most strikeouts allowed through september 17, 1980

Before September 18, 1980, Walter Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,527 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player through september 17, 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	3,269	689	288	228	.558	603	2.95	291	52	10	4783.0	4,276	1,568	1,822	339	1,248	95	32	154	19,512	137	6.15	2.35	2.62	0.64	16.8	6.4	1.15	.270	3.43	8.05
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	3,081	427	176	168	.512	393	3.18	173	44	3	2901.1	2,066	1,025	1,168	158	1,739	82	13	43	12,282	134	9.56	5.39	1.77	0.49	25.1	14.2	1.31	.264	3.62	6.41
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,975	478	244	140	.635	472	2.61	201	53	1	3598.2	2,882	1,043	1,145	271	999	49	5	87	14,411	88	7.44	2.50	2.98	0.68	20.6	6.9	1.08	.258	2.86	7.21
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,946	522	247	168	.595	504	3.03	212	44	1	3764.1	3,293	1,267	1,437	293	1,284	43	7	110	15,539	122	7.04	3.07	2.29	0.70	19.0	8.3	1.22	.273	3.44	7.87
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,891	576	259	192	.574	513	3.26	261	47	7	3998.2	3,608	1,449	1,606	429	840	72	34	105	16,246	55	6.51	1.89	3.44	0.97	17.8	5.2	1.11	.265	3.61	8.12
8	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
9	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
10	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,642	530	229	174	.568	514	3.07	156	52	4	3706.2	3,178	1,266	1,398	300	960	60	11	85	15,092	84	6.41	2.33	2.75	0.73	17.5	6.4	1.12	.259	3.39	7.72
11	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
12	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
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,564	644	233	205	.532	500	3.13	216	38	29	4017.0	3,634	1,397	1,649	343	1,208	102	81	76	16,671	187	5.74	2.71	2.12	0.77	15.4	7.2	1.21	.264	3.69	8.14
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	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	2,395	768	270	228	.542	621	3.44	179	31	11	4356.2	4,421	1,667	1,952	382	1,032	120	63	96	18,270	124	4.95	2.13	2.32	0.79	13.1	5.6	1.25	.282	4.03	9.13
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	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,348	555	223	165	.575	467	3.26	186	49	15	3386.0	2,970	1,228	1,339	340	1,074	48	51	51	13,935	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.90	16.8	7.7	1.19	.260	3.56	7.89
21	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
22	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
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	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,245	385	156	139	.529	380	2.95	150	41	0	2830.0	2,540	927	1,042	206	764	70	3	47	11,577	63	7.14	2.43	2.94	0.66	19.4	6.6	1.17	.281	3.31	8.08

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