most strikeouts allowed from june 11, 1966 to september 20, 2002

Between June 11, 1966 and September 20, 2002, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from june 11, 1966 to September 20, 2002

	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	4,115	726	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5192.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	8	149	21,578	178	7.13	3.16	2.25	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,904	573	293	151	.660	572	3.15	116	45	0	4062.0	3,474	1,422	1,570	297	1,319	135	0	51	16,753	118	8.65	2.92	2.96	0.66	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.48	7.70
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,738	435	223	106	.678	425	3.07	86	34	2	2999.1	2,304	1,023	1,152	267	1,229	137	5	19	12,374	91	11.22	3.69	3.04	0.80	30.2	9.9	1.18	.291	3.46	6.91
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	3,499	761	317	252	.557	743	3.27	176	57	5	5197.0	4,609	1,886	2,073	465	1,327	80	12	102	21,274	110	6.06	2.30	2.64	0.81	16.4	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	7.98
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,278	800	314	268	.540	715	3.35	245	45	23	5294.0	4,933	1,968	2,276	474	1,764	117	56	79	22,187	214	5.57	3.00	1.86	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.269	3.87	8.39
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,130	639	281	223	.558	591	3.33	267	49	3	4431.2	4,085	1,642	1,824	471	980	83	22	113	18,118	61	6.36	1.99	3.19	0.96	17.3	5.4	1.14	.269	3.70	8.30
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,089	633	284	234	.548	626	3.04	288	50	3	4772.1	4,372	1,613	1,866	349	1,213	94	7	132	19,509	136	5.83	2.29	2.55	0.66	15.8	6.2	1.17	.272	3.52	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	David Cone D. Cone	2,655	445	193	123	.611	415	3.45	56	22	1	2880.2	2,484	1,103	1,209	254	1,124	106	9	41	12,099	149	8.29	3.51	2.36	0.79	21.9	9.3	1.25	.280	3.78	7.76
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,631	537	271	152	.641	533	2.83	102	34	0	3738.1	3,391	1,177	1,346	209	804	101	3	147	15,173	50	6.33	1.94	3.27	0.50	17.3	5.3	1.12	.278	3.24	8.16
14	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,602	522	198	173	.534	465	3.85	63	15	0	3184.1	3,062	1,363	1,513	302	1,330	76	24	36	13,590	130	7.35	3.76	1.96	0.85	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.28	8.65
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	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,335	424	155	107	.592	313	3.34	75	17	13	2409.0	2,133	893	950	243	570	36	60	39	9,779	63	8.72	2.13	4.10	0.91	23.9	5.8	1.12	.287	3.55	7.97
21	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
22	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,249	453	173	161	.518	396	3.44	170	31	4	2943.1	2,749	1,126	1,246	277	880	66	24	64	12,244	99	6.88	2.69	2.56	0.85	18.4	7.2	1.23	.282	3.81	8.41
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,232	463	163	118	.580	361	3.35	47	14	62	2549.1	2,202	949	1,040	206	807	40	84	58	10,483	120	7.88	2.85	2.77	0.73	21.3	7.7	1.18	.277	3.67	7.77
24	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,214	325	151	63	.706	258	2.62	38	15	3	1886.1	1,399	549	613	142	506	90	23	21	7,511	45	10.56	2.41	4.38	0.68	29.5	6.7	1.01	.276	2.92	6.67
25	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

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