most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 1961 to august 1, 1990

Between January 1, 1961 and August 1, 1990, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 5,219 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	5,219	729	300	267	.529	695	3.17	215	59	3	4905.1	3,575	1,727	1,968	289	2,591	135	13	77	20,594	253	9.58	4.75	2.01	0.53	25.3	12.6	1.26	.266	3.61	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
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	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,628	666	279	238	.540	660	3.28	241	60	0	4831.0	4,478	1,759	1,952	413	1,292	150	3	69	19,902	111	6.76	2.41	2.81	0.77	18.2	6.5	1.19	.282	3.64	8.34
5	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
6	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
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	227	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
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	3,000	488	245	163	.600	461	2.84	251	55	6	3722.0	3,105	1,176	1,324	246	1,249	100	15	110	15,334	102	7.25	3.02	2.40	0.59	19.6	8.1	1.17	.266	3.20	7.51
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,435	882	282	230	.551	614	3.42	180	31	17	4475.0	4,565	1,700	1,990	386	1,048	115	100	115	18,769	126	4.90	2.11	2.32	0.78	13.0	5.6	1.25	.283	4.00	9.18
14	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,417	529	203	195	.510	512	3.58	137	32	0	3522.2	3,392	1,402	1,578	363	1,005	108	7	88	14,785	95	6.18	2.57	2.40	0.93	16.3	6.8	1.25	.278	4.03	8.67
15	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
16	Tommy John T. John	2,245	760	288	231	.555	700	3.34	162	46	3	4710.0	4,783	1,749	2,017	302	1,259	98	22	102	19,691	188	4.29	2.41	1.78	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	9.14
17	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,244	460	237	140	.629	446	2.90	238	51	2	3425.2	3,094	1,102	1,300	315	681	40	11	81	13,909	48	5.90	1.79	3.30	0.83	16.1	4.9	1.10	.261	3.42	8.13
18	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
19	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
20	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,023	405	154	131	.540	375	3.23	103	32	12	2667.2	2,480	956	1,075	240	650	114	22	76	11,067	31	6.83	2.19	3.11	0.81	18.3	5.9	1.17	.279	3.63	8.37
21	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,011	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
22	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,000	549	213	189	.530	526	3.38	102	26	4	3522.2	3,554	1,323	1,487	221	924	88	14	115	14,770	89	5.11	2.36	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.289	3.80	9.08
23	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,950	734	182	164	.526	318	3.62	96	11	61	3031.1	2,566	1,218	1,397	299	1,338	133	239	39	12,832	143	5.79	3.97	1.46	0.89	15.2	10.4	1.29	.249	4.15	7.62
24	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,926	418	192	145	.570	396	3.72	148	22	0	2955.2	2,698	1,222	1,342	314	1,049	34	10	85	12,382	151	5.86	3.19	1.84	0.96	15.6	8.5	1.27	.263	4.09	8.22
25	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,909	580	167	140	.544	361	3.52	100	20	129	2786.1	2,608	1,091	1,180	290	658	61	178	70	11,501	25	6.17	2.13	2.90	0.94	16.6	5.7	1.17	.270	3.81	8.42

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