most strikeouts allowed from august 29, 1972 to august 11, 1994

Between August 29, 1972 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,988 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	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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	705	66	416	85	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,201	326	172	93	.649	325	2.93	94	36	0	2393.1	2,002	780	869	160	690	68	0	41	9,729	55	8.28	2.59	3.19	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	7.53
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	7.93
13	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
14	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,956	543	208	185	.529	517	3.38	99	24	5	3463.1	3,505	1,300	1,462	218	914	87	15	111	14,540	88	5.08	2.38	2.14	0.57	13.5	6.3	1.28	.289	3.80	9.11
15	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
16	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	7.87
17	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,861	373	150	130	.536	360	3.44	112	31	2	2579.0	2,334	986	1,111	181	1,004	20	5	61	10,843	104	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.63	17.2	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.15
18	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,856	453	160	158	.503	386	3.54	95	18	16	2808.2	2,737	1,105	1,233	213	882	52	38	78	11,766	55	5.95	2.83	2.10	0.68	15.8	7.5	1.29	.288	3.95	8.77
19	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,822	412	175	146	.545	411	3.67	74	16	0	2791.2	2,764	1,139	1,264	285	840	46	0	35	11,719	84	5.87	2.71	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.07	8.91
20	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27
21	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,748	377	161	143	.530	375	3.32	156	28	0	2784.0	2,669	1,027	1,169	220	739	50	2	64	11,475	70	5.65	2.39	2.37	0.71	15.2	6.4	1.22	.281	3.78	8.63
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,734	427	177	145	.550	407	3.40	113	24	1	2839.1	2,573	1,073	1,198	222	1,033	18	10	55	11,843	91	5.50	3.27	1.68	0.70	14.6	8.7	1.27	.266	3.80	8.16
23	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,723	431	134	143	.484	363	4.06	62	16	0	2388.0	2,320	1,078	1,189	291	846	40	13	39	10,187	84	6.49	3.19	2.04	1.10	16.9	8.3	1.33	.278	4.48	8.74
24	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	9.17
25	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,683	507	165	122	.575	332	3.86	55	9	19	2548.2	2,398	1,092	1,194	253	995	60	87	45	10,870	111	5.94	3.51	1.69	0.89	15.5	9.2	1.33	.272	4.22	8.47

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