most strikeouts allowed from april 20, 1968 to april 4, 2008

Between April 20, 1968 and April 4, 2008, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,689 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	5,689	803	323	290	.527	770	3.19	222	61	3	5369.0	3,909	1,904	2,171	319	2,786	158	13	77	22,503	275	9.54	4.67	2.04	0.53	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.55
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,616	566	284	150	.654	556	3.22	98	37	2	3855.1	3,065	1,381	1,556	368	1,422	182	5	29	15,877	102	10.78	3.32	3.25	0.86	29.1	9.0	1.16	.290	3.63	7.16
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,913	685	311	232	.573	668	3.23	241	52	1	4932.2	4,399	1,768	2,023	398	1,743	50	7	147	20,489	169	7.14	3.18	2.24	0.73	19.1	8.5	1.25	.278	3.69	8.03
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	3,464	619	295	192	.606	611	2.87	213	59	1	4513.2	3,738	1,441	1,585	360	1,312	71	5	111	18,276	119	6.91	2.62	2.64	0.72	19.0	7.2	1.12	.258	3.16	7.45
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,276	712	347	214	.619	708	3.11	109	35	0	4820.1	4,528	1,668	1,880	335	969	131	3	172	19,642	68	6.12	1.81	3.38	0.63	16.7	4.9	1.14	.281	3.51	8.45
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,196	700	301	229	.568	687	3.24	161	53	4	4824.0	4,277	1,737	1,916	435	1,234	73	10	88	19,753	104	5.96	2.30	2.59	0.81	16.2	6.2	1.14	.259	3.57	7.98
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,133	737	299	259	.536	693	3.41	234	43	12	5041.0	4,732	1,911	2,196	462	1,693	109	30	75	21,173	195	5.59	3.02	1.85	0.82	14.8	8.0	1.27	.271	3.92	8.45
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.27
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,031	448	209	93	.692	381	2.81	46	17	3	2677.0	2,050	837	922	215	709	132	23	27	10,726	60	10.19	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.276	3.10	6.89
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,975	702	207	145	.588	461	3.26	53	16	154	3367.0	2,954	1,221	1,328	275	984	54	204	81	13,810	143	7.95	2.63	3.02	0.74	21.5	7.1	1.17	.281	3.55	7.90
13	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,782	556	255	204	.556	542	3.38	244	45	1	4002.2	3,741	1,501	1,664	426	860	77	9	96	16,394	59	6.26	1.93	3.23	0.96	17.0	5.2	1.15	.271	3.74	8.41
14	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
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,696	565	253	209	.548	560	3.08	260	45	2	4264.0	3,941	1,459	1,693	313	1,096	86	5	112	17,461	117	5.69	2.31	2.46	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.273	3.57	8.32
16	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
17	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,665	504	250	145	.633	503	3.70	57	23	0	3368.0	3,254	1,386	1,478	360	756	53	0	26	13,799	67	7.12	2.02	3.53	0.96	19.3	5.5	1.19	.290	3.95	8.70
18	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
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,573	670	303	199	.604	670	3.50	56	25	0	4355.0	4,238	1,696	1,862	345	1,465	65	0	141	18,345	65	5.32	3.03	1.76	0.71	14.0	8.0	1.31	.280	3.85	8.76
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,532	601	220	207	.515	522	3.36	138	31	17	3799.0	3,602	1,418	1,591	287	1,173	71	42	117	15,822	89	6.00	2.78	2.16	0.68	16.0	7.4	1.26	.282	3.77	8.53
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
25	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

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