most strikeouts allowed from april 28, 1968 to july 22, 2007

Between April 28, 1968 and July 22, 2007, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,682 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	5,682	802	323	289	.528	769	3.19	222	61	3	5363.2	3,904	1,903	2,166	319	2,781	158	13	76	22,474	275	9.53	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.63	6.55
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,638	700	350	182	.658	698	3.11	118	46	0	4868.2	4,134	1,683	1,855	358	1,564	154	0	63	20,030	140	8.57	2.89	2.97	0.66	23.2	7.8	1.17	.284	3.43	7.64
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	3,909	684	311	232	.573	667	3.23	241	52	1	4927.1	4,392	1,766	2,021	398	1,742	50	7	146	20,466	169	7.14	3.18	2.24	0.73	19.1	8.5	1.24	.278	3.69	8.02
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	3,453	617	294	191	.606	609	2.88	213	59	1	4498.0	3,721	1,438	1,580	360	1,311	70	5	111	18,212	118	6.91	2.62	2.63	0.72	19.0	7.2	1.12	.258	3.16	7.45
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,235	697	340	210	.618	693	3.10	109	35	0	4735.0	4,435	1,630	1,841	327	963	129	3	172	19,290	66	6.15	1.83	3.36	0.62	16.8	5.0	1.14	.281	3.50	8.43
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	3,132	736	299	258	.537	692	3.40	234	43	12	5038.0	4,726	1,906	2,191	462	1,693	109	30	75	21,159	194	5.60	3.02	1.85	0.83	14.8	8.0	1.27	.271	3.91	8.44
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,086	560	213	142	.600	427	3.46	83	20	22	3204.1	2,942	1,232	1,296	338	707	52	81	43	13,055	72	8.67	1.99	4.36	0.95	23.6	5.4	1.14	.294	3.64	8.26
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,998	442	206	92	.691	375	2.81	46	17	3	2645.2	2,013	825	907	213	701	129	23	26	10,582	59	10.20	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.275	3.09	6.85
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,885	688	202	142	.587	447	3.26	53	16	154	3274.0	2,871	1,186	1,288	266	961	52	204	78	13,430	140	7.93	2.64	3.00	0.73	21.5	7.2	1.17	.281	3.54	7.89
13	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
14	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,768	554	253	204	.554	540	3.38	242	45	1	3984.2	3,731	1,498	1,661	423	859	77	9	96	16,329	59	6.25	1.94	3.22	0.96	17.0	5.3	1.15	.271	3.75	8.43
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,694	564	253	209	.548	559	3.08	260	45	2	4258.0	3,935	1,458	1,692	313	1,094	86	5	111	17,437	117	5.69	2.31	2.46	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.273	3.58	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	2,626	491	243	141	.633	491	3.67	57	23	0	3299.0	3,159	1,345	1,435	356	741	51	0	26	13,495	66	7.16	2.02	3.54	0.97	19.5	5.5	1.18	.288	3.91	8.62
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	2,539	656	298	197	.602	656	3.49	56	25	0	4275.1	4,143	1,659	1,824	339	1,440	64	0	141	17,999	64	5.34	3.03	1.76	0.71	14.1	8.0	1.31	.279	3.84	8.72
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,521	600	219	207	.514	521	3.36	137	31	17	3790.0	3,598	1,417	1,590	287	1,172	71	42	117	15,791	89	5.99	2.78	2.15	0.68	16.0	7.4	1.26	.282	3.78	8.54
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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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	67	.584
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Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
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