most strikeouts allowed from september 12, 1977 to september 27, 1998

Between September 12, 1977 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,312 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 12, 1977 to September 27, 1998

	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	3,312	479	183	163	.529	479	3.30	84	27	0	3170.0	2,403	1,161	1,322	200	1,425	88	0	47	13,199	175	9.40	4.05	2.32	0.57	25.1	10.8	1.21	.270	3.75	6.82
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,153	450	233	124	.653	449	2.95	114	44	0	3274.2	2,732	1,072	1,188	214	1,012	105	0	44	13,389	82	8.67	2.78	3.12	0.59	23.5	7.6	1.14	.283	3.27	7.51
3	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,450	542	253	185	.578	521	3.90	174	28	0	3778.1	3,529	1,638	1,795	385	1,367	58	10	99	15,931	203	5.84	3.26	1.79	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.28	8.41
4	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,421	432	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2901.0	2,654	1,270	1,398	302	1,260	46	1	28	12,288	87	7.51	3.91	1.92	0.94	19.7	10.3	1.35	.285	4.34	8.23
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,329	296	143	79	.644	287	3.36	56	23	2	1978.1	1,523	739	827	169	943	92	4	12	8,302	71	10.60	4.29	2.47	0.77	28.1	11.4	1.25	.284	3.76	6.93
6	David Cone D. Cone	2,243	359	168	93	.644	330	3.17	55	21	1	2396.2	1,980	845	927	191	895	76	9	32	9,925	122	8.42	3.36	2.51	0.72	22.6	9.0	1.20	.274	3.48	7.44
7	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,150	377	185	103	.642	374	3.33	68	24	1	2580.2	2,318	956	1,044	169	843	66	1	36	10,706	67	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.59	20.1	7.9	1.22	.287	3.64	8.08
8	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
9	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,035	650	231	184	.557	549	3.71	117	30	4	3820.0	3,740	1,573	1,756	361	1,098	115	31	66	16,014	78	4.79	2.59	1.85	0.85	12.7	6.9	1.27	.272	4.14	8.81
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,024	403	202	117	.633	399	2.75	89	28	0	2849.1	2,503	872	1,001	141	654	76	3	110	11,517	45	6.39	2.07	3.09	0.45	17.6	5.7	1.11	.274	3.16	7.91
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,006	580	183	185	.497	440	3.85	107	13	10	3294.0	2,913	1,409	1,609	341	1,389	142	67	31	14,014	156	5.48	3.80	1.44	0.93	14.3	9.9	1.31	.254	4.40	7.96
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,980	411	166	137	.548	407	3.70	113	26	0	2835.1	2,752	1,166	1,276	282	770	97	1	41	11,826	68	6.28	2.44	2.57	0.90	16.7	6.5	1.24	.284	4.05	8.74
13	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
14	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,951	403	153	129	.543	346	3.66	56	14	0	2461.2	2,347	1,002	1,117	231	1,024	63	24	25	10,485	102	7.13	3.74	1.91	0.84	18.6	9.8	1.37	.293	4.08	8.58
15	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,942	327	146	105	.582	327	3.36	46	13	0	2228.0	1,924	832	916	181	734	34	0	53	9,201	117	7.84	2.96	2.65	0.73	21.1	8.0	1.19	.276	3.70	7.77
16	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,432	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
17	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,912	468	190	133	.588	428	3.33	68	25	5	2926.2	2,722	1,084	1,239	216	916	95	18	105	12,238	113	5.88	2.82	2.09	0.66	15.6	7.5	1.24	.275	3.81	8.37
18	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,873	970	158	140	.530	276	3.57	73	12	387	2667.2	2,575	1,057	1,144	290	518	57	569	69	10,973	15	6.32	1.75	3.62	0.98	17.1	4.7	1.16	.277	3.86	8.69
19	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,845	327	140	110	.560	313	3.40	81	21	1	2264.2	2,054	855	984	190	799	20	6	69	9,438	90	7.33	3.18	2.31	0.76	19.5	8.5	1.26	.283	3.91	8.16
20	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	8.97
21	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,836	496	174	187	.482	479	4.00	70	15	1	3106.1	3,157	1,379	1,555	355	963	93	7	99	13,262	92	5.32	2.79	1.91	1.03	13.8	7.3	1.33	.280	4.51	9.15
22	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,795	377	131	140	.483	356	4.73	44	9	0	2226.0	2,216	1,171	1,283	219	1,248	33	11	34	9,918	115	7.26	5.05	1.44	0.89	18.1	12.6	1.56	.302	5.19	8.96
23	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,743	307	114	96	.543	300	3.36	25	9	1	1866.2	1,421	696	749	191	715	41	2	33	7,668	22	8.40	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.7	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	6.85
24	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
25	Kevin Gross K. Gross	1,727	474	142	158	.473	368	4.11	42	14	5	2487.2	2,519	1,137	1,245	230	986	79	38	76	10,791	53	6.25	3.57	1.75	0.83	16.0	9.1	1.41	.295	4.50	9.11

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Between September 12, 1977 and September 27, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,312 strikeouts.

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