most strikeouts allowed from july 5, 1970 to april 9, 2007

Between July 5, 1970 and April 9, 2007, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,420 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	5,420	748	307	274	.528	734	3.18	213	60	2	5087.1	3,726	1,797	2,057	301	2,617	152	7	69	21,328	264	9.59	4.63	2.07	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.267	3.64	6.59
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,604	691	348	178	.662	690	3.10	118	46	0	4817.2	4,086	1,661	1,833	354	1,549	154	0	63	19,820	136	8.60	2.89	2.97	0.66	23.2	7.8	1.17	.284	3.42	7.63
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,544	556	280	147	.656	546	3.22	98	37	2	3798.2	3,013	1,357	1,530	361	1,409	178	5	26	15,644	101	10.77	3.34	3.22	0.86	29.0	9.0	1.16	.290	3.62	7.14
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,658	685	284	248	.534	678	3.32	241	60	0	4924.2	4,592	1,818	2,015	426	1,312	155	3	69	20,311	114	6.69	2.40	2.79	0.78	18.0	6.5	1.20	.282	3.68	8.39
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,434	605	277	200	.581	589	3.29	212	43	1	4349.1	3,898	1,591	1,821	360	1,545	42	6	127	18,081	151	7.11	3.20	2.22	0.74	19.0	8.5	1.25	.279	3.77	8.07
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,173	678	333	204	.620	674	3.07	108	35	0	4621.2	4,306	1,578	1,788	319	945	126	3	169	18,810	64	6.18	1.84	3.36	0.62	16.9	5.0	1.14	.280	3.48	8.39
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,026	547	208	139	.599	414	3.44	82	19	22	3121.0	2,845	1,194	1,256	327	691	50	81	42	12,698	72	8.73	1.99	4.38	0.94	23.8	5.4	1.13	.293	3.62	8.20
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,998	442	206	92	.691	375	2.81	46	17	3	2645.2	2,013	825	907	213	701	129	23	26	10,582	59	10.20	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.275	3.09	6.85
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,889	530	241	168	.589	524	2.98	168	47	0	3817.2	3,206	1,264	1,394	309	1,141	55	3	93	15,528	103	6.81	2.69	2.53	0.73	18.6	7.3	1.14	.260	3.29	7.56
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,789	672	194	137	.586	431	3.28	53	16	154	3173.1	2,773	1,155	1,255	259	942	50	204	73	13,012	135	7.91	2.67	2.96	0.73	21.4	7.2	1.17	.280	3.56	7.86
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	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,711	605	263	191	.579	600	3.25	136	44	3	4181.2	3,702	1,509	1,670	385	1,042	62	4	63	17,087	87	5.83	2.24	2.60	0.83	15.9	6.1	1.13	.257	3.59	7.97
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,702	644	257	224	.534	608	3.49	193	33	9	4383.2	4,157	1,698	1,956	399	1,557	97	23	63	18,515	157	5.55	3.20	1.74	0.82	14.6	8.4	1.30	.273	4.02	8.53
14	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
15	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
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,576	476	239	135	.639	476	3.65	57	23	0	3214.1	3,066	1,302	1,390	345	722	49	0	24	13,142	66	7.21	2.02	3.57	0.97	19.6	5.5	1.18	.288	3.89	8.58
17	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,485	637	291	192	.602	637	3.46	55	24	0	4161.0	4,022	1,599	1,764	323	1,403	63	0	139	17,517	63	5.37	3.03	1.77	0.70	14.2	8.0	1.30	.279	3.82	8.70
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
22	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
23	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
24	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,176	467	207	173	.545	464	3.15	205	39	1	3490.2	3,272	1,221	1,412	263	897	67	3	81	14,311	94	5.61	2.31	2.43	0.68	15.2	6.3	1.19	.276	3.64	8.44
25	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,151	490	208	160	.565	469	3.22	143	37	1	3301.1	2,890	1,182	1,323	250	1,167	23	10	60	13,647	102	5.86	3.18	1.84	0.68	15.8	8.6	1.23	.263	3.61	7.88

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