most strikeouts allowed from may 9, 1971 to april 11, 2018

Between May 9, 1971 and April 11, 2018, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,343 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 9, 1971 to April 11, 2018

	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	5,343	728	302	268	.530	723	3.18	212	59	1	5011.2	3,670	1,772	2,023	295	2,550	149	3	67	20,980	260	9.60	4.58	2.10	0.53	25.5	12.2	1.24	.267	3.63	6.59
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	7.28
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,532	658	275	237	.537	653	3.33	234	57	0	4751.1	4,445	1,756	1,945	407	1,262	152	2	65	19,604	111	6.69	2.39	2.80	0.77	18.0	6.4	1.20	.283	3.68	8.42
5	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	8.49
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,334	582	267	190	.584	567	3.29	202	41	1	4176.1	3,735	1,526	1,744	345	1,467	39	6	120	17,340	139	7.18	3.16	2.27	0.74	19.2	8.5	1.25	.279	3.76	8.05
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	7.07
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.27
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	7.97
10	CC Sabathia	2,853	511	237	146	.619	511	3.70	38	12	0	3326.0	3,151	1,368	1,492	339	1,011	110	0	44	13,895	71	7.72	2.74	2.82	0.92	20.5	7.3	1.25	.293	4.04	8.53
11	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	8.74
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	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,712	505	231	160	.591	500	2.99	157	46	0	3633.2	3,053	1,208	1,328	300	1,085	51	2	89	14,773	99	6.72	2.69	2.50	0.74	18.4	7.3	1.14	.259	3.29	7.56
14	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
15	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,612	621	250	213	.540	587	3.47	187	31	9	4239.1	4,012	1,636	1,880	381	1,517	94	22	63	17,901	155	5.55	3.22	1.72	0.81	14.6	8.5	1.30	.273	3.99	8.52
16	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
17	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	8.76
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,587	579	258	179	.590	574	3.19	132	43	3	4019.2	3,531	1,424	1,578	361	996	58	4	59	16,389	82	5.79	2.23	2.60	0.81	15.8	6.1	1.13	.256	3.53	7.91
19	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	8.82
20	A.J. Burnett	2,513	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	24	10	0	2731.1	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	8.30
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	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,464	540	240	176	.577	529	4.04	37	13	0	3326.1	3,431	1,492	1,624	408	924	61	2	46	14,068	43	6.67	2.50	2.67	1.10	17.5	6.6	1.31	.296	4.39	9.28
23	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
24	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,448	531	256	153	.626	521	3.85	26	4	0	3316.0	3,448	1,418	1,572	288	1,031	55	3	42	14,074	69	6.64	2.80	2.37	0.78	17.4	7.3	1.35	.308	4.27	9.36
25	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,441	696	269	209	.563	638	4.25	33	10	0	4074.0	4,231	1,926	2,076	522	1,155	146	15	69	17,356	57	5.39	2.55	2.11	1.15	14.1	6.7	1.32	.283	4.59	9.35

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