most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 1969 to may 12, 1999

Between January 1, 1969 and May 12, 1999, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,575 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from january 1, 1969 to may 12, 1999

	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	5,575	784	318	282	.530	754	3.19	219	61	3	5249.0	3,825	1,860	2,123	308	2,717	154	12	73	21,999	269	9.56	4.66	2.05	0.53	25.3	12.4	1.25	.266	3.64	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,760	653	299	221	.575	637	3.24	231	47	1	4715.2	4,202	1,698	1,943	388	1,684	47	6	143	19,599	164	7.18	3.21	2.23	0.74	19.2	8.6	1.25	.278	3.71	8.02
3	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
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,265	585	279	180	.608	578	2.91	199	54	0	4254.0	3,523	1,376	1,516	346	1,264	63	4	106	17,252	113	6.91	2.67	2.58	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.258	3.21	7.45
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,176	455	235	124	.655	454	2.97	114	44	0	3301.0	2,758	1,088	1,205	219	1,029	105	0	44	13,511	83	8.66	2.81	3.09	0.60	23.5	7.6	1.15	.283	3.29	7.52
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,034	665	290	214	.575	660	3.27	154	51	3	4616.1	4,098	1,677	1,852	429	1,175	71	4	74	18,906	100	5.92	2.29	2.58	0.84	16.0	6.2	1.14	.258	3.61	7.99
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,999	702	287	247	.537	661	3.45	220	39	10	4800.1	4,516	1,840	2,116	447	1,653	105	27	72	20,217	179	5.62	3.10	1.81	0.84	14.8	8.2	1.29	.271	3.97	8.47
8	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
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,536	518	236	189	.555	504	3.44	225	42	1	3706.2	3,500	1,418	1,576	402	795	74	9	89	15,215	53	6.16	1.93	3.19	0.98	16.7	5.2	1.16	.272	3.83	8.50
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,533	528	238	195	.550	524	3.12	241	42	1	3989.2	3,714	1,384	1,605	304	1,040	82	4	101	16,367	111	5.71	2.35	2.44	0.69	15.5	6.4	1.19	.275	3.62	8.38
11	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
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,432	442	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2916.0	2,669	1,277	1,405	306	1,264	46	1	29	12,349	87	7.51	3.90	1.92	0.94	19.7	10.2	1.35	.285	4.34	8.24
13	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,407	304	146	80	.646	295	3.37	58	23	2	2040.0	1,573	763	852	175	963	94	4	13	8,553	72	10.62	4.25	2.50	0.77	28.1	11.3	1.24	.284	3.76	6.94
14	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
15	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,367	568	203	195	.510	490	3.44	123	26	17	3553.1	3,392	1,357	1,519	271	1,110	63	42	110	14,833	81	6.00	2.81	2.13	0.69	16.0	7.5	1.27	.283	3.85	8.59
16	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
17	David Cone D. Cone	2,284	366	172	94	.647	337	3.14	55	21	1	2444.0	2,003	852	935	192	924	81	9	32	10,120	122	8.41	3.40	2.47	0.71	22.6	9.1	1.20	.273	3.44	7.38
18	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
19	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,174	383	186	103	.644	380	3.36	68	24	1	2606.2	2,351	973	1,066	173	860	68	1	38	10,835	69	7.51	2.97	2.53	0.60	20.1	7.9	1.23	.288	3.68	8.12
20	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
21	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
22	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,046	410	206	119	.634	406	2.78	89	28	0	2892.2	2,568	894	1,028	145	661	77	3	113	11,718	45	6.37	2.06	3.10	0.45	17.5	5.6	1.12	.276	3.20	7.99
23	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	9.10
24	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,994	410	155	132	.540	353	3.69	56	14	0	2507.2	2,394	1,027	1,142	235	1,039	65	24	26	10,681	106	7.16	3.73	1.92	0.84	18.7	9.7	1.37	.294	4.10	8.59
25	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,989	334	151	106	.588	334	3.33	47	14	0	2277.2	1,956	843	928	183	746	35	0	53	9,388	118	7.86	2.95	2.67	0.72	21.2	7.9	1.19	.276	3.67	7.73

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