most strikeouts allowed from august 27, 1967 to june 14, 2008

Between August 27, 1967 and June 14, 2008, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,708 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	5,708	805	324	291	.527	772	3.19	222	61	3	5383.0	3,918	1,906	2,173	320	2,792	158	13	77	22,558	276	9.54	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.63	6.55
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,686	578	288	154	.652	568	3.25	98	37	2	3923.1	3,140	1,417	1,600	376	1,442	185	5	29	16,180	103	10.75	3.31	3.25	0.86	29.0	8.9	1.17	.291	3.67	7.20
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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,971	693	315	234	.574	676	3.22	245	54	1	4992.1	4,450	1,788	2,044	400	1,763	50	7	147	20,735	171	7.16	3.18	2.25	0.72	19.2	8.5	1.24	.278	3.68	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	3,519	629	299	195	.605	621	2.85	217	60	1	4597.0	3,795	1,457	1,605	364	1,336	72	5	114	18,603	120	6.89	2.62	2.63	0.71	18.9	7.2	1.12	.258	3.14	7.43
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,316	725	350	218	.616	721	3.12	109	35	0	4898.0	4,608	1,696	1,913	338	984	131	3	175	19,961	68	6.09	1.81	3.37	0.62	16.6	4.9	1.14	.281	3.52	8.47
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,226	708	303	232	.566	693	3.25	163	53	4	4866.0	4,319	1,759	1,938	440	1,249	74	11	92	19,932	105	5.97	2.31	2.58	0.81	16.2	6.3	1.14	.260	3.58	7.99
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,165	746	303	261	.537	701	3.39	237	44	13	5105.2	4,788	1,925	2,218	466	1,707	112	31	76	21,434	199	5.58	3.01	1.85	0.82	14.8	8.0	1.27	.270	3.91	8.44
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	3,038	450	210	93	.693	383	2.83	46	17	3	2688.0	2,067	844	929	215	712	133	23	28	10,780	60	10.17	2.38	4.27	0.72	28.2	6.6	1.03	.277	3.11	6.92
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,011	708	210	147	.588	466	3.26	53	16	154	3395.0	2,979	1,229	1,336	277	992	54	204	82	13,927	145	7.98	2.63	3.04	0.73	21.6	7.1	1.17	.282	3.54	7.90
13	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,852	566	260	207	.557	552	3.38	249	45	1	4078.1	3,801	1,530	1,694	437	883	77	9	96	16,702	60	6.29	1.95	3.23	0.96	17.1	5.3	1.15	.270	3.74	8.39
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	2,773	575	259	212	.550	570	3.03	266	47	2	4358.1	3,998	1,469	1,706	314	1,126	87	5	116	17,827	122	5.73	2.33	2.46	0.65	15.6	6.3	1.18	.272	3.52	8.26
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,709	518	260	148	.637	517	3.71	57	23	0	3443.2	3,334	1,418	1,518	370	765	56	0	26	14,111	69	7.08	2.00	3.54	0.97	19.2	5.4	1.19	.290	3.97	8.71
17	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
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	2,604	681	305	202	.602	681	3.53	56	25	0	4409.1	4,291	1,727	1,893	354	1,496	66	0	144	18,583	65	5.32	3.05	1.74	0.72	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.86	8.76
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,553	607	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3830.0	3,626	1,428	1,601	289	1,190	71	42	118	15,950	89	6.00	2.80	2.15	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.76	8.52
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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