most strikeouts allowed from september 10, 1972 to september 19, 2005

Between September 10, 1972 and September 19, 2005, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,961 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	4,961	669	279	241	.537	666	3.18	194	50	1	4645.0	3,415	1,643	1,880	274	2,319	125	3	61	19,405	241	9.61	4.49	2.14	0.53	25.6	12.0	1.23	.268	3.64	6.62
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,497	671	340	172	.664	670	3.12	118	46	0	4697.1	3,991	1,631	1,798	347	1,517	150	0	61	19,340	133	8.62	2.91	2.96	0.66	23.3	7.8	1.17	.284	3.44	7.65
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,356	520	260	136	.657	510	3.12	96	37	2	3572.1	2,807	1,239	1,401	331	1,344	168	5	25	14,704	98	10.97	3.39	3.24	0.83	29.6	9.1	1.16	.291	3.53	7.07
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,163	594	249	210	.542	590	3.37	213	52	0	4291.0	4,010	1,605	1,783	372	1,153	141	1	57	17,720	101	6.63	2.42	2.74	0.78	17.8	6.5	1.20	.282	3.74	8.41
5	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,040	640	317	187	.629	636	3.01	107	35	0	4384.0	4,060	1,467	1,664	295	905	125	3	161	17,834	62	6.24	1.86	3.36	0.61	17.0	5.1	1.13	.280	3.42	8.33
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,913	516	229	174	.568	502	3.35	164	31	1	3659.0	3,292	1,360	1,562	311	1,307	35	6	104	15,234	126	7.17	3.21	2.23	0.76	19.1	8.6	1.26	.279	3.84	8.10
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,860	418	197	83	.704	351	2.72	46	17	3	2508.0	1,899	757	833	194	660	118	23	22	10,009	57	10.26	2.37	4.33	0.70	28.6	6.6	1.02	.276	2.99	6.81
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,814	511	190	131	.592	378	3.40	82	19	22	2886.2	2,589	1,090	1,152	296	657	47	81	41	11,733	70	8.77	2.05	4.28	0.92	24.0	5.6	1.12	.290	3.59	8.07
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	2,668	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
11	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
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,561	634	177	128	.580	393	3.25	50	15	154	2923.1	2,529	1,057	1,154	233	880	41	204	67	11,970	130	7.88	2.71	2.91	0.72	21.4	7.4	1.17	.278	3.55	7.79
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	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
17	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,393	441	223	127	.637	441	3.64	56	23	0	3005.1	2,863	1,214	1,290	323	683	42	0	23	12,277	63	7.17	2.05	3.50	0.97	19.5	5.6	1.18	.287	3.86	8.57
18	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,350	846	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3780.0	3,262	1,570	1,793	375	1,650	174	232	44	16,070	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,333	601	273	184	.597	601	3.45	54	23	0	3934.2	3,804	1,510	1,662	300	1,334	55	0	132	16,566	62	5.34	3.05	1.75	0.69	14.1	8.1	1.31	.279	3.80	8.70
20	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,323	553	225	191	.541	527	3.52	158	28	7	3775.1	3,590	1,475	1,688	339	1,416	88	17	54	16,007	139	5.54	3.38	1.64	0.81	14.5	8.8	1.33	.275	4.02	8.56
21	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
22	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,286	447	200	140	.588	443	3.08	131	41	0	3184.1	2,692	1,089	1,197	265	974	44	1	86	12,994	90	6.46	2.75	2.35	0.75	17.6	7.5	1.15	.258	3.38	7.61
23	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,254	520	226	162	.582	516	3.31	107	33	2	3569.2	3,184	1,311	1,446	344	908	49	3	54	14,627	70	5.68	2.29	2.48	0.87	15.4	6.2	1.15	.257	3.65	8.03
24	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
25	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

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Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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