most strikeouts allowed from may 17, 1968 to july 28, 2004

Between May 17, 1968 and July 28, 2004, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,650 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 17, 1968 to July 28, 2004

	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	5,650	799	320	289	.525	766	3.20	220	61	3	5338.2	3,894	1,900	2,163	317	2,769	158	13	76	22,381	273	9.52	4.67	2.04	0.53	25.2	12.4	1.25	.265	3.65	6.56
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,240	628	322	163	.664	627	3.18	117	46	0	4415.0	3,783	1,559	1,716	333	1,433	146	0	57	18,213	128	8.64	2.92	2.96	0.68	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.50	7.71
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,045	476	240	122	.663	466	3.08	91	37	2	3273.2	2,540	1,122	1,269	293	1,288	154	5	23	13,493	94	11.12	3.54	3.14	0.81	30.0	9.5	1.17	.291	3.49	6.98
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,888	680	308	231	.571	663	3.24	237	50	1	4891.2	4,369	1,759	2,014	398	1,732	50	7	146	20,330	168	7.15	3.19	2.24	0.73	19.1	8.5	1.25	.278	3.71	8.04
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	3,432	613	293	189	.608	605	2.89	211	59	1	4464.0	3,693	1,431	1,572	358	1,302	68	5	109	18,074	117	6.92	2.63	2.64	0.72	19.0	7.2	1.12	.258	3.17	7.45
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,175	695	299	227	.568	682	3.24	161	53	4	4792.2	4,247	1,728	1,906	432	1,222	73	10	84	19,617	104	5.96	2.29	2.60	0.81	16.2	6.2	1.14	.259	3.58	7.98
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,119	732	298	256	.538	688	3.40	233	43	12	5007.2	4,702	1,893	2,178	459	1,681	108	30	75	21,035	188	5.61	3.02	1.86	0.82	14.8	8.0	1.27	.271	3.91	8.45
9	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,858	596	299	170	.638	592	2.93	105	35	0	4104.1	3,768	1,334	1,522	257	857	115	3	157	16,674	55	6.27	1.88	3.33	0.56	17.1	5.1	1.13	.279	3.34	8.26
10	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
11	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,746	550	252	201	.556	536	3.39	242	45	1	3958.0	3,708	1,489	1,651	422	852	77	9	96	16,222	58	6.24	1.94	3.22	0.96	16.9	5.3	1.15	.271	3.75	8.43
12	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,672	471	175	122	.589	359	3.34	81	19	13	2731.2	2,431	1,013	1,075	276	626	42	60	41	11,087	69	8.80	2.06	4.27	0.91	24.1	5.6	1.12	.288	3.54	8.01
13	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
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,664	559	250	208	.546	554	3.07	259	45	2	4226.0	3,900	1,443	1,676	311	1,088	86	5	110	17,302	117	5.67	2.32	2.45	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.273	3.57	8.31
15	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
16	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,558	376	177	71	.714	309	2.68	41	15	3	2215.2	1,676	660	733	166	592	108	23	21	8,851	51	10.39	2.40	4.32	0.67	28.9	6.7	1.02	.278	2.98	6.81
17	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,506	596	217	205	.514	517	3.37	137	31	17	3762.1	3,571	1,408	1,580	285	1,166	71	42	117	15,678	86	5.99	2.79	2.15	0.68	16.0	7.4	1.26	.282	3.78	8.54
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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,368	573	163	120	.576	361	3.26	47	14	132	2669.0	2,290	968	1,060	213	821	40	179	60	10,936	124	7.99	2.77	2.88	0.72	21.7	7.5	1.17	.277	3.57	7.72
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	2,312	464	204	132	.607	454	3.19	72	17	0	3131.2	2,923	1,109	1,275	199	865	130	1	41	12,981	98	6.64	2.49	2.67	0.57	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.66	8.40
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,212	559	259	165	.611	559	3.40	53	23	0	3676.0	3,507	1,387	1,532	277	1,244	52	0	122	15,431	61	5.42	3.05	1.78	0.68	14.3	8.1	1.29	.277	3.75	8.59

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