552	53	0	36	8,229	48	8.30	2.45	3.39	0.57	22.8	6.7	1.11	.280	3.14	7.55
23	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,860	302	158	102	.608	294	2.71	171	38	2	2394.0	2,005	721	807	138	743	50	4	78	9,779	61	6.99	2.79	2.50	0.52	19.0	7.6	1.15	.267	3.03	7.54
24	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,859	449	198	128	.607	424	3.27	61	28	8	2845.1	2,598	1,035	1,146	231	929	71	16	53	11,836	51	5.88	2.94	2.00	0.73	15.7	7.8	1.24	.271	3.62	8.22
25	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,781	297	127	115	.525	294	3.78	67	16	0	2053.2	1,807	862	960	203	940	39	1	22	8,678	58	7.81	4.12	1.89	0.89	20.5	10.8	1.34	.281	4.21	7.92

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