most strikeouts allowed from september 26, 1975 to may 31, 2000

Between September 26, 1975 and May 31, 2000, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 3,956 strikeouts.

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	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	3,956	552	219	194	.530	552	3.25	127	38	0	3735.1	2,777	1,349	1,538	224	1,798	101	0	55	15,583	200	9.53	4.33	2.20	0.54	25.4	11.5	1.22	.269	3.71	6.69
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,386	491	251	139	.644	490	3.05	116	45	0	3532.2	2,984	1,199	1,329	244	1,130	118	0	44	14,514	92	8.63	2.88	3.00	0.62	23.3	7.8	1.16	.284	3.39	7.60
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,824	343	169	89	.655	334	3.18	73	27	2	2345.2	1,794	829	932	208	1,033	101	4	16	9,742	76	10.84	3.96	2.73	0.80	29.0	10.6	1.21	.284	3.58	6.88
4	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
5	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
6	David Cone D. Cone	2,463	401	181	107	.628	372	3.26	56	22	1	2652.0	2,216	962	1,056	221	1,018	91	9	34	11,038	134	8.36	3.45	2.42	0.75	22.3	9.2	1.22	.275	3.58	7.52
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,382	477	192	166	.536	473	3.56	146	36	0	3367.2	3,222	1,333	1,464	316	922	116	1	48	13,992	83	6.37	2.46	2.58	0.84	17.0	6.6	1.23	.283	3.91	8.61
8	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,306	562	208	207	.501	545	3.78	113	24	1	3643.1	3,580	1,531	1,721	401	1,100	114	7	106	15,409	105	5.70	2.72	2.10	0.99	15.0	7.1	1.28	.277	4.25	8.84
9	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,262	412	190	110	.633	405	3.51	68	24	1	2736.1	2,498	1,067	1,170	202	933	78	1	39	11,431	75	7.44	3.07	2.42	0.66	19.8	8.2	1.25	.289	3.85	8.22
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,253	1,038	184	165	.527	338	3.56	94	18	388	3106.0	2,938	1,229	1,325	332	654	68	572	85	12,774	24	6.53	1.90	3.44	0.96	17.6	5.1	1.16	.275	3.84	8.51
11	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,233	447	169	144	.540	390	3.73	59	14	0	2750.2	2,607	1,140	1,271	261	1,159	72	24	28	11,718	122	7.31	3.79	1.93	0.85	19.1	9.9	1.37	.294	4.16	8.53
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,229	448	228	127	.642	444	2.79	95	29	0	3156.0	2,837	980	1,130	163	705	84	3	122	12,806	46	6.36	2.01	3.16	0.46	17.4	5.5	1.12	.278	3.22	8.09
13	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,229	395	182	125	.593	381	3.31	110	24	1	2775.1	2,488	1,021	1,171	234	949	25	6	77	11,504	100	7.23	3.08	2.35	0.76	19.4	8.2	1.24	.279	3.80	8.07
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,180	721	200	204	.495	440	3.78	107	13	49	3549.2	3,102	1,490	1,702	358	1,530	156	172	40	15,102	169	5.53	3.88	1.42	0.91	14.4	10.1	1.30	.252	4.32	7.86
15	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
16	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,098	356	157	113	.581	356	3.35	47	14	0	2414.1	2,092	898	986	195	774	38	0	55	9,947	119	7.82	2.89	2.71	0.73	21.1	7.8	1.19	.277	3.68	7.80
17	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	8.35
18	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,011	507	204	147	.581	463	3.45	68	25	5	3123.1	2,924	1,196	1,352	232	1,001	115	19	108	13,108	120	5.79	2.88	2.01	0.67	15.3	7.6	1.26	.276	3.90	8.43
19	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
20	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,432	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
21	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,924	416	138	156	.469	390	4.84	47	11	0	2421.2	2,457	1,301	1,426	246	1,350	36	13	36	10,810	126	7.15	5.02	1.43	0.91	17.8	12.5	1.57	.305	5.30	9.13
22	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	8.97
23	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,831	427	173	153	.531	417	3.71	114	19	2	2916.0	2,816	1,201	1,372	268	1,159	64	7	44	12,463	108	5.65	3.58	1.58	0.83	14.7	9.3	1.36	.279	4.23	8.69
24	Andy Benes A. Benes	1,775	338	135	121	.527	334	3.81	19	9	1	2195.2	2,067	929	1,011	231	747	43	2	49	9,267	61	7.28	3.06	2.38	0.95	19.2	8.1	1.28	.284	4.14	8.47
25	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,763	358	170	90	.654	322	3.29	95	26	4	2376.1	2,183	868	947	226	624	12	17	24	9,725	55	6.68	2.36	2.83	0.86	18.1	6.4	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27

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