most strikeouts allowed from august 30, 1965 to september 2, 2003

Between August 30, 1965 and September 2, 2003, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from august 30, 1965 to september 2, 2003

	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	4,118	728	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5194.2	4,646	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	9	149	21,585	178	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,081	602	306	159	.658	601	3.19	117	46	0	4248.2	3,649	1,506	1,658	318	1,371	140	0	52	17,530	125	8.64	2.90	2.98	0.67	23.3	7.8	1.18	.287	3.51	7.73
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,834	449	228	113	.669	439	3.11	87	34	2	3088.1	2,399	1,066	1,203	280	1,250	144	5	22	12,755	92	11.17	3.64	3.07	0.82	30.1	9.8	1.18	.292	3.51	6.99
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	3,640	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
7	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
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,300	825	317	272	.538	716	3.34	245	45	27	5337.1	4,974	1,982	2,298	477	1,781	120	67	83	22,378	218	5.56	3.00	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.87	8.39
9	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
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,157	655	290	235	.552	634	3.05	291	51	4	4844.1	4,440	1,641	1,901	350	1,234	95	11	137	19,809	139	5.87	2.29	2.56	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.53	8.25
11	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
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,753	570	286	162	.638	566	2.89	103	34	0	3940.2	3,596	1,265	1,448	233	837	108	3	154	16,005	52	6.29	1.91	3.29	0.53	17.2	5.2	1.12	.279	3.31	8.21
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,524	447	162	116	.583	335	3.32	79	19	13	2568.0	2,264	946	1,006	260	598	39	60	40	10,410	67	8.85	2.10	4.22	0.91	24.2	5.7	1.11	.287	3.53	7.93
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,389	350	162	67	.707	283	2.61	40	15	3	2046.0	1,534	594	664	149	548	98	23	21	8,163	51	10.51	2.41	4.36	0.66	29.3	6.7	1.02	.278	2.92	6.75
21	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
22	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,357	474	183	166	.524	415	3.42	176	34	5	3077.1	2,847	1,168	1,297	288	923	71	25	64	12,791	103	6.89	2.70	2.55	0.84	18.4	7.2	1.23	.280	3.79	8.33
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,307	525	163	120	.576	361	3.29	47	14	109	2614.2	2,249	955	1,047	208	816	40	141	59	10,730	122	7.94	2.81	2.83	0.72	21.5	7.6	1.17	.277	3.60	7.74
24	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
25	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,239	446	196	129	.603	436	3.16	72	17	0	3019.0	2,812	1,061	1,222	188	835	128	1	40	12,514	95	6.67	2.49	2.68	0.56	17.9	6.7	1.21	.288	3.64	8.38

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