most strikeouts allowed through may 15, 1980

Before May 16, 1980, Walter Johnson fanned the most batters, with 3,527 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player through May 15, 1980

	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	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,527	802	417	279	.599	666	1.70	531	110	34	5916.2	4,917		1,902	97	1,374	208	128			155	5.37	2.09	2.57	0.15		5.8	1.06	.262	2.89	7.48
2	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,166	665	282	218	.564	580	2.93	287	51	10	4635.2	4,121	1,510	1,746	328	1,203	88	31	152	18,887	131	6.15	2.34	2.63	0.64	16.8	6.4	1.15	.269	3.39	8.00
3	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,949	403	168	162	.509	369	3.17	169	42	3	2738.2	1,930	965	1,098	152	1,677	80	13	42	11,607	129	9.69	5.51	1.76	0.50	25.4	14.4	1.32	.263	3.61	6.34
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,907	461	237	134	.639	455	2.57	197	52	1	3494.1	2,784	996	1,094	255	961	48	5	86	13,972	84	7.49	2.48	3.02	0.66	20.8	6.9	1.07	.258	2.82	7.17
6	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.0	3,433	1,365	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,615	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.66	8.22
7	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,795	556	249	185	.574	493	3.26	251	47	7	3858.1	3,476	1,398	1,551	416	807	69	34	100	15,663	51	6.52	1.88	3.46	0.97	17.8	5.2	1.11	.264	3.62	8.11
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,735	495	231	162	.588	477	3.06	203	43	1	3547.1	3,107	1,208	1,371	283	1,224	41	7	100	14,651	108	6.94	3.11	2.23	0.72	18.7	8.4	1.22	.272	3.48	7.88
10	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,833	1,801	2,018	434	1,432	41	67		21,555	78	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.6	1.19	.258	3.46	8.30
11	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	570	266	162	.621	484	3.26	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,385	1,557	223	1,764	60	52	6	16,172	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.52	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	7.69
12	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,549	508	220	170	.564	492	3.11	153	51	4	3556.2	3,070	1,231	1,361	286	931	59	11	82	14,512	84	6.45	2.36	2.74	0.72	17.6	6.4	1.12	.261	3.44	7.77
13	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2,512	630	373	185	.668	551	0.97	434	79	25	4754.1	4,182		1,585	88	827	54	70			109	4.76	1.57	3.04	0.17		4.4	1.05	.268	3.00	7.92
14	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	81	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.09
15	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
16	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,435	615	220	195	.530	473	3.12	208	35	28	3819.1	3,447	1,322	1,568	320	1,154	100	79	75	15,862	181	5.74	2.72	2.11	0.75	15.4	7.3	1.20	.264	3.69	8.12
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	6.79
18	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,367	728	264	222	.543	608	3.43	174	30	9	4246.1	4,298	1,617	1,896	377	1,003	120	49	88	17,802	121	5.02	2.13	2.36	0.80	13.3	5.6	1.25	.281	4.02	9.11
19	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,362	676	286	245	.539	609	3.40	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,773	1,962	505	901	54	49		19,222	34	4.53	1.73	2.62	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	8.80
20	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,340	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	289	49	15	4564.0	4,292	1,793	2,037	339	1,775	64	67		19,406	53	4.61	3.50	1.32	0.67	12.1	9.1	1.33	.266	4.02	8.46
21	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
22	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,288	539	219	158	.581	451	3.24	183	49	15	3293.1	2,878	1,184	1,293	333	1,039	48	51	49	13,538	25	6.25	2.84	2.20	0.91	16.9	7.7	1.19	.259	3.53	7.86
23	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2,269	616	300	141	.680	457	3.06	298	35	54	3938.1	3,848	1,341	1,596	162	1,184	41	123		16,622	51	5.19	2.71	1.92	0.37	13.7	7.1	1.28	.284	3.65	8.79
24	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2,268	623	326	194	.627	529	1.36	410	69	23	4488.2	3,960		1,566	42	1,076	188	78			86	4.55	2.16	2.11	0.08		6.4	1.12	.294	3.14	7.94
25	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2,209	696	373	208	.642	600	2.41	437	90	33	5182.2	4,866		1,851	165	951	67	80			38	3.84	1.65	2.32	0.29		4.5	1.12	.268	3.21	8.45

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