most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1968 to july 17, 2007

Between May 3, 1968 and July 17, 2007, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,672 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 3, 1968 to July 17, 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	5,672	801	322	289	.527	768	3.20	222	61	3	5356.2	3,901	1,903	2,166	319	2,774	158	13	76	22,446	274	9.53	4.66	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.55
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,635	699	350	182	.658	697	3.11	118	46	0	4862.2	4,125	1,682	1,854	358	1,563	154	0	63	20,003	139	8.58	2.89	2.97	0.66	23.2	7.8	1.17	.283	3.43	7.63
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	3,445	616	294	191	.606	608	2.88	213	59	1	4490.0	3,713	1,436	1,578	359	1,308	70	5	111	18,177	118	6.91	2.62	2.63	0.72	19.0	7.2	1.12	.258	3.16	7.44
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,229	696	340	210	.618	692	3.10	109	35	0	4730.0	4,431	1,630	1,841	327	963	129	3	172	19,271	66	6.14	1.83	3.35	0.62	16.8	5.0	1.14	.281	3.50	8.43
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	3,086	560	213	142	.600	427	3.46	83	20	22	3204.1	2,942	1,232	1,296	338	707	52	81	43	13,055	72	8.67	1.99	4.36	0.95	23.6	5.4	1.14	.294	3.64	8.26
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,998	442	206	92	.691	375	2.81	46	17	3	2645.2	2,013	825	907	213	701	129	23	26	10,582	59	10.20	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.275	3.09	6.85
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,874	687	202	142	.587	446	3.27	53	16	154	3267.0	2,866	1,186	1,288	266	959	52	204	78	13,403	140	7.92	2.64	3.00	0.73	21.4	7.2	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	2,677	562	252	209	.547	557	3.09	259	45	2	4241.0	3,920	1,455	1,689	312	1,092	86	5	110	17,370	117	5.68	2.32	2.45	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.273	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	2,621	490	243	140	.634	490	3.66	57	23	0	3294.1	3,152	1,339	1,429	355	738	51	0	26	13,471	66	7.16	2.02	3.55	0.97	19.5	5.5	1.18	.288	3.90	8.61
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	2,539	655	298	197	.602	655	3.48	56	25	0	4273.1	4,133	1,653	1,818	337	1,439	64	0	141	17,983	64	5.35	3.03	1.76	0.71	14.1	8.0	1.30	.279	3.83	8.70
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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