most strikeouts allowed from may 20, 1967 to september 1, 2015

Between May 20, 1967 and September 1, 2015, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 5,708 strikeouts.

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	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	5,708	805	324	291	.527	772	3.19	222	61	3	5383.0	3,918	1,906	2,173	320	2,792	158	13	77	22,558	276	9.54	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.63	6.55
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	7.28
3	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
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,066	712	324	240	.574	695	3.22	252	54	1	5115.0	4,566	1,832	2,093	408	1,800	52	7	148	21,251	174	7.15	3.17	2.26	0.72	19.1	8.5	1.24	.279	3.68	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	3,609	649	308	203	.603	640	2.86	228	61	1	4734.1	3,924	1,507	1,659	375	1,376	74	6	117	19,166	123	6.86	2.62	2.62	0.71	18.8	7.2	1.12	.258	3.15	7.46
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	8.49
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,329	729	311	240	.564	713	3.26	171	55	5	5002.2	4,445	1,813	1,994	449	1,274	77	12	97	20,489	107	5.99	2.29	2.61	0.81	16.2	6.2	1.14	.260	3.59	8.00
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,247	768	311	266	.539	715	3.36	245	45	15	5230.0	4,882	1,951	2,252	470	1,741	116	37	77	21,923	212	5.59	3.00	1.87	0.81	14.8	7.9	1.27	.270	3.88	8.40
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	7.07
11	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
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	7.97
13	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,994	588	273	214	.561	574	3.35	262	47	1	4253.1	3,944	1,581	1,756	453	923	81	9	103	17,401	60	6.34	1.95	3.24	0.96	17.2	5.3	1.14	.270	3.72	8.35
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,893	597	268	223	.546	590	3.04	276	47	3	4510.1	4,123	1,522	1,768	326	1,172	89	7	128	18,445	127	5.77	2.34	2.47	0.65	15.7	6.4	1.17	.272	3.53	8.23
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	8.74
16	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
17	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
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	2,607	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	8.76
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,553	607	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3830.0	3,626	1,428	1,601	289	1,190	71	42	118	15,950	89	6.00	2.80	2.15	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.76	8.52
21	CC Sabathia	2,550	447	212	128	.624	447	3.70	38	12	0	2959.2	2,807	1,218	1,331	291	881	93	0	40	12,342	64	7.75	2.68	2.89	0.88	20.7	7.1	1.25	.295	4.05	8.54
22	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	8.82
23	A.J. Burnett	2,484	430	163	155	.513	425	3.99	24	10	0	2702.2	2,490	1,198	1,315	259	1,087	141	1	35	11,540	160	8.27	3.62	2.29	0.86	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	8.29
24	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
25	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

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Mariners	75	86	.466	5.0
Athletics	64	97	.398	16.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	67	.584
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Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
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Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
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