most strikeouts allowed from september 2, 1968 to september 22, 1993

Between September 2, 1968 and September 22, 1993, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,578 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 2, 1968 to september 22, 1993

	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	5,578	787	318	282	.530	754	3.19	219	61	3	5257.1	3,832	1,864	2,127	310	2,725	154	13	74	22,038	269	9.55	4.66	2.05	0.53	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,774	658	300	223	.574	642	3.25	232	47	1	4744.0	4,241	1,711	1,959	389	1,692	47	6	143	19,727	167	7.16	3.21	2.23	0.74	19.1	8.6	1.25	.279	3.72	8.05
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,492	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.39
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,300	591	282	183	.606	584	2.92	201	55	0	4297.1	3,563	1,394	1,534	351	1,269	64	4	106	17,420	113	6.91	2.66	2.60	0.74	18.9	7.3	1.12	.258	3.21	7.46
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,074	671	295	215	.578	666	3.25	157	53	3	4667.1	4,134	1,684	1,859	429	1,187	71	4	76	19,105	101	5.93	2.29	2.59	0.83	16.1	6.2	1.14	.258	3.58	7.97
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,029	708	290	248	.539	667	3.43	225	40	10	4848.1	4,558	1,850	2,127	449	1,659	105	27	73	20,402	182	5.62	3.08	1.83	0.83	14.8	8.1	1.28	.271	3.95	8.46
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,764	636	240	235	.505	614	3.66	143	34	1	4175.2	4,053	1,698	1,904	447	1,251	129	10	116	17,587	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	8.74
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,578	525	240	192	.556	511	3.43	230	43	1	3765.2	3,555	1,435	1,594	409	806	75	9	90	15,458	54	6.16	1.93	3.20	0.98	16.7	5.2	1.16	.271	3.81	8.50
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,564	535	241	198	.549	530	3.12	245	43	2	4040.0	3,760	1,400	1,622	305	1,048	83	5	101	16,568	113	5.71	2.33	2.45	0.68	15.5	6.3	1.19	.275	3.61	8.38
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,393	574	206	198	.510	496	3.43	126	27	17	3600.1	3,433	1,372	1,535	275	1,123	64	42	113	15,023	81	5.98	2.81	2.13	0.69	15.9	7.5	1.27	.283	3.84	8.58
11	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,378	526	244	180	.575	504	3.83	174	28	0	3682.2	3,404	1,569	1,719	375	1,323	54	10	97	15,484	192	5.81	3.23	1.80	0.92	15.4	8.5	1.28	.267	4.20	8.32
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,285	835	211	207	.505	417	3.71	106	12	61	3674.1	3,157	1,515	1,729	366	1,604	163	240	43	15,593	169	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.90	14.7	10.3	1.30	.250	4.24	7.73
13	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,196	801	183	149	.551	361	3.45	100	20	272	3035.2	2,813	1,164	1,255	313	692	65	374	83	12,480	26	6.51	2.05	3.17	0.93	17.6	5.5	1.15	.271	3.72	8.34
14	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
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,033	302	163	86	.655	301	2.94	91	35	0	2222.2	1,878	726	807	145	619	64	0	40	9,037	51	8.23	2.51	3.28	0.59	22.5	6.8	1.12	.281	3.27	7.60
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	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,984	331	143	124	.536	328	3.69	74	16	0	2307.1	2,015	945	1,054	224	1,022	40	1	24	9,698	65	7.74	3.99	1.94	0.87	20.5	10.5	1.32	.279	4.11	7.86
18	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,967	492	245	137	.641	476	2.80	203	52	3	3598.2	3,064	1,119	1,245	270	1,144	36	8	35	14,661	74	4.92	2.86	1.72	0.68	13.4	7.8	1.17	.248	3.11	7.66
19	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,924	480	208	139	.599	453	3.37	61	28	8	3019.1	2,808	1,132	1,249	254	989	78	16	57	12,611	51	5.74	2.95	1.95	0.76	15.3	7.8	1.26	.273	3.72	8.37
20	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
21	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,840	363	148	128	.536	351	3.44	112	31	2	2525.2	2,278	966	1,089	173	991	20	5	60	10,617	102	6.56	3.53	1.86	0.62	17.3	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.12
22	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,835	298	154	81	.655	296	3.04	67	23	1	2128.1	1,852	718	791	114	636	40	1	30	8,716	45	7.76	2.69	2.89	0.48	21.1	7.3	1.17	.285	3.34	7.83
23	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,821	556	207	164	.558	474	3.64	110	23	6	3369.1	3,251	1,364	1,520	313	987	90	40	58	14,076	75	4.86	2.64	1.84	0.84	12.9	7.0	1.26	.270	4.06	8.68
24	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,813	406	174	145	.545	405	3.66	74	16	0	2760.2	2,730	1,123	1,247	283	823	46	0	35	11,583	82	5.91	2.68	2.20	0.92	15.7	7.1	1.29	.284	4.07	8.90
25	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,808	362	138	129	.517	319	3.37	150	23	2	2430.1	2,288	911	1,019	224	718	49	16	51	10,099	86	6.70	2.66	2.52	0.83	17.9	7.1	1.24	.283	3.77	8.47

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