most strikeouts allowed from august 10, 1965 to february 28, 1997

Between August 10, 1965 and February 28, 1997, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from august 10, 1965 to february 28, 1997

	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	4,121	730	329	244	.574	707	3.21	254	55	2	5198.2	4,650	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	11	149	21,599	179	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.4	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,304	829	317	273	.537	716	3.35	245	45	27	5343.0	4,982	1,986	2,303	477	1,783	120	68	84	22,406	219	5.57	3.00	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.88	8.39
7	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
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,171	661	290	238	.549	637	3.06	291	51	4	4864.0	4,469	1,654	1,918	352	1,243	97	14	139	19,906	140	5.87	2.30	2.55	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.274	3.55	8.27
9	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
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,590	383	192	111	.634	382	3.06	100	38	0	2776.0	2,359	943	1,045	194	856	86	0	43	11,384	72	8.40	2.78	3.03	0.63	22.8	7.5	1.16	.283	3.39	7.65
11	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
12	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
13	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,382	479	183	167	.523	420	3.43	176	34	5	3098.0	2,870	1,180	1,310	290	928	72	25	64	12,881	103	6.92	2.70	2.57	0.84	18.5	7.2	1.23	.280	3.81	8.34
14	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
15	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,335	401	172	146	.541	398	3.85	81	18	0	2772.0	2,486	1,186	1,309	283	1,190	45	1	26	11,682	83	7.58	3.86	1.96	0.92	20.0	10.2	1.33	.281	4.25	8.07
16	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,334	964	192	165	.538	361	3.48	100	20	353	3193.0	2,981	1,235	1,337	332	722	71	517	87	13,145	26	6.58	2.04	3.23	0.94	17.8	5.5	1.16	.273	3.77	8.40
17	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,218	524	210	163	.563	448	3.32	171	45	13	3227.2	2,866	1,189	1,300	319	1,009	45	44	49	13,297	21	6.18	2.81	2.20	0.89	16.7	7.6	1.20	.262	3.62	7.99
18	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,156	538	265	149	.640	515	2.84	211	53	3	3873.2	3,294	1,224	1,363	297	1,270	36	10	36	15,805	83	5.01	2.95	1.70	0.69	13.6	8.0	1.18	.249	3.17	7.65
20	Tommy John T. John	2,089	702	277	215	.563	666	3.34	157	45	2	4476.1	4,557	1,661	1,910	284	1,181	98	18	92	18,703	175	4.20	2.37	1.77	0.57	11.2	6.3	1.28	.284	3.84	9.16
21	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,070	630	240	182	.569	548	3.63	121	29	6	3859.2	3,723	1,556	1,736	356	1,117	112	40	64	16,119	82	4.83	2.60	1.85	0.83	12.8	6.9	1.25	.270	4.05	8.68
22	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	9.10
23	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,013	435	171	141	.548	406	3.50	112	31	2	2841.0	2,612	1,105	1,242	214	1,105	20	10	65	11,979	115	6.38	3.50	1.82	0.68	16.8	9.2	1.31	.278	3.93	8.27
24	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,001	334	168	92	.646	332	3.24	68	24	1	2340.1	2,067	842	924	142	739	50	1	35	9,654	56	7.70	2.84	2.71	0.55	20.7	7.7	1.20	.286	3.55	7.95
25	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,991	320	166	109	.604	311	2.74	179	40	3	2528.2	2,107	771	864	151	783	54	5	80	10,328	63	7.09	2.79	2.54	0.54	19.3	7.6	1.14	.266	3.08	7.50