most strikeouts allowed from april 25, 1966 to october 2, 2004

Between April 25, 1966 and October 2, 2004, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from april 25, 1966 to October 2, 2004

	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,317	640	328	164	.667	639	3.18	117	46	0	4493.0	3,846	1,588	1,748	336	1,458	147	0	57	18,531	130	8.65	2.92	2.96	0.67	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.50	7.70
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,161	489	246	128	.658	479	3.07	92	37	2	3368.0	2,612	1,148	1,303	301	1,302	156	5	23	13,864	95	11.12	3.48	3.20	0.80	30.0	9.4	1.16	.291	3.48	6.98
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,115	726	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5192.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	8	149	21,578	178	7.13	3.16	2.25	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
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	3,557	771	323	254	.560	753	3.26	178	58	5	5260.1	4,670	1,907	2,096	471	1,340	82	12	103	21,539	112	6.09	2.29	2.65	0.81	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	7.99
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,284	809	315	271	.538	715	3.35	245	45	23	5307.1	4,951	1,977	2,292	475	1,774	119	58	82	22,260	217	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,176	655	281	225	.555	594	3.34	267	49	6	4480.2	4,128	1,665	1,848	482	994	84	31	116	18,326	62	6.38	2.00	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.29
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,126	640	288	235	.551	633	3.05	290	51	3	4817.1	4,422	1,632	1,886	349	1,221	95	7	132	19,697	137	5.84	2.28	2.56	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	8.26
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,912	607	304	174	.636	603	2.94	105	35	0	4175.1	3,836	1,364	1,557	267	870	118	3	158	16,964	55	6.28	1.88	3.35	0.58	17.2	5.1	1.13	.279	3.36	8.27
12	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
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,745	482	184	123	.599	370	3.32	82	19	13	2812.2	2,492	1,039	1,101	286	638	44	60	41	11,399	70	8.78	2.04	4.30	0.92	24.1	5.6	1.11	.287	3.52	7.97
14	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
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,653	388	182	76	.705	321	2.71	42	16	3	2296.0	1,746	691	766	175	615	115	23	21	9,189	53	10.40	2.41	4.31	0.69	28.9	6.7	1.03	.279	3.00	6.84
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,398	602	163	121	.574	361	3.27	47	14	154	2699.2	2,327	982	1,074	216	829	40	204	61	11,066	128	7.99	2.76	2.89	0.72	21.7	7.5	1.17	.278	3.58	7.76
22	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
23	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,347	473	207	137	.602	463	3.20	72	17	0	3183.0	2,972	1,132	1,300	203	882	132	1	41	13,196	102	6.64	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.68	8.40
24	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
25	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,292	463	178	163	.522	405	3.44	171	32	5	3001.1	2,792	1,147	1,273	281	902	69	25	64	12,484	102	6.87	2.70	2.54	0.84	18.4	7.2	1.23	.281	3.82	8.37

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