most strikeouts allowed from september 2, 1968 to april 6, 2010

Between September 2, 1968 and April 6, 2010, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,578 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 2, 1968 to April 6, 2010

	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	5,578	787	318	282	.530	754	3.19	219	61	3	5257.1	3,832	1,864	2,127	310	2,725	154	13	74	22,038	269	9.55	4.66	2.05	0.53	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,774	658	300	223	.574	642	3.25	232	47	1	4744.0	4,241	1,711	1,959	389	1,692	47	6	143	19,727	167	7.16	3.21	2.23	0.74	19.1	8.6	1.25	.279	3.72	8.05
5	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
6	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
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,300	591	282	183	.606	584	2.92	201	55	0	4297.1	3,563	1,394	1,534	351	1,269	64	4	106	17,420	113	6.91	2.66	2.60	0.74	18.9	7.3	1.12	.258	3.21	7.46
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,074	671	295	215	.578	666	3.25	157	53	3	4667.1	4,134	1,684	1,859	429	1,187	71	4	76	19,105	101	5.93	2.29	2.59	0.83	16.1	6.2	1.14	.258	3.58	7.97
12	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,029	708	290	248	.539	667	3.43	225	40	10	4848.1	4,558	1,850	2,127	449	1,659	105	27	73	20,402	182	5.62	3.08	1.83	0.83	14.8	8.1	1.28	.271	3.95	8.46
13	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
14	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
15	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
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	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,578	525	240	192	.556	511	3.43	230	43	1	3765.2	3,555	1,435	1,594	409	806	75	9	90	15,458	54	6.16	1.93	3.20	0.98	16.7	5.2	1.16	.271	3.81	8.50
19	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,564	535	241	198	.549	530	3.12	245	43	2	4040.0	3,760	1,400	1,622	305	1,048	83	5	101	16,568	113	5.71	2.33	2.45	0.68	15.5	6.3	1.19	.275	3.61	8.38
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,393	574	206	198	.510	496	3.43	126	27	17	3600.1	3,433	1,372	1,535	275	1,123	64	42	113	15,023	81	5.98	2.81	2.13	0.69	15.9	7.5	1.27	.283	3.84	8.58
25	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

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