most strikeouts allowed from may 30, 1966 to february 28, 1997

Between May 30, 1966 and February 28, 1997, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 30, 1966 to february 28, 1997

	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	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,115	726	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5192.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	8	149	21,578	178	7.13	3.16	2.25	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
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	3,512	763	318	252	.558	745	3.27	176	57	5	5209.0	4,622	1,891	2,079	467	1,332	80	12	102	21,329	111	6.07	2.30	2.64	0.81	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	7.99
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,278	801	314	268	.540	715	3.35	245	45	23	5295.0	4,937	1,972	2,280	474	1,765	117	56	79	22,195	215	5.57	3.00	1.86	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.269	3.88	8.39
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,143	643	281	225	.555	592	3.34	267	49	4	4446.0	4,101	1,650	1,833	476	984	83	24	114	18,180	62	6.36	1.99	3.19	0.96	17.3	5.4	1.14	.269	3.71	8.30
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,089	633	284	234	.548	626	3.04	288	50	3	4772.1	4,372	1,613	1,866	349	1,213	94	7	132	19,509	136	5.83	2.29	2.55	0.66	15.8	6.2	1.17	.272	3.52	8.25
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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,590	383	192	111	.634	382	3.06	100	38	0	2776.0	2,359	943	1,045	194	856	86	0	43	11,384	72	8.40	2.78	3.03	0.63	22.8	7.5	1.16	.283	3.39	7.65
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	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
13	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
14	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,335	401	172	146	.541	398	3.85	81	18	0	2772.0	2,486	1,186	1,309	283	1,190	45	1	26	11,682	83	7.58	3.86	1.96	0.92	20.0	10.2	1.33	.281	4.25	8.07
15	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,334	964	192	165	.538	361	3.48	100	20	353	3193.0	2,981	1,235	1,337	332	722	71	517	87	13,145	26	6.58	2.04	3.23	0.94	17.8	5.5	1.16	.273	3.77	8.40
16	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,257	455	174	161	.519	398	3.45	170	31	4	2954.0	2,759	1,131	1,251	278	884	68	24	64	12,290	99	6.88	2.69	2.55	0.85	18.4	7.2	1.23	.282	3.81	8.41
17	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
18	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,115	504	204	154	.570	431	3.34	164	40	13	3110.2	2,782	1,153	1,260	309	973	44	44	48	12,842	19	6.12	2.82	2.17	0.89	16.5	7.6	1.21	.263	3.65	8.05
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,092	522	259	145	.641	506	2.82	208	53	3	3792.2	3,226	1,189	1,318	289	1,224	36	8	36	15,459	79	4.96	2.90	1.71	0.69	13.5	7.9	1.17	.249	3.13	7.66
20	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,070	630	240	182	.569	548	3.63	121	29	6	3859.2	3,723	1,556	1,736	356	1,117	112	40	64	16,119	82	4.83	2.60	1.85	0.83	12.8	6.9	1.25	.270	4.05	8.68
21	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
22	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,013	435	171	141	.548	406	3.50	112	31	2	2841.0	2,612	1,105	1,242	214	1,105	20	10	65	11,979	115	6.38	3.50	1.82	0.68	16.8	9.2	1.31	.278	3.93	8.27
23	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,001	334	168	92	.646	332	3.24	68	24	1	2340.1	2,067	842	924	142	739	50	1	35	9,654	56	7.70	2.84	2.71	0.55	20.7	7.7	1.20	.286	3.55	7.95
24	Tommy John T. John	1,994	680	268	211	.559	646	3.37	152	42	1	4342.1	4,448	1,627	1,871	275	1,135	92	17	89	18,159	172	4.13	2.35	1.76	0.57	11.0	6.3	1.29	.285	3.88	9.22
25	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