most strikeouts allowed from may 1, 1948 to april 12, 2007

Between May 1, 1948 and April 12, 2007, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 1, 1948 to April 12, 2007

	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	4,604	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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
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	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,378	108	33	163	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	8.31
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	227	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
10	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,179	679	334	204	.621	675	3.07	108	35	0	4627.2	4,312	1,578	1,788	319	945	126	3	169	18,833	64	6.18	1.84	3.36	0.62	16.9	5.0	1.14	.280	3.48	8.39
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
13	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
14	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
15	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.0	3,433	1,365	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,615	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.66	8.22
16	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
17	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,795	673	194	138	.584	432	3.27	53	16	154	3181.1	2,777	1,157	1,257	259	946	52	204	75	13,045	136	7.91	2.68	2.95	0.73	21.4	7.3	1.17	.280	3.56	7.86
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,576	477	239	135	.639	477	3.64	57	23	0	3216.1	3,069	1,302	1,390	345	723	49	0	24	13,151	66	7.21	2.02	3.56	0.97	19.6	5.5	1.18	.288	3.89	8.59
22	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
23	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,489	638	292	192	.603	638	3.46	55	24	0	4167.0	4,026	1,602	1,767	325	1,406	63	0	139	17,540	63	5.38	3.04	1.77	0.70	14.2	8.0	1.30	.279	3.82	8.70
24	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	81	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.09
25	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

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