most strikeouts allowed from april 18, 1965 to july 27, 2003

Between April 18, 1965 and July 27, 2003, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 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	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	4,135	739	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5216.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,832	53	12	150	21,678	181	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,048	595	302	158	.657	594	3.18	116	45	0	4201.2	3,605	1,485	1,637	313	1,358	140	0	52	17,340	124	8.67	2.91	2.98	0.67	23.3	7.8	1.18	.287	3.51	7.72
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,789	442	225	109	.674	432	3.08	87	34	2	3045.2	2,349	1,043	1,177	272	1,239	144	5	20	12,570	91	11.20	3.66	3.06	0.80	30.1	9.9	1.18	.291	3.48	6.94
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,334	854	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5389.0	5,029	2,004	2,327	481	1,802	122	81	86	22,611	226	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,299	688	297	247	.546	659	3.09	297	51	4	5018.1	4,616	1,722	1,991	369	1,293	101	15	149	20,561	149	5.92	2.32	2.55	0.66	16.0	6.3	1.18	.274	3.57	8.28
10	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
11	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
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,725	563	282	160	.638	559	2.89	103	34	0	3898.2	3,555	1,254	1,436	230	828	106	3	153	15,833	52	6.29	1.91	3.29	0.53	17.2	5.2	1.12	.278	3.31	8.21
13	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	450	194	126	.606	419	3.47	56	22	1	2898.2	2,504	1,116	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	7.77
14	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	8.64
15	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
16	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,532	508	193	173	.527	444	3.45	179	35	8	3256.0	3,019	1,247	1,383	308	977	81	30	66	13,546	108	7.00	2.70	2.59	0.85	18.7	7.2	1.23	.281	3.82	8.34
17	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
18	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	8.27
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,457	440	160	114	.584	328	3.34	79	19	13	2517.0	2,226	934	994	256	592	39	60	40	10,217	65	8.79	2.12	4.15	0.92	24.0	5.8	1.12	.287	3.55	7.96
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,401	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	100	20	390	3285.2	3,076	1,279	1,382	347	738	75	577	90	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	8.43
21	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
22	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,350	344	159	65	.710	277	2.60	39	15	3	2009.0	1,495	581	650	148	537	94	23	21	8,002	51	10.53	2.41	4.38	0.66	29.4	6.7	1.01	.276	2.91	6.70
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,311	553	219	168	.566	468	3.32	178	46	14	3359.0	2,981	1,240	1,359	333	1,056	47	48	51	13,852	22	6.19	2.83	2.19	0.89	16.7	7.6	1.20	.262	3.64	7.99
24	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,298	516	163	119	.578	361	3.29	47	14	102	2606.1	2,243	954	1,046	207	816	40	132	59	10,701	122	7.94	2.82	2.82	0.71	21.5	7.6	1.17	.277	3.61	7.75
25	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2800.2	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	8.24

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