most strikeouts allowed from september 20, 1963 to june 1, 2001

Between September 20, 1963 and June 1, 2001, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 20, 1963 to June 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	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
3	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
4	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
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,575	523	265	143	.650	522	3.10	116	45	0	3742.2	3,172	1,288	1,424	267	1,211	126	0	44	15,411	97	8.60	2.91	2.95	0.64	23.2	7.9	1.17	.284	3.42	7.63
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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,464	735	310	258	.546	679	3.07	302	53	8	5235.0	4,800	1,787	2,058	386	1,337	106	26	155	21,431	154	5.96	2.30	2.59	0.66	16.2	6.2	1.17	.274	3.54	8.25
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	227	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	8.40
9	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
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,163	378	184	99	.650	369	3.18	78	29	2	2584.1	1,991	914	1,029	230	1,116	113	4	16	10,719	82	11.02	3.89	2.83	0.80	29.5	10.4	1.20	.289	3.58	6.93
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	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,734	556	212	183	.537	479	3.42	191	41	10	3504.0	3,226	1,333	1,474	334	1,048	86	36	66	14,558	115	7.02	2.69	2.61	0.86	18.8	7.2	1.22	.279	3.79	8.29
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	David Cone D. Cone	2,550	423	184	117	.611	393	3.42	56	22	1	2755.2	2,350	1,046	1,143	240	1,075	99	9	37	11,541	140	8.33	3.51	2.37	0.78	22.1	9.3	1.24	.278	3.73	7.68
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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,436	387	199	130	.605	373	2.78	212	46	4	3038.2	2,534	937	1,047	200	944	71	8	94	12,431	79	7.22	2.80	2.58	0.59	19.6	7.6	1.14	.266	3.10	7.51
18	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,418	482	244	140	.635	478	2.82	101	33	0	3396.2	3,055	1,064	1,222	180	745	92	3	134	13,780	48	6.41	1.97	3.25	0.48	17.5	5.4	1.12	.278	3.24	8.09
19	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
20	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
21	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,398	481	185	155	.544	424	3.80	61	14	0	2952.0	2,827	1,248	1,385	288	1,232	73	24	30	12,592	127	7.31	3.76	1.95	0.88	19.0	9.8	1.38	.295	4.22	8.62
22	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
23	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,315	385	135	122	.525	320	3.03	100	22	13	2333.1	1,801	785	898	149	1,193	55	34	72	9,861	129	8.93	4.60	1.94	0.57	23.5	12.1	1.28	.269	3.46	6.95
24	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
25	Tommy John T. John	2,242	756	288	230	.556	699	3.35	162	46	3	4702.0	4,773	1,748	2,012	302	1,255	98	21	102	19,653	187	4.29	2.40	1.79	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	9.14

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