most strikeouts allowed from may 3, 1970 to august 11, 1994

Between May 3, 1970 and August 11, 1994, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,455 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	5,455	756	310	278	.527	741	3.20	214	60	2	5133.2	3,759	1,823	2,083	305	2,645	152	8	70	21,525	268	9.56	4.64	2.06	0.53	25.3	12.3	1.25	.266	3.65	6.59
2	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
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,531	618	281	207	.576	602	3.28	218	45	1	4453.0	3,986	1,625	1,861	372	1,580	43	6	135	18,508	155	7.14	3.19	2.23	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.25	.278	3.76	8.06
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,004	543	249	173	.590	537	2.98	177	48	0	3929.0	3,283	1,299	1,431	319	1,174	56	3	97	15,966	105	6.88	2.69	2.56	0.73	18.8	7.4	1.13	.260	3.28	7.52
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,788	618	270	193	.583	613	3.27	141	46	3	4276.0	3,790	1,552	1,714	401	1,069	66	4	66	17,485	88	5.87	2.25	2.61	0.84	15.9	6.1	1.14	.258	3.61	7.98
6	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
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,770	656	262	230	.533	620	3.49	196	34	9	4473.2	4,243	1,736	1,998	413	1,589	100	23	64	18,902	161	5.57	3.20	1.74	0.83	14.7	8.4	1.30	.273	4.02	8.54
8	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
9	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
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,263	481	216	178	.548	478	3.16	212	39	1	3610.1	3,377	1,269	1,464	273	928	70	3	86	14,795	97	5.64	2.31	2.44	0.68	15.3	6.3	1.19	.276	3.65	8.42
11	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,245	849	188	153	.551	361	3.46	100	20	294	3082.2	2,863	1,186	1,282	319	705	66	416	85	12,682	26	6.55	2.06	3.18	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.272	3.74	8.36
12	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,240	469	213	171	.555	456	3.45	200	35	0	3353.2	3,168	1,286	1,432	369	711	66	8	74	13,760	45	6.01	1.91	3.15	0.99	16.3	5.2	1.16	.270	3.84	8.50
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,201	326	172	93	.649	325	2.93	94	36	0	2393.1	2,002	780	869	160	690	68	0	41	9,729	55	8.28	2.59	3.19	0.60	22.6	7.1	1.12	.279	3.27	7.53
14	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,162	531	186	184	.503	453	3.53	107	20	17	3273.2	3,172	1,285	1,440	254	1,031	58	42	97	13,721	73	5.94	2.83	2.10	0.70	15.8	7.5	1.28	.286	3.96	8.72
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,151	490	208	160	.565	469	3.22	143	37	1	3301.1	2,890	1,182	1,323	250	1,167	23	10	60	13,647	102	5.86	3.18	1.84	0.68	15.8	8.6	1.23	.263	3.61	7.88
16	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,110	352	151	134	.530	349	3.74	77	17	0	2448.1	2,158	1,017	1,132	244	1,081	40	1	25	10,305	74	7.76	3.97	1.95	0.90	20.5	10.5	1.32	.280	4.16	7.93
17	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
18	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
19	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	582	219	171	.562	500	3.63	117	26	6	3560.2	3,427	1,436	1,602	327	1,034	98	40	60	14,865	79	4.86	2.61	1.86	0.83	12.9	7.0	1.25	.270	4.05	8.66
20	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,904	627	219	191	.534	546	3.64	127	39	11	3662.2	3,732	1,483	1,701	245	1,124	57	41	118	15,554	109	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.33	.285	4.18	9.17
21	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	7.87
22	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,861	373	150	130	.536	360	3.44	112	31	2	2579.0	2,334	986	1,111	181	1,004	20	5	61	10,843	104	6.49	3.50	1.85	0.63	17.2	9.3	1.29	.277	3.88	8.15
23	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,823	461	226	132	.631	448	2.82	190	46	3	3383.0	2,903	1,059	1,184	256	1,056	35	7	34	13,787	64	4.85	2.81	1.73	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	7.72
24	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,822	412	175	146	.545	411	3.67	74	16	0	2791.2	2,764	1,139	1,264	285	840	46	0	35	11,719	84	5.87	2.71	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.07	8.91
25	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27

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