most strikeouts allowed from may 1, 1968 to september 28, 2007

Between May 1, 1968 and September 28, 2007, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,682 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 1, 1968 to September 28, 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	5,682	802	323	289	.528	769	3.19	222	61	3	5363.2	3,904	1,903	2,166	319	2,781	158	13	76	22,474	275	9.53	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.63	6.55
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,905	683	310	232	.572	666	3.23	240	52	1	4918.1	4,387	1,764	2,019	398	1,739	50	7	146	20,432	169	7.15	3.18	2.25	0.73	19.1	8.5	1.25	.278	3.69	8.03
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	3,453	617	294	191	.606	609	2.88	213	59	1	4498.0	3,721	1,438	1,580	360	1,311	70	5	111	18,212	118	6.91	2.62	2.63	0.72	19.0	7.2	1.12	.258	3.16	7.45
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,273	711	347	214	.619	707	3.11	109	35	0	4814.1	4,522	1,665	1,876	332	969	131	3	172	19,617	68	6.12	1.81	3.38	0.62	16.7	4.9	1.14	.281	3.51	8.45
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,191	699	300	229	.567	686	3.24	161	53	4	4817.1	4,271	1,735	1,914	435	1,231	73	10	88	19,724	104	5.96	2.30	2.59	0.81	16.2	6.2	1.14	.259	3.58	7.98
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,129	735	299	257	.538	691	3.40	234	43	12	5030.0	4,719	1,903	2,188	461	1,692	109	30	75	21,127	193	5.60	3.03	1.85	0.82	14.8	8.0	1.27	.271	3.91	8.44
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.27
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,030	447	209	93	.692	380	2.80	46	17	3	2673.2	2,046	833	918	213	708	131	23	27	10,710	60	10.20	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.277	3.09	6.89
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,975	702	207	145	.588	461	3.26	53	16	154	3367.0	2,954	1,221	1,328	275	984	54	204	81	13,810	143	7.95	2.63	3.02	0.74	21.5	7.1	1.17	.281	3.55	7.90
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	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,763	553	253	203	.555	539	3.38	242	45	1	3979.2	3,727	1,496	1,658	423	857	77	9	96	16,309	59	6.25	1.94	3.22	0.96	16.9	5.3	1.15	.271	3.75	8.43
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,686	563	252	209	.547	558	3.09	259	45	2	4249.0	3,930	1,457	1,691	312	1,094	86	5	111	17,406	117	5.69	2.32	2.46	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.274	3.58	8.32
16	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
17	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,663	503	250	144	.635	502	3.70	57	23	0	3362.1	3,246	1,383	1,474	359	754	52	0	26	13,774	67	7.13	2.02	3.53	0.96	19.3	5.5	1.19	.290	3.95	8.69
18	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
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,570	668	303	198	.605	668	3.49	56	25	0	4349.2	4,226	1,688	1,853	345	1,461	64	0	141	18,314	65	5.32	3.02	1.76	0.71	14.0	8.0	1.31	.280	3.83	8.74
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,518	599	218	207	.513	520	3.36	137	31	17	3782.1	3,590	1,414	1,586	286	1,170	71	42	117	15,758	88	5.99	2.78	2.15	0.68	16.0	7.4	1.26	.282	3.77	8.54
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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