most strikeouts allowed from june 19, 1966 to july 20, 2005

Between June 19, 1966 and July 20, 2005, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 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	5,714	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,430	659	335	168	.666	658	3.13	117	46	0	4622.0	3,933	1,609	1,773	341	1,494	148	0	59	19,036	131	8.63	2.91	2.97	0.66	23.3	7.8	1.17	.285	3.45	7.66
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,288	509	256	134	.656	499	3.11	95	37	2	3502.0	2,753	1,211	1,372	322	1,329	162	5	24	14,428	98	11.02	3.42	3.23	0.83	29.7	9.2	1.17	.292	3.53	7.08
4	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
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	3,486	759	317	251	.558	741	3.27	176	57	5	5182.0	4,599	1,880	2,067	464	1,325	80	12	102	21,216	109	6.05	2.30	2.63	0.81	16.4	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	7.99
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	3,121	634	281	221	.560	591	3.32	267	49	3	4423.0	4,073	1,633	1,813	470	976	83	20	113	18,075	61	6.35	1.99	3.20	0.96	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.69	8.29
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,077	631	282	234	.547	624	3.05	287	50	3	4756.1	4,362	1,612	1,865	349	1,212	94	7	132	19,452	136	5.82	2.29	2.54	0.66	15.8	6.2	1.17	.273	3.53	8.25
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,994	628	313	181	.634	624	2.99	105	35	0	4305.0	3,976	1,432	1,629	286	892	123	3	161	17,509	61	6.26	1.86	3.36	0.60	17.1	5.1	1.13	.279	3.41	8.31
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,796	407	193	79	.710	340	2.70	44	16	3	2431.0	1,833	730	806	184	639	117	23	21	9,700	57	10.35	2.37	4.38	0.68	28.8	6.6	1.02	.276	2.98	6.79
13	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
14	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,770	489	185	126	.595	373	3.36	82	19	14	2834.1	2,524	1,057	1,119	290	641	46	64	41	11,499	70	8.80	2.04	4.32	0.92	24.1	5.6	1.12	.288	3.55	8.01
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,508	623	174	126	.580	382	3.24	50	15	154	2846.0	2,457	1,025	1,121	226	866	40	204	65	11,662	129	7.93	2.74	2.90	0.71	21.5	7.4	1.17	.278	3.54	7.77
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,395	485	211	143	.596	475	3.26	72	17	0	3253.0	3,073	1,178	1,350	207	897	139	1	42	13,523	108	6.63	2.48	2.67	0.57	17.7	6.6	1.22	.290	3.74	8.50
23	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
24	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,351	433	220	124	.640	433	3.61	56	23	0	2958.2	2,808	1,186	1,262	316	670	40	0	23	12,077	63	7.15	2.04	3.51	0.96	19.5	5.5	1.18	.286	3.84	8.54
25	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,296	590	269	178	.602	590	3.47	53	23	0	3855.1	3,732	1,488	1,638	295	1,322	54	0	130	16,253	62	5.36	3.09	1.74	0.69	14.1	8.1	1.31	.280	3.82	8.71

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Mariners	74	86	.463	5.0
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Phillies	87	73	.544	6.0
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