most strikeouts allowed from september 16, 1962 to october 2, 1983

Between September 16, 1962 and October 2, 1983, Steve Carlton fanned the most hitters, with 3,709 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 16, 1962 to october 2, 1983

	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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,709	624	300	200	.600	606	3.01	250	55	1	4558.2	3,993	1,524	1,733	340	1,524	48	7	130	18,778	155	7.32	3.01	2.43	0.67	19.8	8.1	1.21	.278	3.42	7.88
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,677	516	219	195	.529	482	3.10	193	52	3	3520.2	2,523	1,214	1,385	190	2,022	96	13	50	14,845	174	9.40	5.17	1.82	0.49	24.8	13.6	1.29	.263	3.54	6.45
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,522	767	312	264	.542	685	3.09	302	53	10	5320.0	4,901	1,827	2,107	396	1,367	108	32	162	21,818	158	5.96	2.31	2.58	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.274	3.56	8.29
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,272	559	273	170	.616	553	2.73	213	56	1	4131.1	3,352	1,254	1,380	314	1,204	59	5	106	16,639	106	7.13	2.62	2.72	0.68	19.7	7.2	1.10	.258	3.01	7.30
5	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,065	622	266	206	.564	605	3.11	172	56	5	4357.2	3,765	1,504	1,662	347	1,113	68	12	93	17,748	89	6.33	2.30	2.75	0.72	17.3	6.3	1.12	.260	3.43	7.78
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,912	739	268	230	.538	594	3.20	226	43	29	4619.1	4,218	1,640	1,917	392	1,452	108	81	83	19,218	201	5.67	2.83	2.01	0.76	15.2	7.6	1.23	.267	3.73	8.22
8	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
9	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,631	422	217	139	.610	405	2.81	226	48	4	3284.0	2,750	1,027	1,150	218	1,039	85	10	94	13,479	84	7.21	2.85	2.53	0.60	19.5	7.7	1.15	.266	3.15	7.54
10	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,499	435	176	160	.524	430	3.01	164	42	0	3177.1	2,875	1,063	1,191	225	865	85	3	53	13,023	71	7.08	2.45	2.89	0.64	19.2	6.6	1.18	.283	3.37	8.14
11	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,366	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	7.94
12	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,390	401	139	127	.523	333	3.09	103	23	13	2409.0	1,869	828	943	156	1,246	55	34	72	10,197	136	8.93	4.66	1.92	0.58	23.4	12.2	1.29	.270	3.52	6.98
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,359	557	202	190	.515	475	3.33	134	31	17	3516.0	3,296	1,301	1,457	268	1,104	65	43	113	14,613	81	6.04	2.83	2.14	0.69	16.1	7.6	1.25	.280	3.73	8.44
14	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,208	553	268	149	.643	518	2.83	211	53	4	3930.1	3,327	1,235	1,376	301	1,294	38	13	36	16,028	85	5.06	2.96	1.71	0.69	13.8	8.1	1.18	.248	3.15	7.62
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,148	810	256	200	.561	552	3.42	156	25	17	4019.2	4,149	1,526	1,789	354	893	87	96	108	16,848	104	4.81	2.00	2.41	0.79	12.7	5.3	1.25	.284	4.01	9.29
16	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,011	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
17	Tommy John T. John	1,983	614	248	184	.574	569	3.12	154	44	3	3944.0	3,850	1,369	1,598	241	1,045	75	15	84	16,339	151	4.53	2.38	1.90	0.55	12.1	6.4	1.24	.278	3.65	8.79
18	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,974	397	206	120	.632	386	2.81	211	45	1	2994.1	2,695	934	1,111	260	549	35	8	71	12,112	38	5.93	1.65	3.60	0.78	16.3	4.5	1.08	.262	3.34	8.10
19	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,972	441	191	143	.572	425	3.21	142	37	2	3055.2	2,687	1,091	1,222	227	1,028	22	6	57	12,601	90	5.81	3.03	1.92	0.67	15.6	8.2	1.22	.263	3.60	7.91
20	Rudy May R. May	1,760	535	152	156	.494	360	3.46	87	24	12	2622.0	2,314	1,007	1,150	199	958	42	73	56	10,904	68	6.04	3.29	1.84	0.68	16.1	8.8	1.25	.266	3.95	7.94
21	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,728	484	142	135	.513	340	3.70	94	18	7	2569.0	2,416	1,056	1,202	233	1,004	90	70	65	10,949	119	6.05	3.52	1.72	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.277	4.21	8.46
22	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,680	389	119	93	.561	251	3.04	77	20	21	1896.1	1,652	640	734	89	842	29	63	61	8,033	90	7.97	4.00	2.00	0.42	20.9	10.5	1.32	.290	3.48	7.84
23	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,661	330	120	112	.517	307	3.19	80	26	5	2166.1	2,006	769	861	190	517	94	15	71	8,959	25	6.90	2.15	3.21	0.79	18.5	5.8	1.16	.280	3.58	8.33
24	Rick Wise R. Wise	1,647	506	188	181	.509	455	3.69	138	30	0	3127.1	3,227	1,281	1,455	261	804	44	15	83	13,157	49	4.74	2.31	2.05	0.75	12.5	6.1	1.29	.285	4.19	9.29
25	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	1,627	451	185	130	.587	379	3.12	172	36	11	2803.2	2,531	972	1,122	221	818	12	33	60	11,482	52	5.22	2.63	1.99	0.71	14.2	7.1	1.19	.262	3.60	8.12

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