most strikeouts allowed through september 1, 1982

Before September 2, 1982, Walter Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,527 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player through September 1, 1982

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,449	481	203	183	.526	447	3.11	187	50	3	3278.1	2,356	1,134	1,293	176	1,896	90	13	46	13,842	161	9.47	5.21	1.82	0.48	24.9	13.7	1.30	.265	3.55	6.47
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,438	743	304	251	.548	656	3.05	300	52	10	5133.2	4,695	1,738	2,007	373	1,323	102	33	159	21,017	151	6.03	2.32	2.60	0.65	16.4	6.3	1.17	.274	3.52	8.23
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,359	579	279	182	.605	561	3.02	237	50	1	4211.0	3,677	1,413	1,603	316	1,429	45	7	120	17,355	138	7.18	3.05	2.35	0.68	19.4	8.2	1.21	.275	3.43	7.86
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,137	525	264	156	.629	519	2.68	208	54	1	3900.1	3,151	1,163	1,276	296	1,118	55	5	101	15,677	96	7.24	2.58	2.81	0.68	20.0	7.1	1.09	.258	2.94	7.27
6	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
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,078	625	274	215	.560	559	3.31	265	48	7	4294.1	3,923	1,579	1,750	462	935	78	36	111	17,527	60	6.45	1.96	3.29	0.97	17.6	5.3	1.13	.267	3.67	8.22
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,895	584	254	192	.570	567	3.05	166	55	5	4082.2	3,501	1,384	1,532	318	1,041	63	12	91	16,595	87	6.38	2.29	2.78	0.70	17.4	6.3	1.11	.259	3.38	7.72
9	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
10	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
11	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,752	698	253	219	.536	554	3.16	222	41	29	4370.1	3,963	1,535	1,805	369	1,338	106	81	80	18,140	194	5.67	2.76	2.06	0.76	15.2	7.4	1.21	.265	3.72	8.16
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,440	864	283	236	.545	624	3.44	180	31	17	4485.2	4,556	1,716	2,011	389	1,070	122	92	114	18,818	127	4.90	2.15	2.28	0.78	13.0	5.7	1.25	.282	4.03	9.14
18	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,412	572	229	171	.573	483	3.29	187	49	15	3481.0	3,063	1,273	1,393	346	1,103	49	51	53	14,337	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.60	7.92
19	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
20	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,376	411	169	150	.530	406	2.96	159	42	0	3021.0	2,715	995	1,117	217	821	75	3	49	12,363	66	7.08	2.45	2.89	0.65	19.2	6.6	1.17	.281	3.33	8.09
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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Before September 2, 1982, Walter Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,527 strikeouts.

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