most strikeouts allowed from august 19, 1970 to september 20, 2017

Between August 19, 1970 and September 20, 2017, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 5,386 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	5,386	743	306	271	.530	730	3.18	212	59	2	5061.2	3,712	1,790	2,047	301	2,593	150	6	68	21,209	261	9.58	4.61	2.08	0.54	25.4	12.2	1.25	.267	3.64	6.60
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	7.28
3	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
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,618	675	280	245	.533	670	3.31	239	60	0	4873.1	4,543	1,793	1,990	418	1,298	154	2	67	20,093	114	6.68	2.40	2.79	0.77	18.0	6.5	1.20	.282	3.68	8.39
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,397	596	276	194	.587	581	3.27	211	43	1	4291.1	3,824	1,559	1,778	355	1,517	41	6	124	17,809	146	7.12	3.18	2.24	0.74	19.1	8.5	1.24	.278	3.73	8.02
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	8.49
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	7.07
8	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
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	7.97
10	CC Sabathia	2,836	507	235	146	.617	507	3.71	38	12	0	3305.1	3,132	1,361	1,484	334	1,008	108	0	44	13,813	71	7.72	2.74	2.81	0.91	20.5	7.3	1.25	.294	4.04	8.53
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,830	521	237	166	.588	516	2.99	163	47	0	3748.2	3,158	1,247	1,376	303	1,122	54	2	90	15,261	102	6.79	2.69	2.52	0.73	18.5	7.4	1.14	.261	3.30	7.58
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	8.74
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	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	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,668	595	260	187	.582	590	3.21	135	43	3	4127.2	3,634	1,470	1,631	373	1,023	60	4	61	16,838	86	5.82	2.23	2.61	0.81	15.8	6.1	1.13	.256	3.56	7.92
16	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,660	635	254	220	.536	599	3.47	190	32	9	4322.0	4,097	1,666	1,921	391	1,541	95	23	63	18,255	157	5.54	3.21	1.73	0.81	14.6	8.4	1.30	.273	4.00	8.53
17	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
18	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	8.76
19	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	8.82
20	A.J. Burnett	2,513	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	24	10	0	2731.1	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	8.30
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	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,449	535	239	176	.576	526	4.05	37	13	0	3308.0	3,415	1,487	1,619	406	922	61	1	46	13,999	43	6.66	2.51	2.66	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.40	9.29
24	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,448	531	256	153	.626	521	3.85	26	4	0	3316.0	3,448	1,418	1,572	288	1,031	55	3	42	14,074	69	6.64	2.80	2.37	0.78	17.4	7.3	1.35	.308	4.27	9.36
25	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,441	696	269	209	.563	638	4.25	33	10	0	4074.0	4,231	1,926	2,076	522	1,155	146	15	69	17,356	57	5.39	2.55	2.11	1.15	14.1	6.7	1.32	.283	4.59	9.35

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Rangers	80	81	.497
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Mariners	75	86	.466	5.0
Athletics	64	97	.398	16.0
Angels	62	99	.385	18.0

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Lopez

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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
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
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Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
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Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
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