most strikeouts allowed since august 2, 1972 to october 1, 1995

Between August 2, 1972 and October 1, 1995, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,040 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	5,040	678	283	245	.536	675	3.16	198	53	1	4715.2	3,459	1,658	1,896	275	2,357	127	3	64	19,691	242	9.62	4.50	2.14	0.52	25.6	12.0	1.23	.268	3.62	6.60
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,210	601	252	212	.543	597	3.36	215	52	0	4345.2	4,064	1,623	1,801	375	1,175	142	1	60	17,953	103	6.65	2.43	2.73	0.78	17.9	6.5	1.21	.283	3.73	8.42
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,972	525	236	176	.573	511	3.31	171	34	1	3738.0	3,346	1,374	1,576	313	1,329	35	6	105	15,536	127	7.16	3.20	2.24	0.75	19.1	8.6	1.25	.279	3.79	8.06
4	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
5	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
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,371	561	228	193	.542	535	3.50	161	28	7	3840.1	3,644	1,495	1,710	343	1,438	88	17	55	16,271	145	5.56	3.37	1.65	0.80	14.6	8.8	1.32	.274	4.01	8.54
7	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,350	846	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3780.0	3,262	1,570	1,793	375	1,650	174	232	44	16,070	180	5.60	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	7.77
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,348	455	204	143	.588	451	3.07	133	41	0	3245.2	2,743	1,107	1,216	270	986	44	1	86	13,237	91	6.51	2.73	2.38	0.75	17.7	7.4	1.15	.258	3.37	7.61
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,333	349	182	98	.650	348	3.00	94	36	0	2533.1	2,143	845	939	175	750	82	0	41	10,352	64	8.29	2.66	3.11	0.62	22.5	7.2	1.14	.281	3.34	7.61
10	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,306	528	229	165	.581	524	3.31	112	34	2	3635.1	3,239	1,337	1,473	349	919	51	3	54	14,887	73	5.71	2.28	2.51	0.86	15.5	6.2	1.14	.257	3.65	8.02
11	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,285	901	192	159	.547	361	3.48	100	20	323	3133.0	2,916	1,213	1,311	324	716	67	464	85	12,894	26	6.56	2.06	3.19	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.273	3.77	8.38
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,250	382	166	140	.542	379	3.80	79	18	0	2642.0	2,362	1,116	1,236	265	1,142	42	1	26	11,135	79	7.66	3.89	1.97	0.90	20.2	10.3	1.33	.282	4.21	8.05
13	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,022	610	231	176	.568	528	3.60	120	28	6	3747.2	3,601	1,500	1,673	344	1,080	110	40	62	15,636	82	4.86	2.59	1.87	0.83	12.9	6.9	1.25	.270	4.02	8.65
14	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,974	548	210	187	.529	522	3.38	100	25	5	3492.2	3,537	1,313	1,475	218	924	88	15	114	14,666	88	5.09	2.38	2.14	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.28	.290	3.80	9.11
15	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
16	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,918	402	158	133	.543	375	3.49	112	31	2	2669.1	2,435	1,036	1,164	197	1,038	20	10	63	11,238	108	6.47	3.50	1.85	0.66	17.1	9.2	1.30	.277	3.92	8.21
17	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	7.87
18	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,870	457	161	161	.500	390	3.57	96	18	16	2825.1	2,759	1,120	1,248	215	887	53	38	78	11,843	55	5.96	2.83	2.11	0.68	15.8	7.5	1.29	.289	3.98	8.79
19	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,826	415	175	147	.543	414	3.69	74	16	0	2806.0	2,784	1,149	1,275	288	843	46	0	36	11,783	85	5.86	2.70	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.09	8.93
20	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	8.27
21	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,777	383	162	148	.523	381	3.34	159	28	0	2823.1	2,714	1,049	1,191	228	746	51	2	66	11,641	71	5.66	2.38	2.38	0.73	15.3	6.4	1.23	.281	3.80	8.65
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,748	432	178	147	.548	412	3.40	114	25	1	2864.2	2,593	1,083	1,209	223	1,041	18	10	56	11,946	91	5.49	3.27	1.68	0.70	14.6	8.7	1.27	.266	3.80	8.15
23	David Cone D. Cone	1,741	288	129	78	.623	259	3.18	50	21	1	1922.0	1,589	679	746	151	716	55	9	29	7,959	98	8.15	3.35	2.43	0.71	21.9	9.0	1.20	.272	3.49	7.44
24	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,741	523	168	129	.566	348	3.95	55	9	19	2629.2	2,499	1,154	1,259	264	1,034	62	87	46	11,251	119	5.96	3.54	1.68	0.90	15.5	9.2	1.34	.274	4.31	8.55
25	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,723	431	134	143	.484	363	4.06	62	16	0	2388.0	2,320	1,078	1,189	291	846	40	13	39	10,187	84	6.49	3.19	2.04	1.10	16.9	8.3	1.33	.278	4.48	8.74

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