most strikeouts allowed from september 20, 1963 to april 17, 2001

Between September 20, 1963 and April 17, 2001, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 20, 1963 to april 17, 2001
NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Nolan 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
2Steve 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
3Bert 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
4Tom 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
5Don 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
6Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
3,519
515
262
142
.649
514
3.08
116
45
0
3687.2
3,121
1,262
1,395
261
1,193
125
0
44
15,179
94
8.59
2.91
2.95
0.64
23.2
7.9
1.17
.284
3.40
7.62
7Gaylord 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
8Phil 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
9Fergie 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
10Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
3,068
369
181
96
.653
360
3.22
76
28
2
2518.1
1,953
901
1,016
226
1,095
111
4
16
10,467
80
10.96
3.91
2.80
0.81
29.3
10.5
1.21
.289
3.63
6.98
11Frank 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
12Mickey 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
13Jerry 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
14David Cone
D. Cone
2,540
420
184
116
.613
390
3.40
56
22
1
2745.0
2,336
1,038
1,135
237
1,067
96
9
37
11,485
140
8.33
3.50
2.38
0.78
22.1
9.3
1.24
.278
3.72
7.66
15Jack 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
16Mark 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
17Bob 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
18Luis 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
19Dennis 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
20Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
2,365
474
242
135
.642
470
2.81
99
31
0
3338.0
2,995
1,042
1,196
176
733
90
3
130
13,537
47
6.38
1.98
3.23
0.47
17.5
5.4
1.12
.277
3.22
8.08
21Charlie 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
22Chuck Finley
C. Finley
2,354
473
182
153
.543
416
3.77
61
14
0
2909.1
2,772
1,220
1,354
280
1,224
73
24
30
12,403
126
7.28
3.79
1.92
0.87
19.0
9.9
1.37
.294
4.19
8.58
23Sam 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
24Dwight 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
25Tommy 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
StatMuse has game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
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6:10 PM
Tue
5/12
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5/13
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5/15
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19
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24
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19
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16
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26
15
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1.0
18
22
.450
8.5
18
23
.439
9.0
17
23
.425
9.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
21
21
.500
19
21
.475
1.0
19
22
.463
1.5
19
22
.463
1.5
18
23
.439
2.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
21
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19
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.475
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19
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.463
2.5
16
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.390
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