most strikeouts allowed from september 8, 1974 to october 1, 1995

Between September 8, 1974 and October 1, 1995, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,194 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 8, 1974 to october 1, 1995

	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	4,194	585	237	207	.534	585	3.24	142	44	0	3978.1	2,944	1,434	1,638	237	1,959	108	0	55	16,625	213	9.49	4.43	2.14	0.54	25.2	11.8	1.23	.267	3.71	6.66
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,651	517	211	177	.544	513	3.51	169	40	0	3681.0	3,469	1,434	1,579	340	1,019	121	1	50	15,244	91	6.48	2.49	2.60	0.83	17.4	6.7	1.22	.282	3.86	8.48
3	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,608	601	228	217	.512	583	3.67	133	31	1	3940.1	3,824	1,607	1,806	419	1,186	122	8	113	16,602	114	5.96	2.71	2.20	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.278	4.13	8.73
4	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
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,451	437	198	141	.584	423	3.33	125	27	1	3069.1	2,741	1,137	1,304	261	1,067	27	6	82	12,728	105	7.19	3.13	2.30	0.77	19.3	8.4	1.24	.278	3.82	8.04
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	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
8	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
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,228	765	204	211	.492	440	3.76	107	13	53	3624.2	3,152	1,513	1,730	363	1,566	163	196	40	15,417	174	5.53	3.89	1.42	0.90	14.5	10.2	1.30	.251	4.30	7.83
10	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
11	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,007	471	192	168	.533	459	3.61	133	22	2	3238.2	3,119	1,300	1,487	300	1,243	75	9	48	13,789	122	5.58	3.45	1.61	0.83	14.6	9.0	1.35	.277	4.13	8.67
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,870	448	190	143	.571	444	3.40	81	23	2	3037.2	2,754	1,148	1,258	304	763	38	3	48	12,472	54	5.54	2.26	2.45	0.90	15.0	6.1	1.16	.258	3.73	8.16
16	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
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,824	378	167	121	.580	374	3.18	101	33	0	2654.1	2,272	938	1,034	219	834	37	1	71	10,875	77	6.18	2.83	2.19	0.74	16.8	7.7	1.17	.258	3.51	7.70
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	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,673	618	148	150	.497	297	3.71	52	9	32	2546.0	2,434	1,050	1,170	256	753	64	168	93	10,687	44	5.91	2.66	2.22	0.90	15.7	7.0	1.25	.274	4.14	8.60
25	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,673	600	177	122	.592	356	3.33	54	13	29	2525.2	2,399	935	1,038	245	592	37	82	63	10,366	28	5.96	2.11	2.83	0.87	16.1	5.7	1.18	.275	3.70	8.55

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Between September 8, 1974 and October 1, 1995, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,194 strikeouts.

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