most strikeouts allowed from june 12, 1972 to august 11, 1994

Between June 12, 1972 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,156 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from june 12, 1972 to august 11, 1994

	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	5,156	690	290	250	.537	687	3.15	205	56	1	4810.1	3,509	1,684	1,923	283	2,402	130	3	64	20,060	249	9.65	4.49	2.15	0.53	25.7	12.0	1.23	.267	3.60	6.57
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,268	613	254	221	.535	609	3.36	216	52	0	4432.0	4,141	1,655	1,837	383	1,197	144	1	61	18,306	105	6.64	2.43	2.73	0.78	17.9	6.5	1.20	.282	3.73	8.41
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,063	537	245	176	.582	523	3.26	180	37	1	3841.0	3,418	1,393	1,597	318	1,355	36	6	108	15,935	129	7.18	3.17	2.26	0.75	19.2	8.5	1.24	.278	3.74	8.01
4	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
5	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
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,411	465	208	148	.584	461	3.07	139	42	0	3324.1	2,809	1,134	1,247	275	1,016	46	1	87	13,561	93	6.53	2.75	2.37	0.74	17.8	7.5	1.15	.258	3.38	7.60
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,411	573	230	197	.539	546	3.50	164	28	7	3924.1	3,725	1,524	1,747	352	1,448	89	18	57	16,616	146	5.53	3.32	1.67	0.81	14.5	8.7	1.32	.274	4.01	8.54
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,356	537	233	170	.578	533	3.30	116	36	2	3703.2	3,294	1,358	1,499	352	933	52	3	55	15,158	76	5.73	2.27	2.53	0.86	15.5	6.2	1.14	.257	3.64	8.00
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,350	846	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3780.0	3,262	1,570	1,793	375	1,650	174	232	44	16,070	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	705	66	416	85	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,201	326	172	93	.649	325	2.93	94	36	0	2393.1	2,002	780	869	160	690	68	0	41	9,729	55	8.28	2.59	3.19	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	7.53
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	7.93
13	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
14	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
15	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,944	467	165	165	.500	400	3.56	98	19	16	2900.2	2,821	1,146	1,279	218	909	55	38	80	12,151	60	6.03	2.82	2.14	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.29	.288	3.97	8.75
16	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
17	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	7.87
18	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,861	373	150	130	.536	360	3.44	112	31	2	2579.0	2,334	986	1,111	181	1,004	20	5	61	10,843	104	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.63	17.2	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.15
19	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,846	395	170	152	.528	393	3.27	168	29	0	2933.2	2,790	1,067	1,211	229	772	54	2	73	12,071	77	5.66	2.37	2.39	0.70	15.3	6.4	1.21	.279	3.72	8.56
20	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,822	412	175	146	.545	411	3.67	74	16	0	2791.2	2,764	1,139	1,264	285	840	46	0	35	11,719	84	5.87	2.71	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.07	8.91
21	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,801	441	182	150	.548	421	3.38	117	27	1	2933.2	2,647	1,102	1,230	230	1,059	18	10	57	12,221	91	5.53	3.25	1.70	0.71	14.7	8.7	1.26	.265	3.77	8.12
22	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27
23	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,723	431	134	143	.484	363	4.06	62	16	0	2388.0	2,320	1,078	1,189	291	846	40	13	39	10,187	84	6.49	3.19	2.04	1.10	16.9	8.3	1.33	.278	4.48	8.74
24	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	9.17
25	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,683	507	165	122	.575	332	3.86	55	9	19	2548.2	2,398	1,092	1,194	253	995	60	87	45	10,870	111	5.94	3.51	1.69	0.89	15.5	9.2	1.33	.272	4.22	8.47

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Between June 12, 1972 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,156 strikeouts.

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