most strikeouts allowed from september 18, 1974 to october 1, 1995

Between September 18, 1974 and October 1, 1995, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,172 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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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	4,172	583	235	207	.532	583	3.25	140	44	0	3959.1	2,937	1,430	1,634	237	1,950	108	0	55	16,553	213	9.48	4.43	2.14	0.54	25.2	11.8	1.23	.268	3.71	6.68
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,631	514	209	176	.543	510	3.51	167	40	0	3657.0	3,448	1,428	1,571	340	1,011	120	1	50	15,147	90	6.47	2.49	2.60	0.84	17.4	6.7	1.22	.281	3.87	8.49
3	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,597	599	226	217	.510	581	3.68	132	30	1	3924.1	3,811	1,606	1,804	419	1,181	122	8	113	16,538	114	5.96	2.71	2.20	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.278	4.14	8.74
4	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
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,434	435	198	140	.586	421	3.33	124	27	1	3053.1	2,728	1,129	1,296	259	1,060	27	6	82	12,666	105	7.17	3.12	2.30	0.76	19.2	8.4	1.24	.278	3.82	8.04
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	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
8	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
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,220	762	204	211	.492	440	3.75	107	13	53	3617.1	3,147	1,509	1,725	360	1,563	163	196	40	15,386	174	5.52	3.89	1.42	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.252	4.29	7.83
10	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
11	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,001	469	191	168	.532	457	3.62	131	22	2	3224.2	3,109	1,298	1,485	299	1,236	75	9	48	13,733	121	5.58	3.45	1.62	0.83	14.6	9.0	1.35	.278	4.14	8.68
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,854	446	188	143	.568	442	3.42	79	22	2	3019.2	2,744	1,147	1,257	304	758	38	3	48	12,402	54	5.53	2.26	2.45	0.91	14.9	6.1	1.16	.258	3.75	8.18
16	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
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,810	376	165	121	.577	372	3.19	99	32	0	2636.1	2,260	935	1,031	219	828	36	1	71	10,805	77	6.18	2.83	2.19	0.75	16.8	7.7	1.17	.258	3.52	7.72
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	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,673	618	148	150	.497	297	3.71	52	9	32	2546.0	2,434	1,050	1,170	256	753	64	168	93	10,687	44	5.91	2.66	2.22	0.90	15.7	7.0	1.25	.274	4.14	8.60
25	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,673	600	177	122	.592	356	3.33	54	13	29	2525.2	2,399	935	1,038	245	592	37	82	63	10,366	28	5.96	2.11	2.83	0.87	16.1	5.7	1.18	.275	3.70	8.55

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