most strikeouts allowed from may 1, 1966 to april 27, 2005

Between May 1, 1966 and April 27, 2005, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 1, 1966 to April 27, 2005

	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	4,349	644	329	164	.667	643	3.16	117	46	0	4521.0	3,862	1,589	1,749	337	1,464	147	0	58	18,636	130	8.66	2.91	2.97	0.67	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.48	7.69
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,195	494	248	129	.658	484	3.08	92	37	2	3402.1	2,639	1,164	1,321	306	1,308	159	5	23	14,003	95	11.10	3.46	3.21	0.81	30.0	9.3	1.16	.290	3.49	6.98
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	3,547	770	322	254	.559	752	3.27	177	58	5	5251.1	4,665	1,906	2,095	470	1,339	81	12	103	21,505	112	6.08	2.29	2.65	0.81	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	8.00
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,282	808	315	270	.538	715	3.35	245	45	23	5306.0	4,950	1,977	2,291	475	1,774	119	58	82	22,255	217	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.81	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.89	8.40
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,169	652	281	225	.555	594	3.34	267	49	6	4475.1	4,123	1,661	1,844	480	993	84	30	116	18,304	62	6.37	2.00	3.19	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.29
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,123	639	288	235	.551	632	3.04	290	51	3	4812.2	4,413	1,626	1,880	349	1,221	95	7	132	19,674	137	5.84	2.28	2.56	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	8.25
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,929	612	305	175	.635	608	2.96	105	35	0	4205.1	3,867	1,382	1,576	273	874	119	3	159	17,084	56	6.27	1.87	3.35	0.58	17.1	5.1	1.13	.279	3.37	8.28
12	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
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,765	485	185	125	.597	373	3.35	82	19	13	2830.1	2,521	1,055	1,117	289	641	46	60	41	11,484	70	8.79	2.04	4.31	0.92	24.1	5.6	1.12	.288	3.55	8.02
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,699	393	184	77	.705	326	2.71	43	16	3	2332.0	1,764	702	777	176	621	115	23	21	9,320	57	10.42	2.40	4.35	0.68	29.0	6.7	1.02	.278	3.00	6.81
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	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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,431	607	164	124	.569	366	3.28	47	14	154	2729.1	2,358	994	1,087	219	837	40	204	61	11,191	128	8.02	2.76	2.90	0.72	21.7	7.5	1.17	.279	3.58	7.78
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	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	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,354	475	207	139	.598	465	3.22	72	17	0	3195.0	2,992	1,143	1,311	205	885	132	1	41	13,252	103	6.63	2.49	2.66	0.58	17.8	6.7	1.21	.288	3.69	8.43
24	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
25	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,287	462	177	163	.521	404	3.43	171	32	5	2996.1	2,788	1,143	1,269	281	900	69	25	64	12,463	100	6.87	2.70	2.54	0.84	18.4	7.2	1.23	.281	3.81	8.37

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