most strikeouts allowed from september 30, 1965 to february 28, 1997

Between September 30, 1965 and February 28, 1997, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 30, 1965 to february 28, 1997

	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	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,116	727	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5193.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	9	149	21,581	178	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	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	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	117	19,369	125	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	7.47
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,286	814	316	271	.538	715	3.35	245	45	23	5315.1	4,957	1,980	2,295	476	1,776	120	61	83	22,292	217	5.56	3.01	1.85	0.81	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.89	8.39
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,185	658	283	225	.557	594	3.34	267	49	6	4490.1	4,136	1,666	1,850	482	995	84	32	117	18,365	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.29
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,137	643	290	235	.552	634	3.05	291	51	3	4829.0	4,430	1,634	1,891	349	1,223	95	7	133	19,742	137	5.85	2.28	2.57	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	8.26
9	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
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,590	383	192	111	.634	382	3.06	100	38	0	2776.0	2,359	943	1,045	194	856	86	0	43	11,384	72	8.40	2.78	3.03	0.63	22.8	7.5	1.16	.283	3.39	7.65
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	8.52
12	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
13	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,664	174	240	44	16,168	180	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	7.77
14	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,335	401	172	146	.541	398	3.85	81	18	0	2772.0	2,486	1,186	1,309	283	1,190	45	1	26	11,682	83	7.58	3.86	1.96	0.92	20.0	10.2	1.33	.281	4.25	8.07
15	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,334	964	192	165	.538	361	3.48	100	20	353	3193.0	2,981	1,235	1,337	332	722	71	517	87	13,145	26	6.58	2.04	3.23	0.94	17.8	5.5	1.16	.273	3.77	8.40
16	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,315	467	180	164	.523	409	3.44	173	32	5	3027.1	2,812	1,156	1,284	285	911	69	25	64	12,592	102	6.88	2.71	2.54	0.85	18.4	7.2	1.23	.280	3.82	8.36
17	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
18	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,159	513	208	157	.570	438	3.31	168	44	13	3163.0	2,815	1,163	1,271	313	991	44	44	48	13,042	21	6.14	2.82	2.18	0.89	16.6	7.6	1.20	.262	3.62	8.01
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,143	532	263	148	.640	515	2.84	211	53	3	3858.2	3,277	1,216	1,348	297	1,257	36	8	36	15,734	83	5.00	2.93	1.70	0.69	13.6	8.0	1.18	.248	3.14	7.64
20	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,070	630	240	182	.569	548	3.63	121	29	6	3859.2	3,723	1,556	1,736	356	1,117	112	40	64	16,119	82	4.83	2.60	1.85	0.83	12.8	6.9	1.25	.270	4.05	8.68
21	Tommy John T. John	2,052	691	273	213	.562	657	3.34	155	44	1	4420.2	4,505	1,640	1,888	279	1,161	96	17	91	18,468	173	4.18	2.36	1.77	0.57	11.1	6.3	1.28	.284	3.84	9.17
22	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
23	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,013	435	171	141	.548	406	3.50	112	31	2	2841.0	2,612	1,105	1,242	214	1,105	20	10	65	11,979	115	6.38	3.50	1.82	0.68	16.8	9.2	1.31	.278	3.93	8.27
24	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,001	334	168	92	.646	332	3.24	68	24	1	2340.1	2,067	842	924	142	739	50	1	35	9,654	56	7.70	2.84	2.71	0.55	20.7	7.7	1.20	.286	3.55	7.95
25	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