most strikeouts allowed from june 19, 1970 to september 10, 2007

Between June 19, 1970 and September 10, 2007, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,422 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	5,422	749	308	274	.529	735	3.18	213	60	2	5094.1	3,727	1,798	2,058	301	2,619	152	7	69	21,352	264	9.58	4.63	2.07	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.266	3.64	6.58
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,668	708	354	184	.658	706	3.13	118	46	0	4910.2	4,183	1,707	1,884	363	1,577	159	0	63	20,216	143	8.56	2.89	2.96	0.67	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.67
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,616	566	284	150	.654	556	3.22	98	37	2	3855.1	3,065	1,381	1,556	368	1,422	182	5	29	15,877	102	10.78	3.32	3.25	0.86	29.1	9.0	1.16	.290	3.63	7.16
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,684	689	285	249	.534	682	3.32	242	60	0	4951.0	4,614	1,825	2,024	428	1,317	155	3	70	20,415	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.0	6.5	1.20	.282	3.68	8.39
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,457	609	279	202	.580	593	3.30	215	44	1	4380.2	3,930	1,606	1,838	365	1,551	43	6	128	18,212	151	7.10	3.19	2.23	0.75	19.0	8.5	1.25	.279	3.78	8.07
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,266	707	345	212	.619	703	3.09	109	35	0	4797.1	4,491	1,648	1,859	330	965	130	3	172	19,533	67	6.13	1.81	3.38	0.62	16.7	4.9	1.14	.280	3.49	8.43
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,108	567	215	145	.597	434	3.46	83	20	22	3247.1	2,986	1,248	1,313	344	711	52	81	43	13,232	72	8.61	1.97	4.37	0.95	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.28
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,006	444	208	92	.693	377	2.80	46	17	3	2655.2	2,024	827	910	213	705	130	23	27	10,629	60	10.19	2.39	4.26	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.275	3.08	6.86
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,947	698	206	144	.589	457	3.26	53	16	154	3343.0	2,935	1,211	1,317	270	978	54	204	81	13,714	141	7.93	2.63	3.01	0.73	21.5	7.1	1.17	.282	3.55	7.90
10	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,928	534	245	168	.593	528	2.98	172	47	0	3853.2	3,232	1,275	1,406	310	1,148	55	3	93	15,668	103	6.84	2.68	2.55	0.72	18.7	7.3	1.14	.260	3.28	7.55
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	2,733	608	265	191	.581	603	3.26	137	44	3	4204.0	3,727	1,522	1,684	392	1,048	63	4	63	17,187	87	5.85	2.24	2.61	0.84	15.9	6.1	1.14	.258	3.61	7.98
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,723	647	258	226	.533	611	3.49	193	33	9	4405.2	4,180	1,710	1,968	406	1,559	97	23	63	18,606	159	5.56	3.18	1.75	0.83	14.6	8.4	1.30	.273	4.02	8.54
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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,649	499	247	144	.632	498	3.70	57	23	0	3337.2	3,220	1,374	1,465	359	748	52	0	26	13,675	67	7.14	2.02	3.54	0.97	19.4	5.5	1.19	.290	3.95	8.68
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,563	665	303	197	.606	665	3.48	56	25	0	4332.0	4,201	1,676	1,841	340	1,457	64	0	141	18,237	65	5.32	3.03	1.76	0.71	14.1	8.0	1.31	.280	3.82	8.73
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	2,209	471	209	175	.544	468	3.14	207	39	1	3524.0	3,296	1,229	1,423	266	902	68	3	81	14,442	96	5.64	2.30	2.45	0.68	15.3	6.2	1.19	.276	3.63	8.42
25	David Wells D. Wells	2,191	656	237	156	.603	485	4.12	54	12	13	3417.1	3,607	1,563	1,686	402	714	83	65	64	14,320	101	5.77	1.88	3.07	1.06	15.3	5.0	1.26	.293	4.44	9.50

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