most strikeouts allowed from september 18, 1965 to october 1, 2001

Between September 18, 1965 and October 1, 2001, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 18, 1965 to October 1, 2001

	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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,118	728	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5194.2	4,646	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	9	149	21,585	178	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,712	544	280	144	.660	543	3.09	116	45	0	3882.0	3,301	1,334	1,474	279	1,255	128	0	45	15,984	106	8.61	2.91	2.96	0.65	23.2	7.9	1.17	.285	3.42	7.65
4	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
5	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
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,406	400	199	101	.663	390	3.14	79	30	2	2741.1	2,109	955	1,075	241	1,160	124	5	18	11,352	88	11.18	3.81	2.94	0.79	30.0	10.2	1.19	.291	3.53	6.92
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,286	816	316	271	.538	715	3.35	245	45	23	5318.1	4,959	1,980	2,295	476	1,777	120	61	83	22,303	217	5.56	3.01	1.85	0.81	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.88	8.39
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,188	661	283	226	.556	594	3.34	267	49	6	4493.1	4,139	1,669	1,853	484	996	84	34	117	18,378	62	6.39	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.29
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,143	648	290	235	.552	634	3.05	291	51	3	4835.1	4,434	1,636	1,895	350	1,227	95	9	135	19,769	137	5.85	2.28	2.56	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.53	8.25
11	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
12	David Cone D. Cone	2,648	444	192	123	.610	414	3.46	56	22	1	2872.2	2,481	1,103	1,208	254	1,122	106	9	41	12,070	149	8.30	3.52	2.36	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.25	.280	3.78	7.77
13	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
14	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,518	504	257	145	.639	500	2.84	102	34	0	3543.0	3,200	1,119	1,279	195	760	96	3	140	14,367	49	6.40	1.93	3.31	0.50	17.5	5.3	1.12	.278	3.25	8.13
15	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
16	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
17	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,434	491	189	157	.546	434	3.82	61	14	0	3001.2	2,880	1,273	1,415	290	1,252	75	24	30	12,808	127	7.30	3.75	1.94	0.87	19.0	9.8	1.38	.296	4.24	8.64
18	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
19	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
20	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,333	469	181	165	.523	411	3.42	175	33	5	3045.1	2,820	1,157	1,286	286	912	70	25	64	12,657	103	6.89	2.70	2.56	0.85	18.4	7.2	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
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	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,162	514	208	157	.570	439	3.31	168	44	13	3168.1	2,820	1,165	1,273	314	992	45	44	48	13,064	21	6.14	2.82	2.18	0.89	16.5	7.6	1.20	.262	3.62	8.01
24	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,152	389	160	116	.580	361	3.35	47	14	10	2470.1	2,143	919	1,009	201	784	40	17	57	10,174	119	7.84	2.86	2.74	0.73	21.2	7.7	1.18	.278	3.68	7.81
25	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

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