most strikeouts allowed from may 18, 1966 to september 18, 2006

Between May 18, 1966 and September 18, 2006, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 18, 1966 to September 18, 2006

	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	4,585	688	347	177	.662	687	3.11	118	46	0	4800.2	4,073	1,659	1,830	354	1,545	154	0	63	19,753	136	8.60	2.90	2.97	0.66	23.2	7.8	1.17	.284	3.43	7.64
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,537	555	280	146	.657	545	3.21	98	37	2	3792.2	3,006	1,352	1,525	359	1,408	178	5	26	15,618	101	10.77	3.34	3.22	0.85	29.0	9.0	1.16	.290	3.62	7.13
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	3,524	766	319	253	.558	748	3.27	176	57	5	5221.1	4,641	1,899	2,088	468	1,335	80	12	102	21,389	111	6.07	2.30	2.64	0.81	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.60	8.00
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,278	801	314	268	.540	715	3.35	245	45	23	5295.0	4,937	1,972	2,280	474	1,765	117	56	79	22,195	215	5.57	3.00	1.86	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.269	3.88	8.39
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,160	648	281	225	.555	594	3.34	267	49	5	4462.1	4,117	1,657	1,840	478	989	83	27	115	18,252	62	6.37	1.99	3.20	0.96	17.3	5.4	1.14	.269	3.71	8.30
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,157	674	331	202	.621	670	3.07	108	35	0	4598.1	4,284	1,566	1,776	315	943	125	3	169	18,715	63	6.18	1.85	3.35	0.62	16.9	5.0	1.14	.280	3.48	8.38
11	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,099	635	285	234	.549	628	3.05	288	50	3	4785.0	4,388	1,619	1,872	349	1,217	95	7	132	19,564	136	5.83	2.29	2.55	0.66	15.8	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	8.25
12	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,003	543	206	138	.599	410	3.45	82	19	22	3098.0	2,820	1,186	1,248	326	684	50	81	42	12,600	72	8.72	1.99	4.39	0.95	23.8	5.4	1.13	.292	3.63	8.19
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,990	440	206	90	.696	373	2.78	46	17	3	2638.0	2,001	815	896	211	698	128	23	26	10,544	58	10.20	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.4	6.6	1.02	.275	3.06	6.83
14	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
15	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,760	667	190	137	.581	426	3.29	53	16	154	3140.1	2,737	1,147	1,247	256	932	49	204	72	12,869	134	7.91	2.67	2.96	0.73	21.4	7.2	1.17	.280	3.57	7.84
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	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
18	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,566	473	238	133	.642	473	3.64	57	23	0	3199.2	3,049	1,293	1,377	344	718	48	0	24	13,077	65	7.22	2.02	3.57	0.97	19.6	5.5	1.18	.288	3.87	8.58
19	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
20	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
21	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,469	632	288	190	.603	632	3.47	55	24	0	4129.2	3,997	1,591	1,752	321	1,394	61	0	139	17,390	63	5.38	3.04	1.77	0.70	14.2	8.0	1.31	.280	3.82	8.71
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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