most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1969 to april 3, 2001

Between May 3, 1969 and April 3, 2001, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,559 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	5,559	779	316	282	.528	754	3.19	219	61	2	5235.0	3,814	1,855	2,118	307	2,707	154	9	73	21,938	269	9.56	4.65	2.05	0.53	25.3	12.3	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,739	649	297	219	.576	633	3.25	230	47	1	4684.2	4,175	1,694	1,936	388	1,671	47	6	142	19,468	163	7.18	3.21	2.24	0.75	19.2	8.6	1.25	.278	3.72	8.02
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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,509	513	261	142	.648	512	3.07	116	45	0	3675.0	3,108	1,255	1,388	261	1,187	124	0	44	15,121	93	8.59	2.91	2.96	0.64	23.2	7.9	1.17	.284	3.40	7.61
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,237	579	277	178	.609	573	2.92	197	54	0	4215.2	3,492	1,366	1,504	341	1,251	63	3	104	17,094	110	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.258	3.21	7.46
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,050	367	180	95	.655	358	3.19	76	28	2	2505.2	1,936	889	1,004	222	1,093	108	4	16	10,410	80	10.96	3.93	2.79	0.80	29.3	10.5	1.21	.289	3.61	6.95
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,999	659	287	212	.575	654	3.27	151	49	3	4574.0	4,066	1,662	1,837	428	1,161	70	4	74	18,733	99	5.90	2.28	2.58	0.84	16.0	6.2	1.14	.258	3.61	8.00
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,970	697	283	246	.535	656	3.47	215	37	10	4756.1	4,487	1,834	2,108	444	1,644	102	27	71	20,045	175	5.62	3.11	1.81	0.84	14.8	8.2	1.29	.272	3.99	8.49
9	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
10	David Cone D. Cone	2,540	420	184	116	.613	390	3.40	56	22	1	2745.0	2,336	1,038	1,135	237	1,067	96	9	37	11,485	140	8.33	3.50	2.38	0.78	22.1	9.3	1.24	.278	3.72	7.66
11	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,497	521	234	192	.549	518	3.12	236	42	1	3938.0	3,669	1,366	1,586	298	1,025	80	3	96	16,155	110	5.71	2.34	2.44	0.68	15.5	6.3	1.19	.275	3.62	8.39
12	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,494	512	232	188	.552	498	3.45	221	40	1	3660.2	3,464	1,404	1,562	398	786	74	9	88	15,037	53	6.13	1.93	3.17	0.98	16.6	5.2	1.16	.272	3.84	8.52
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,354	564	202	193	.511	486	3.44	122	25	17	3530.2	3,368	1,348	1,510	270	1,104	63	42	109	14,733	79	6.00	2.81	2.13	0.69	16.0	7.5	1.27	.283	3.85	8.59
18	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,350	471	240	135	.640	467	2.83	99	31	0	3318.0	2,986	1,042	1,195	176	733	90	3	130	13,469	47	6.37	1.99	3.21	0.48	17.4	5.4	1.12	.278	3.24	8.10
19	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,340	470	181	151	.545	413	3.76	60	14	0	2893.0	2,755	1,208	1,342	277	1,219	73	24	30	12,334	126	7.28	3.79	1.92	0.86	19.0	9.9	1.37	.294	4.17	8.57
20	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
21	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
22	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	70	16,754	84	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	8.77
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,098	356	157	113	.581	356	3.35	47	14	0	2414.1	2,092	898	986	195	774	38	0	55	9,947	119	7.82	2.89	2.71	0.73	21.1	7.8	1.19	.277	3.68	7.80
24	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
25	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

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