most strikeouts allowed from september 4, 1963 to may 25, 1989

Between September 4, 1963 and May 25, 1989, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,854 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	4,854	687	278	255	.522	653	3.15	209	55	3	4611.1	3,375	1,615	1,843	264	2,472	126	13	74	19,388	235	9.47	4.82	1.96	0.52	25.0	12.8	1.27	.267	3.60	6.59
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
3	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
4	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
5	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,466	737	310	258	.546	679	3.07	302	53	8	5239.2	4,800	1,787	2,058	386	1,339	106	26	155	21,447	154	5.95	2.30	2.59	0.66	16.2	6.2	1.17	.273	3.53	8.24
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,460	620	258	228	.531	614	3.23	234	56	0	4527.1	4,155	1,625	1,808	389	1,236	136	3	67	18,632	104	6.88	2.46	2.80	0.77	18.6	6.6	1.19	.281	3.59	8.26
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	227	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,738	558	213	184	.537	480	3.43	191	41	10	3512.2	3,240	1,338	1,479	335	1,054	86	36	66	14,602	115	7.02	2.70	2.60	0.86	18.8	7.2	1.22	.280	3.79	8.30
10	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
11	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,462	391	202	130	.608	377	2.76	214	47	4	3072.0	2,557	943	1,054	201	956	71	8	94	12,566	79	7.21	2.80	2.58	0.59	19.6	7.6	1.14	.265	3.09	7.49
12	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,366	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	7.94
13	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,315	385	135	122	.525	320	3.03	100	22	13	2333.1	1,801	785	898	149	1,193	55	34	72	9,861	129	8.93	4.60	1.94	0.57	23.5	12.1	1.28	.269	3.46	6.95
14	Tommy John T. John	2,245	760	288	231	.555	700	3.34	162	46	3	4710.0	4,783	1,749	2,017	302	1,259	98	22	102	19,691	188	4.29	2.41	1.78	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	9.14
15	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,237	484	192	178	.519	468	3.48	130	31	0	3254.0	3,093	1,260	1,422	330	914	96	6	79	13,613	90	6.19	2.53	2.45	0.91	16.4	6.7	1.23	.275	3.93	8.55
16	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,117	87	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	7.63
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	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,037	778	245	189	.565	525	3.39	149	24	15	3835.0	3,954	1,446	1,693	328	855	78	94	107	16,069	97	4.78	2.01	2.38	0.77	12.7	5.3	1.25	.284	3.97	9.28
19	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,011	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
20	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,892	517	202	177	.533	494	3.35	100	26	4	3316.2	3,337	1,236	1,394	200	864	86	14	104	13,882	87	5.13	2.34	2.19	0.54	13.6	6.2	1.27	.289	3.78	9.06
21	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,879	605	214	184	.538	529	3.61	127	39	11	3568.1	3,617	1,432	1,642	232	1,101	56	41	115	15,143	108	4.74	2.78	1.71	0.59	12.4	7.3	1.32	.285	4.14	9.12
22	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,829	508	162	138	.540	361	3.60	100	20	78	2702.2	2,563	1,080	1,165	286	654	60	111	69	11,205	25	6.09	2.18	2.80	0.95	16.3	5.8	1.19	.272	3.88	8.53
23	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,805	692	167	149	.528	276	3.59	89	11	61	2753.1	2,331	1,097	1,267	260	1,198	124	239	36	11,645	136	5.90	3.92	1.51	0.85	15.5	10.3	1.28	.251	4.14	7.62
24	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
25	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,770	359	186	111	.626	349	2.82	198	41	1	2709.2	2,460	850	1,013	236	487	34	7	66	10,972	36	5.88	1.62	3.63	0.78	16.1	4.4	1.09	.263	3.36	8.17

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