most strikeouts allowed from september 3, 1963 to august 17, 2003

Between September 3, 1963 and August 17, 2003, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from september 3, 1963 to august 17, 2003

	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,068	599	304	158	.658	598	3.17	117	46	0	4231.0	3,628	1,490	1,642	314	1,365	140	0	52	17,453	125	8.65	2.90	2.98	0.67	23.3	7.8	1.18	.287	3.49	7.72
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,813	446	227	111	.672	436	3.10	87	34	2	3070.1	2,380	1,058	1,195	277	1,245	144	5	20	12,680	92	11.18	3.65	3.06	0.81	30.1	9.8	1.18	.292	3.50	6.98
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	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
7	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
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,466	737	310	258	.546	679	3.07	302	53	8	5239.2	4,800	1,787	2,058	386	1,339	106	26	155	21,447	154	5.95	2.30	2.59	0.66	16.2	6.2	1.17	.273	3.53	8.24
9	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
10	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
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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,741	567	284	162	.637	563	2.89	103	34	0	3922.2	3,583	1,260	1,442	231	833	107	3	153	15,935	52	6.29	1.91	3.29	0.53	17.2	5.2	1.13	.279	3.31	8.22
13	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,738	559	213	184	.537	480	3.43	191	41	10	3513.2	3,240	1,338	1,479	335	1,054	86	36	66	14,605	115	7.01	2.70	2.60	0.86	18.7	7.2	1.22	.280	3.79	8.30
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,494	444	162	114	.587	332	3.31	79	19	13	2545.0	2,241	937	997	256	597	39	60	40	10,319	66	8.82	2.11	4.18	0.91	24.2	5.8	1.12	.286	3.53	7.92
18	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
19	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
20	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,462	391	202	130	.608	377	2.76	214	47	4	3072.0	2,557	943	1,054	201	956	71	8	94	12,566	79	7.21	2.80	2.58	0.59	19.6	7.6	1.14	.265	3.09	7.49
21	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
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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,382	348	161	66	.709	281	2.60	40	15	3	2036.0	1,519	588	658	148	546	96	23	21	8,115	51	10.53	2.41	4.36	0.65	29.4	6.7	1.01	.277	2.91	6.71
24	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
25	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

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