most strikeouts allowed from september 6, 1973 to october 1, 1995

Between September 6, 1973 and October 1, 1995, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,566 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	4,566	627	260	222	.539	626	3.22	168	46	0	4313.0	3,185	1,545	1,770	256	2,158	117	1	58	18,037	225	9.53	4.50	2.12	0.53	25.3	12.0	1.24	.268	3.69	6.65
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,900	554	227	195	.538	550	3.46	189	43	0	3964.2	3,718	1,522	1,684	356	1,086	130	1	53	16,403	93	6.58	2.47	2.67	0.81	17.7	6.6	1.21	.282	3.82	8.44
3	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
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,676	475	214	155	.580	461	3.32	143	28	1	3351.2	2,991	1,238	1,419	279	1,195	32	6	92	13,926	118	7.19	3.21	2.24	0.75	19.2	8.6	1.25	.278	3.81	8.03
5	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
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,333	349	182	98	.650	348	3.00	94	36	0	2533.1	2,143	845	939	175	750	82	0	41	10,352	64	8.29	2.66	3.11	0.62	22.5	7.2	1.14	.281	3.34	7.61
7	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,294	816	214	214	.500	440	3.75	107	13	57	3725.2	3,229	1,553	1,774	373	1,616	167	218	42	15,835	177	5.54	3.90	1.42	0.90	14.5	10.2	1.30	.251	4.29	7.80
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,285	901	192	159	.547	361	3.48	100	20	323	3133.0	2,916	1,213	1,311	324	716	67	464	85	12,894	26	6.56	2.06	3.19	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.273	3.77	8.38
9	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,250	382	166	140	.542	379	3.80	79	18	0	2642.0	2,362	1,116	1,236	265	1,142	42	1	26	11,135	79	7.66	3.89	1.97	0.90	20.2	10.3	1.33	.282	4.21	8.05
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,184	510	208	183	.532	496	3.54	145	26	3	3518.2	3,366	1,385	1,584	318	1,324	81	10	51	14,936	128	5.59	3.39	1.65	0.81	14.6	8.9	1.33	.276	4.05	8.61
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,042	487	206	154	.572	483	3.42	91	27	2	3300.0	2,993	1,253	1,377	326	841	45	3	50	13,573	60	5.57	2.29	2.43	0.89	15.0	6.2	1.16	.258	3.76	8.16
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,022	610	231	176	.568	528	3.60	120	28	6	3747.2	3,601	1,500	1,673	344	1,080	110	40	62	15,636	82	4.86	2.59	1.87	0.83	12.9	6.9	1.25	.270	4.02	8.65
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,018	411	179	131	.577	407	3.21	112	37	0	2890.2	2,487	1,030	1,132	242	910	39	1	82	11,849	84	6.28	2.83	2.22	0.75	17.0	7.7	1.18	.260	3.52	7.74
14	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
15	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,918	402	158	133	.543	375	3.49	112	31	2	2669.1	2,435	1,036	1,164	197	1,038	20	10	63	11,238	108	6.47	3.50	1.85	0.66	17.1	9.2	1.30	.277	3.92	8.21
16	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
17	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,826	415	175	147	.543	414	3.69	74	16	0	2806.0	2,784	1,149	1,275	288	843	46	0	36	11,783	85	5.86	2.70	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.09	8.93
18	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
19	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,766	506	192	170	.530	481	3.43	91	20	5	3208.0	3,259	1,224	1,370	204	855	81	15	107	13,483	80	4.95	2.40	2.07	0.57	13.1	6.3	1.28	.289	3.84	9.14
20	David Cone D. Cone	1,741	288	129	78	.623	259	3.18	50	21	1	1922.0	1,589	679	746	151	716	55	9	29	7,959	98	8.15	3.35	2.43	0.71	21.9	9.0	1.20	.272	3.49	7.44
21	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,741	523	168	129	.566	348	3.95	55	9	19	2629.2	2,499	1,154	1,259	264	1,034	62	87	46	11,251	119	5.96	3.54	1.68	0.90	15.5	9.2	1.34	.274	4.31	8.55
22	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
23	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,701	417	145	142	.505	352	3.60	83	15	16	2550.1	2,501	1,019	1,141	197	811	46	37	69	10,712	49	6.00	2.86	2.10	0.70	15.9	7.6	1.30	.290	4.03	8.83
24	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	9.17
25	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1,679	457	171	139	.552	392	4.08	72	18	6	2697.2	2,662	1,223	1,324	236	1,081	46	30	75	11,548	100	5.60	3.61	1.55	0.79	14.5	9.4	1.39	.285	4.42	8.88

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