most strikeouts allowed from april 16, 1976 to september 2, 1998

Between April 16, 1976 and September 2, 1998, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,940 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	3,940	550	218	193	.530	550	3.26	126	38	0	3719.1	2,772	1,346	1,535	224	1,787	101	0	55	15,522	200	9.53	4.32	2.20	0.54	25.4	11.5	1.23	.269	3.71	6.71
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,098	445	230	124	.650	444	2.95	114	44	0	3238.0	2,704	1,061	1,177	211	999	103	0	44	13,240	80	8.61	2.78	3.10	0.59	23.4	7.5	1.14	.282	3.27	7.52
3	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
4	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,421	426	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2898.0	2,652	1,268	1,396	301	1,259	46	1	28	12,275	87	7.52	3.91	1.92	0.93	19.7	10.3	1.35	.285	4.34	8.24
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,361	474	192	164	.539	470	3.58	145	36	0	3342.0	3,203	1,330	1,458	315	916	116	1	48	13,895	83	6.36	2.47	2.58	0.85	17.0	6.6	1.23	.283	3.93	8.63
6	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,297	559	208	205	.504	542	3.76	113	24	1	3628.0	3,554	1,517	1,706	396	1,094	113	7	106	15,336	105	5.70	2.71	2.10	0.98	15.0	7.1	1.28	.276	4.23	8.82
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,284	292	139	79	.638	283	3.39	55	22	2	1948.0	1,501	734	822	168	931	91	4	11	8,181	71	10.55	4.30	2.45	0.78	27.9	11.4	1.25	.283	3.80	6.93
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,242	1,025	183	163	.529	336	3.55	94	18	388	3088.2	2,918	1,220	1,315	328	646	68	569	82	12,696	24	6.53	1.88	3.47	0.96	17.7	5.1	1.15	.275	3.83	8.50
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,215	393	181	124	.593	379	3.31	109	24	1	2762.0	2,482	1,015	1,165	234	941	25	6	77	11,451	100	7.22	3.07	2.35	0.76	19.3	8.2	1.24	.280	3.80	8.09
10	David Cone D. Cone	2,208	355	166	91	.646	326	3.17	55	21	1	2370.0	1,952	835	917	188	889	75	9	32	9,816	121	8.38	3.38	2.48	0.71	22.5	9.1	1.20	.273	3.48	7.41
11	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,175	719	200	203	.496	440	3.77	107	13	49	3546.2	3,098	1,486	1,697	357	1,529	155	171	40	15,086	169	5.52	3.88	1.42	0.91	14.4	10.1	1.30	.252	4.31	7.86
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,138	682	244	193	.558	562	3.70	122	30	8	3989.0	3,889	1,640	1,832	372	1,163	121	51	70	16,712	83	4.82	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,123	372	183	103	.640	369	3.33	68	24	1	2547.2	2,287	943	1,030	164	833	65	1	36	10,570	66	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.58	20.1	7.9	1.22	.287	3.64	8.08
14	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
15	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,999	399	201	115	.636	395	2.75	89	28	0	2824.0	2,481	862	989	141	642	75	3	107	11,406	44	6.37	2.05	3.11	0.45	17.5	5.6	1.11	.274	3.15	7.91
16	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
17	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,941	712	171	182	.484	371	3.83	53	9	32	3011.1	2,947	1,281	1,427	321	872	80	170	101	12,693	52	5.80	2.61	2.23	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.26	8.81
18	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,925	399	152	126	.547	342	3.65	56	14	0	2435.0	2,321	988	1,100	228	1,006	61	24	24	10,363	102	7.11	3.72	1.91	0.84	18.6	9.7	1.37	.293	4.07	8.58
19	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,909	323	142	105	.575	323	3.39	45	12	0	2201.0	1,911	830	914	181	729	34	0	53	9,102	117	7.81	2.98	2.62	0.74	21.0	8.0	1.20	.277	3.74	7.81
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,893	463	188	132	.588	423	3.31	68	25	5	2901.0	2,688	1,066	1,220	214	901	94	18	104	12,115	111	5.87	2.80	2.10	0.66	15.6	7.4	1.24	.274	3.78	8.34
21	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	8.97
22	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,816	424	171	152	.529	414	3.71	113	19	2	2896.0	2,794	1,194	1,361	268	1,152	62	7	44	12,372	106	5.64	3.58	1.58	0.83	14.7	9.3	1.36	.278	4.23	8.68
23	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,790	375	131	139	.485	355	4.72	44	9	0	2220.0	2,208	1,165	1,277	216	1,247	33	11	34	9,891	115	7.26	5.06	1.44	0.88	18.1	12.6	1.56	.302	5.18	8.95
24	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,763	358	170	90	.654	322	3.29	95	26	4	2376.1	2,183	868	947	226	624	12	17	24	9,725	55	6.68	2.36	2.83	0.86	18.1	6.4	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27
25	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,743	307	114	96	.543	300	3.36	25	9	1	1866.2	1,421	696	749	191	715	41	2	33	7,668	22	8.40	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.7	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	6.85

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