most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1964 to june 28, 1993

Between May 3, 1964 and June 28, 1993, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,678 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	5,678	797	320	289	.525	763	3.18	222	61	3	5333.2	3,888	1,882	2,146	316	2,763	157	13	78	22,355	276	9.58	4.66	2.06	0.53	25.4	12.4	1.25	.266	3.62	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
3	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
4	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
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,462	733	310	258	.546	679	3.07	302	53	8	5231.0	4,800	1,787	2,058	386	1,336	106	26	155	21,419	154	5.96	2.30	2.59	0.66	16.2	6.2	1.17	.274	3.54	8.26
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,337	859	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5396.2	5,040	2,010	2,335	481	1,808	123	82	86	22,652	226	5.57	3.02	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.41
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,715	549	210	181	.537	475	3.43	190	40	10	3477.2	3,210	1,326	1,466	332	1,037	85	35	66	14,454	115	7.03	2.68	2.62	0.86	18.8	7.2	1.22	.280	3.79	8.31
10	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,709	620	237	226	.512	598	3.65	143	34	1	4067.0	3,951	1,648	1,852	428	1,232	124	10	112	17,142	116	5.99	2.73	2.20	0.95	15.8	7.2	1.27	.279	4.10	8.74
11	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
12	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,366	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	7.94
13	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,396	381	197	129	.604	367	2.78	210	46	4	2989.1	2,498	922	1,031	196	925	71	8	93	12,230	76	7.21	2.78	2.59	0.59	19.6	7.6	1.15	.266	3.10	7.52
14	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,323	513	242	175	.580	491	3.81	171	28	0	3605.0	3,315	1,528	1,675	366	1,289	53	10	96	15,135	185	5.80	3.22	1.80	0.91	15.3	8.5	1.28	.266	4.18	8.28
15	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,315	385	135	122	.525	320	3.03	100	22	13	2333.1	1,801	785	898	149	1,193	55	34	72	9,861	129	8.93	4.60	1.94	0.57	23.5	12.1	1.28	.269	3.46	6.95
16	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,237	819	205	199	.507	401	3.69	106	12	61	3581.2	3,063	1,467	1,676	352	1,573	160	240	41	15,200	163	5.62	3.95	1.42	0.88	14.7	10.3	1.29	.249	4.21	7.70
17	Tommy John T. John	2,236	754	288	229	.557	697	3.35	162	46	3	4689.2	4,760	1,744	2,007	301	1,253	98	21	101	19,600	187	4.29	2.40	1.78	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	9.13
18	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,117	87	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	7.63
19	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,150	769	183	146	.556	361	3.44	100	20	254	3000.0	2,775	1,148	1,238	309	686	65	350	82	12,334	26	6.45	2.06	3.13	0.93	17.4	5.6	1.15	.270	3.71	8.33
21	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,016	773	243	189	.563	520	3.38	147	24	15	3806.1	3,923	1,429	1,675	324	847	76	94	107	15,945	97	4.77	2.00	2.38	0.77	12.6	5.3	1.25	.284	3.96	9.28
22	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	9.10
23	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,011	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
24	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,971	288	159	78	.671	287	2.84	91	35	0	2135.0	1,791	673	752	137	584	57	0	38	8,655	48	8.31	2.46	3.38	0.58	22.8	6.7	1.11	.280	3.17	7.55
25	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,907	315	137	117	.539	312	3.68	71	16	0	2191.1	1,910	897	1,003	209	981	40	1	22	9,220	61	7.83	4.03	1.94	0.86	20.7	10.6	1.32	.280	4.12	7.84

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