most strikeouts allowed from august 28, 1972 to august 4, 2007

Between August 28, 1972 and August 4, 2007, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,988 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from august 28, 1972 to august 4, 2007

	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	4,988	672	281	242	.537	669	3.18	196	51	1	4669.2	3,430	1,649	1,886	275	2,328	125	3	61	19,501	241	9.61	4.49	2.14	0.53	25.6	11.9	1.23	.268	3.63	6.61
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,647	703	351	183	.657	701	3.12	118	46	0	4883.2	4,155	1,692	1,869	359	1,567	155	0	63	20,099	142	8.56	2.89	2.97	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.44	7.66
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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,240	700	340	211	.617	696	3.10	109	35	0	4753.1	4,453	1,638	1,849	328	965	129	3	172	19,363	66	6.13	1.83	3.36	0.62	16.7	5.0	1.14	.281	3.50	8.43
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,179	597	251	211	.543	593	3.36	215	52	0	4315.0	4,031	1,610	1,788	374	1,163	141	1	60	17,816	101	6.63	2.43	2.73	0.78	17.8	6.5	1.20	.282	3.73	8.41
6	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
7	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
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,929	519	231	175	.569	505	3.33	166	32	1	3683.0	3,309	1,364	1,566	311	1,316	35	6	104	15,327	126	7.16	3.22	2.23	0.76	19.1	8.6	1.26	.279	3.83	8.09
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,900	691	203	143	.587	450	3.26	53	16	154	3294.2	2,894	1,195	1,300	268	967	52	204	80	13,519	141	7.92	2.64	3.00	0.73	21.5	7.2	1.17	.281	3.55	7.91
10	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
11	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
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,636	493	245	141	.635	493	3.67	57	23	0	3310.2	3,171	1,349	1,439	357	743	51	0	26	13,543	66	7.17	2.02	3.55	0.97	19.5	5.5	1.18	.288	3.91	8.62
13	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
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,543	658	299	197	.603	658	3.49	56	25	0	4287.1	4,153	1,663	1,828	340	1,448	64	0	141	18,052	65	5.34	3.04	1.76	0.71	14.1	8.0	1.31	.279	3.84	8.72
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,350	846	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3780.0	3,262	1,570	1,793	375	1,650	174	232	44	16,070	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
20	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,335	555	225	192	.540	529	3.52	158	28	7	3789.0	3,608	1,482	1,696	341	1,422	88	17	54	16,069	144	5.55	3.38	1.64	0.81	14.5	8.8	1.33	.275	4.03	8.57
21	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,299	449	200	142	.585	445	3.08	131	41	0	3195.1	2,702	1,093	1,201	266	976	44	1	86	13,039	91	6.48	2.75	2.36	0.75	17.6	7.5	1.15	.258	3.38	7.61
22	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
23	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,270	522	227	163	.582	518	3.31	109	33	2	3586.2	3,199	1,319	1,455	345	911	51	3	54	14,698	72	5.70	2.29	2.49	0.87	15.4	6.2	1.15	.257	3.65	8.03
24	David Wells D. Wells	2,181	652	235	155	.603	481	4.10	54	12	13	3396.1	3,579	1,549	1,672	401	710	83	65	64	14,228	100	5.78	1.88	3.07	1.06	15.3	5.0	1.26	.293	4.43	9.48
25	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	70	16,754	84	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77

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Between August 28, 1972 and August 4, 2007, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,988 strikeouts.

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