most strikeouts allowed through may 31, 1987

Before June 1, 1987, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,358 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player through May 31, 1987

	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	4,358	621	255	230	.526	587	3.14	203	54	3	4178.1	3,030	1,459	1,663	233	2,295	114	13	66	17,574	210	9.39	4.94	1.90	0.50	24.8	13.1	1.27	.265	3.58	6.53
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,068	718	326	233	.583	691	3.13	252	55	2	5099.0	4,531	1,776	2,034	392	1,770	51	10	147	21,135	178	7.18	3.12	2.30	0.69	19.2	8.4	1.24	.279	3.59	8.00
3	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
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,378	108	33	163	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	8.31
5	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
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,458	734	312	244	.561	717	3.21	178	58	5	5064.2	4,474	1,809	1,992	439	1,289	77	12	97	20,718	106	6.14	2.29	2.68	0.78	16.7	6.2	1.14	.261	3.54	7.95
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,305	848	313	266	.541	700	3.30	244	45	29	5317.1	4,938	1,950	2,273	471	1,766	120	83	85	22,269	222	5.59	2.99	1.87	0.80	14.8	7.9	1.26	.269	3.85	8.36
8	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
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,148	553	233	201	.537	547	3.12	218	54	0	4073.1	3,689	1,410	1,578	338	1,095	113	3	64	16,714	90	6.96	2.42	2.87	0.75	18.8	6.6	1.17	.279	3.49	8.15
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,462	898	283	237	.544	625	3.45	180	31	17	4530.0	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	117	19,026	128	4.89	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	9.18
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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Before June 1, 1987, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,358 strikeouts.

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