most strikeouts allowed from september 14, 1974 to may 31, 2003

Between September 14, 1974 and May 31, 2003, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,179 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 14, 1974 to may 31, 2003

	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	4,179	584	236	207	.533	584	3.25	141	44	0	3968.1	2,940	1,432	1,636	237	1,955	108	0	55	16,587	213	9.48	4.43	2.14	0.54	25.2	11.8	1.23	.267	3.71	6.67
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,985	585	299	154	.660	584	3.16	116	45	0	4137.1	3,548	1,454	1,603	303	1,343	138	0	52	17,074	123	8.67	2.92	2.97	0.66	23.3	7.9	1.18	.287	3.49	7.72
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,777	440	225	108	.676	430	3.09	87	34	2	3031.2	2,340	1,041	1,174	270	1,236	141	5	19	12,514	91	11.21	3.67	3.06	0.80	30.2	9.9	1.18	.292	3.49	6.95
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,687	552	277	157	.638	548	2.87	102	34	0	3825.2	3,485	1,220	1,398	221	823	103	3	152	15,545	52	6.32	1.94	3.26	0.52	17.3	5.3	1.13	.279	3.29	8.20
5	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
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,636	515	210	176	.544	511	3.51	168	40	0	3666.0	3,454	1,429	1,573	340	1,015	120	1	50	15,182	90	6.47	2.49	2.60	0.83	17.4	6.7	1.22	.281	3.86	8.48
7	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
8	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,606	600	227	217	.511	582	3.67	133	31	1	3933.1	3,817	1,606	1,804	419	1,184	122	8	113	16,572	114	5.96	2.71	2.20	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.278	4.13	8.73
9	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
10	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
11	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,443	436	198	141	.584	422	3.33	125	27	1	3062.1	2,734	1,132	1,299	259	1,066	27	6	82	12,700	105	7.18	3.13	2.29	0.76	19.2	8.4	1.24	.278	3.82	8.04
12	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,430	436	159	111	.589	324	3.35	79	19	13	2489.0	2,195	926	984	254	588	37	60	39	10,097	65	8.79	2.13	4.13	0.92	24.1	5.8	1.12	.286	3.56	7.94
13	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
14	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
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,282	335	156	65	.706	268	2.63	39	15	3	1952.2	1,451	570	636	145	524	93	23	21	7,778	47	10.52	2.42	4.35	0.67	29.3	6.7	1.01	.276	2.93	6.69
16	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,278	494	163	118	.580	361	3.32	47	14	85	2583.0	2,226	952	1,043	206	812	40	112	59	10,610	121	7.94	2.83	2.81	0.72	21.5	7.7	1.18	.278	3.63	7.76
17	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,223	763	204	211	.492	440	3.75	107	13	53	3619.2	3,149	1,510	1,726	361	1,563	163	196	40	15,395	174	5.53	3.89	1.42	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.252	4.29	7.83
18	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
19	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,148	431	190	123	.607	421	3.19	72	17	0	2920.1	2,715	1,034	1,186	183	809	126	1	39	12,106	94	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.56	17.7	6.7	1.21	.286	3.66	8.37
20	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,087	517	247	148	.625	517	3.39	52	22	0	3418.1	3,257	1,287	1,425	258	1,163	50	0	113	14,339	60	5.49	3.06	1.79	0.68	14.6	8.1	1.29	.278	3.75	8.58
21	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
22	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,014	510	204	150	.576	466	3.48	68	25	5	3130.1	2,939	1,211	1,367	235	1,007	117	19	108	13,150	121	5.79	2.90	2.00	0.68	15.3	7.7	1.26	.277	3.93	8.45
23	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,012	366	189	105	.643	366	3.51	51	20	0	2533.0	2,366	989	1,052	263	571	31	0	18	10,298	55	7.15	2.03	3.52	0.93	19.5	5.5	1.16	.283	3.74	8.41
24	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,004	470	192	168	.533	458	3.62	132	22	2	3233.2	3,116	1,299	1,486	300	1,238	75	9	48	13,768	121	5.58	3.45	1.62	0.83	14.6	9.0	1.35	.277	4.14	8.67
25	Andy Benes A. Benes	2,000	403	155	139	.527	387	3.97	21	9	1	2505.1	2,377	1,106	1,206	289	909	55	6	52	10,645	63	7.18	3.27	2.20	1.04	18.8	8.5	1.31	.282	4.33	8.54