most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 1940 to september 21, 1987

Between January 1, 1940 and September 21, 1987, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 4,523 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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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	4,523	642	261	240	.521	608	3.13	203	54	3	4306.0	3,126	1,496	1,709	239	2,344	117	13	67	18,104	219	9.45	4.90	1.93	0.50	25.0	12.9	1.27	.265	3.57	6.53
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,128	735	329	243	.575	707	3.19	254	55	2	5201.2	4,648	1,843	2,108	408	1,826	52	11	149	21,602	183	7.14	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.24	.279	3.65	8.04
3	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
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,378	108	33	163	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	8.31
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,520	755	319	250	.561	738	3.24	178	58	5	5180.2	4,584	1,866	2,049	464	1,312	80	12	97	21,189	109	6.12	2.28	2.68	0.81	16.6	6.2	1.14	.261	3.56	7.96
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	863	318	274	.537	715	3.34	245	45	29	5401.0	5,038	2,007	2,332	482	1,803	123	83	86	22,657	227	5.57	3.00	1.85	0.80	14.8	8.0	1.27	.269	3.89	8.40
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,269	575	243	208	.539	569	3.15	223	55	0	4232.0	3,841	1,479	1,657	359	1,163	119	3	66	17,390	98	6.95	2.47	2.81	0.76	18.8	6.7	1.18	.279	3.52	8.17
8	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
9	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.0	3,433	1,365	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,615	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.66	8.22
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
12	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,833	1,801	2,018	434	1,432	41	67		21,555	78	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.6	1.19	.258	3.46	8.30
13	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
14	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	81	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.09
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,462	898	283	237	.544	625	3.45	180	31	17	4530.0	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	117	19,026	128	4.89	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	9.18
16	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
17	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,366	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	7.94
18	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	6.79
19	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,362	676	286	245	.539	609	3.40	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,773	1,962	505	901	54	49		19,222	34	4.53	1.73	2.62	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	8.80
20	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,339	688	300	242	.554	608	3.53	288	49	15	4543.2	4,266	1,780	2,022	339	1,765	64	67		19,309	51	4.63	3.50	1.33	0.67	12.1	9.1	1.33	.265	4.01	8.45
21	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
22	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,117	87	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	7.63
23	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
24	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,168	529	174	170	.506	404	3.63	132	36	10	2930.2	2,704	1,182	1,333	256	1,069	61	67		12,418	86	6.66	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.09	8.30
25	Tommy John T. John	2,138	712	276	215	.562	655	3.25	161	46	3	4451.1	4,452	1,609	1,865	284	1,187	88	20	95	18,545	180	4.32	2.40	1.80	0.57	11.5	6.4	1.27	.281	3.77	9.00

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