most strikeouts allowed from september 27, 1971 to august 11, 1994

Between September 27, 1971 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,221 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	5,221	703	295	255	.536	700	3.16	209	59	1	4876.0	3,555	1,711	1,951	287	2,455	134	3	64	20,354	254	9.64	4.53	2.13	0.53	25.7	12.1	1.23	.267	3.60	6.56
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,349	628	262	226	.537	623	3.34	221	55	0	4536.2	4,232	1,685	1,868	392	1,218	148	2	64	18,727	107	6.64	2.42	2.75	0.78	17.9	6.5	1.20	.282	3.71	8.40
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,193	552	253	182	.582	538	3.25	189	39	1	3961.1	3,510	1,430	1,636	325	1,387	36	6	110	16,411	131	7.25	3.15	2.30	0.74	19.5	8.5	1.24	.278	3.72	7.97
4	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,702	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	8.73
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,498	477	217	151	.590	473	3.07	142	43	0	3412.2	2,888	1,163	1,278	283	1,039	48	1	87	13,921	94	6.59	2.74	2.40	0.75	17.9	7.5	1.15	.259	3.37	7.62
6	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
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,468	587	238	202	.541	559	3.49	172	29	7	4026.2	3,814	1,561	1,787	359	1,458	91	18	57	17,022	148	5.52	3.26	1.69	0.80	14.5	8.6	1.31	.273	3.99	8.52
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,428	549	242	171	.586	545	3.24	122	39	2	3806.1	3,353	1,372	1,518	356	953	53	3	55	15,546	77	5.74	2.25	2.55	0.84	15.6	6.1	1.13	.255	3.59	7.93
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,350	846	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3780.0	3,262	1,570	1,793	375	1,650	174	232	44	16,070	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	705	66	416	85	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,201	326	172	93	.649	325	2.93	94	36	0	2393.1	2,002	780	869	160	690	68	0	41	9,729	55	8.28	2.59	3.19	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	7.53
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	7.93
13	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
14	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,975	481	168	168	.500	405	3.57	98	19	17	2938.2	2,859	1,166	1,300	223	920	56	42	81	12,312	60	6.05	2.82	2.15	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.29	.288	3.98	8.76
15	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
16	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,933	411	181	156	.537	408	3.20	179	32	1	3064.2	2,884	1,091	1,237	234	799	58	3	75	12,571	81	5.68	2.35	2.42	0.69	15.4	6.4	1.20	.278	3.63	8.47
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
18	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
19	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,861	373	150	130	.536	360	3.44	112	31	2	2579.0	2,334	986	1,111	181	1,004	20	5	61	10,843	104	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.63	17.2	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.15
20	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,822	412	175	146	.545	411	3.67	74	16	0	2791.2	2,764	1,139	1,264	285	840	46	0	35	11,719	84	5.87	2.71	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.07	8.91
21	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,815	445	182	152	.545	424	3.39	117	27	1	2950.2	2,661	1,110	1,238	231	1,067	18	10	57	12,293	92	5.54	3.25	1.70	0.70	14.8	8.7	1.26	.265	3.78	8.12
22	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
23	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,733	397	170	145	.540	385	3.55	149	29	0	2766.1	2,656	1,092	1,215	317	629	54	7	62	11,413	34	5.64	2.05	2.76	1.03	15.2	5.5	1.19	.269	3.95	8.64
24	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
25	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,700	572	198	169	.540	491	3.56	115	35	11	3324.2	3,374	1,314	1,515	221	966	49	41	105	14,057	93	4.60	2.61	1.76	0.60	12.1	6.9	1.31	.284	4.10	9.13

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