most strikeouts allowed from may 6, 1966 to june 4, 2004

Between May 6, 1966 and June 4, 2004, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 6, 1966 to June 4, 2004

	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,180	618	318	160	.665	617	3.18	117	46	0	4350.0	3,728	1,535	1,691	326	1,407	144	0	55	17,941	126	8.65	2.91	2.97	0.67	23.3	7.8	1.18	.286	3.50	7.71
3	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
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,965	466	237	118	.668	456	3.10	90	37	2	3203.2	2,484	1,103	1,244	290	1,278	151	5	22	13,216	93	11.14	3.59	3.10	0.81	30.0	9.7	1.17	.291	3.49	6.98
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	3,640	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
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,543	769	321	254	.558	751	3.27	177	58	5	5243.1	4,660	1,906	2,095	470	1,338	81	12	103	21,475	112	6.08	2.30	2.65	0.81	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.60	8.00
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,281	806	314	270	.538	715	3.36	245	45	23	5303.1	4,950	1,977	2,291	475	1,770	119	57	82	22,243	216	5.57	3.00	1.85	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,162	651	281	225	.555	594	3.34	267	49	6	4470.0	4,123	1,661	1,844	480	991	84	30	115	18,285	62	6.37	2.00	3.19	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.30
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,116	638	287	235	.550	631	3.05	289	50	3	4803.2	4,409	1,626	1,880	349	1,221	95	7	132	19,644	137	5.84	2.29	2.55	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	8.26
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,812	586	293	167	.637	582	2.92	103	34	0	4038.0	3,702	1,309	1,495	249	853	115	3	157	16,416	54	6.27	1.90	3.30	0.55	17.1	5.2	1.13	.279	3.33	8.25
12	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
13	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
14	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,612	461	169	120	.585	349	3.32	80	19	13	2664.0	2,361	983	1,043	268	614	40	60	41	10,804	67	8.82	2.07	4.25	0.91	24.2	5.7	1.12	.288	3.52	7.98
15	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
16	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
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,502	367	171	70	.710	300	2.65	41	15	3	2154.2	1,629	634	706	159	574	103	23	21	8,608	51	10.45	2.40	4.36	0.66	29.1	6.7	1.02	.279	2.95	6.80
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,337	550	163	120	.576	361	3.28	47	14	117	2640.1	2,271	963	1,055	211	816	40	160	59	10,828	123	7.97	2.78	2.86	0.72	21.6	7.5	1.17	.277	3.60	7.74
23	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,310	463	204	132	.607	453	3.18	72	17	0	3129.2	2,918	1,106	1,271	199	864	130	1	41	12,970	98	6.64	2.48	2.67	0.57	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.66	8.39
24	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
25	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,278	461	176	163	.519	403	3.44	170	31	5	2987.1	2,783	1,143	1,269	281	896	69	25	64	12,428	100	6.86	2.70	2.54	0.85	18.3	7.2	1.23	.281	3.82	8.38

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Between May 6, 1966 and June 4, 2004, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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