most strikeouts allowed from september 11, 1973 to october 1, 1995

Between September 11, 1973 and October 1, 1995, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,566 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	4,566	627	260	222	.539	626	3.22	168	46	0	4313.0	3,185	1,545	1,770	256	2,158	117	1	58	18,037	225	9.53	4.50	2.12	0.53	25.3	12.0	1.24	.268	3.69	6.65
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,893	553	227	194	.539	549	3.45	189	43	0	3958.1	3,706	1,517	1,677	356	1,086	130	1	53	16,373	93	6.58	2.47	2.66	0.81	17.7	6.6	1.21	.281	3.81	8.43
3	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,770	637	240	235	.505	615	3.65	143	34	1	4184.1	4,058	1,698	1,906	447	1,251	129	10	116	17,620	119	5.96	2.69	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	8.73
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,669	474	214	154	.582	460	3.32	143	28	1	3344.2	2,984	1,235	1,415	279	1,193	32	6	91	13,896	118	7.18	3.21	2.24	0.75	19.2	8.6	1.25	.278	3.81	8.03
5	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
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,333	349	182	98	.650	348	3.00	94	36	0	2533.1	2,143	845	939	175	750	82	0	41	10,352	64	8.29	2.66	3.11	0.62	22.5	7.2	1.14	.281	3.34	7.61
7	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,293	815	214	214	.500	440	3.75	107	13	57	3723.2	3,228	1,552	1,773	373	1,614	167	218	42	15,827	177	5.54	3.90	1.42	0.90	14.5	10.2	1.30	.251	4.29	7.80
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,285	901	192	159	.547	361	3.48	100	20	323	3133.0	2,916	1,213	1,311	324	716	67	464	85	12,894	26	6.56	2.06	3.19	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.273	3.77	8.38
9	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,250	382	166	140	.542	379	3.80	79	18	0	2642.0	2,362	1,116	1,236	265	1,142	42	1	26	11,135	79	7.66	3.89	1.97	0.90	20.2	10.3	1.33	.282	4.21	8.05
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,178	509	208	182	.533	495	3.54	145	26	3	3511.2	3,358	1,381	1,578	317	1,321	81	10	50	14,903	128	5.58	3.39	1.65	0.81	14.6	8.9	1.33	.276	4.04	8.61
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,035	486	206	153	.574	482	3.42	91	27	2	3293.0	2,987	1,250	1,374	326	840	45	3	50	13,546	59	5.56	2.30	2.42	0.89	15.0	6.2	1.16	.258	3.76	8.16
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,022	610	231	176	.568	528	3.60	120	28	6	3747.2	3,601	1,500	1,673	344	1,080	110	40	62	15,636	82	4.86	2.59	1.87	0.83	12.9	6.9	1.25	.270	4.02	8.65
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,011	410	179	130	.579	406	3.21	111	37	0	2882.2	2,483	1,027	1,129	240	907	39	1	82	11,819	84	6.28	2.83	2.22	0.75	17.0	7.7	1.18	.260	3.52	7.75
14	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
15	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,918	402	158	133	.543	375	3.49	112	31	2	2669.1	2,435	1,036	1,164	197	1,038	20	10	63	11,238	108	6.47	3.50	1.85	0.66	17.1	9.2	1.30	.277	3.92	8.21
16	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
17	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,826	415	175	147	.543	414	3.69	74	16	0	2806.0	2,784	1,149	1,275	288	843	46	0	36	11,783	85	5.86	2.70	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.09	8.93
18	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
19	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,765	504	192	168	.533	479	3.42	91	20	5	3203.1	3,246	1,217	1,362	203	852	81	15	106	13,453	78	4.96	2.39	2.07	0.57	13.1	6.3	1.28	.288	3.83	9.12
20	David Cone D. Cone	1,741	288	129	78	.623	259	3.18	50	21	1	1922.0	1,589	679	746	151	716	55	9	29	7,959	98	8.15	3.35	2.43	0.71	21.9	9.0	1.20	.272	3.49	7.44
21	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
22	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
23	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,698	416	145	142	.505	351	3.60	83	15	16	2544.1	2,497	1,018	1,140	197	807	46	37	68	10,687	49	6.01	2.85	2.10	0.70	15.9	7.6	1.30	.290	4.03	8.83
24	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	9.17
25	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1,679	457	171	139	.552	392	4.08	72	18	6	2697.2	2,662	1,223	1,324	236	1,081	46	30	75	11,548	100	5.60	3.61	1.55	0.79	14.5	9.4	1.39	.285	4.42	8.88

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Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

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Tue 9/29	CWS	@	HOU	5:00 PM
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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