most strikeouts allowed from september 26, 1974 to june 20, 2001

Between September 26, 1974 and June 20, 2001, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 4,157 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 26, 1974 to June 20, 2001

	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	4,157	581	234	206	.532	581	3.25	138	44	0	3942.1	2,929	1,425	1,628	237	1,938	108	0	55	16,482	212	9.49	4.42	2.14	0.54	25.2	11.8	1.23	.268	3.72	6.69
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,604	527	269	143	.653	526	3.09	116	45	0	3771.2	3,198	1,295	1,432	270	1,220	126	0	44	15,528	100	8.60	2.91	2.95	0.64	23.2	7.9	1.17	.284	3.42	7.63
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,207	382	188	99	.655	373	3.17	78	29	2	2611.1	2,016	920	1,036	233	1,123	115	4	16	10,832	83	11.05	3.87	2.86	0.80	29.6	10.4	1.20	.290	3.57	6.95
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,614	512	207	176	.540	508	3.53	165	39	0	3639.0	3,440	1,427	1,570	340	1,006	120	1	50	15,083	90	6.46	2.49	2.60	0.84	17.3	6.7	1.22	.282	3.88	8.51
5	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,584	597	226	215	.512	579	3.69	131	30	1	3911.1	3,796	1,602	1,797	419	1,175	122	8	112	16,479	113	5.95	2.70	2.20	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.13	8.73
6	David Cone D. Cone	2,569	427	186	117	.614	397	3.42	56	22	1	2779.0	2,375	1,055	1,152	245	1,080	100	9	38	11,642	142	8.32	3.50	2.38	0.79	22.1	9.3	1.24	.279	3.73	7.69
7	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
8	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	8.27
9	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,440	486	247	140	.638	482	2.82	101	33	0	3424.0	3,078	1,071	1,229	183	751	94	3	136	13,890	49	6.41	1.97	3.25	0.48	17.6	5.4	1.12	.278	3.23	8.09
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,421	433	196	140	.583	419	3.34	123	27	1	3036.0	2,715	1,126	1,291	259	1,054	27	6	82	12,594	105	7.18	3.12	2.30	0.77	19.2	8.4	1.24	.278	3.83	8.05
11	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,402	482	185	155	.544	425	3.80	61	14	0	2956.2	2,831	1,250	1,387	288	1,235	74	24	30	12,613	127	7.31	3.76	1.94	0.88	19.0	9.8	1.38	.295	4.22	8.62
12	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,401	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	100	20	390	3285.2	3,076	1,279	1,382	347	738	75	577	90	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	8.43
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2800.2	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	8.24
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,217	760	204	210	.493	440	3.76	107	13	53	3613.0	3,145	1,508	1,724	360	1,563	163	196	40	15,371	173	5.52	3.89	1.42	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.252	4.29	7.83
15	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	70	16,754	84	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77
16	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,118	361	159	115	.580	361	3.37	47	14	0	2439.1	2,125	914	1,002	199	779	39	0	56	10,057	119	7.81	2.87	2.72	0.73	21.1	7.7	1.19	.278	3.70	7.84
17	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
18	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,014	510	204	150	.576	466	3.48	68	25	5	3130.1	2,939	1,211	1,367	235	1,007	117	19	108	13,150	121	5.79	2.90	2.00	0.68	15.3	7.7	1.26	.277	3.93	8.45
19	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,985	467	190	167	.532	455	3.64	129	21	2	3206.0	3,100	1,297	1,483	298	1,233	75	9	47	13,665	121	5.57	3.46	1.61	0.84	14.5	9.0	1.35	.278	4.16	8.70
20	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1,981	392	176	117	.601	390	3.19	72	17	0	2726.1	2,546	967	1,116	166	747	118	1	36	11,303	87	6.54	2.47	2.65	0.55	17.5	6.6	1.21	.287	3.68	8.40
21	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
22	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1,958	291	132	58	.695	224	2.65	36	15	3	1670.1	1,242	491	542	128	462	73	23	20	6,653	43	10.55	2.49	4.24	0.69	29.4	6.9	1.02	.276	2.92	6.69
23	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
24	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,927	417	138	157	.468	391	4.84	47	11	0	2426.1	2,464	1,306	1,431	247	1,355	37	13	36	10,836	127	7.15	5.03	1.42	0.92	17.8	12.5	1.57	.305	5.31	9.14
25	Andy Benes A. Benes	1,906	372	149	132	.530	364	3.93	20	9	1	2373.2	2,255	1,036	1,127	264	828	46	3	49	10,052	62	7.23	3.14	2.30	1.00	19.0	8.2	1.30	.284	4.27	8.55

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Between September 26, 1974 and June 20, 2001, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 4,157 strikeouts.

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