most strikeouts allowed through september 7, 1980

Before September 8, 1980, Walter Johnson struck out the most batters, with 3,527 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player through september 7, 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	3,263	687	288	227	.559	601	2.94	291	52	10	4775.2	4,261	1,562	1,814	338	1,245	95	32	154	19,473	135	6.15	2.35	2.62	0.64	16.8	6.4	1.15	.270	3.42	8.03
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	3,068	425	176	167	.513	391	3.17	173	44	3	2887.1	2,051	1,018	1,161	157	1,737	82	13	43	12,223	134	9.56	5.41	1.77	0.49	25.1	14.2	1.31	.264	3.62	6.39
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,964	476	242	140	.634	470	2.62	199	52	1	3580.2	2,871	1,042	1,143	270	994	49	5	87	14,343	88	7.45	2.50	2.98	0.68	20.7	6.9	1.08	.258	2.87	7.22
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,930	519	246	168	.594	501	3.03	211	44	1	3739.1	3,269	1,258	1,428	291	1,280	42	7	109	15,438	120	7.05	3.08	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	2,634	528	227	174	.566	512	3.08	156	52	4	3692.2	3,168	1,263	1,395	299	955	60	11	85	15,038	84	6.42	2.33	2.76	0.73	17.5	6.4	1.12	.259	3.40	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	2,553	642	231	205	.530	498	3.14	216	38	29	4002.1	3,621	1,395	1,646	343	1,205	102	81	76	16,613	186	5.74	2.71	2.12	0.77	15.4	7.3	1.21	.264	3.70	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	2,391	763	270	228	.542	621	3.44	179	31	11	4350.2	4,414	1,665	1,950	382	1,030	120	61	96	18,244	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	2,343	554	223	165	.575	466	3.26	186	49	15	3380.0	2,965	1,225	1,336	338	1,069	48	51	51	13,907	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	2,235	383	155	139	.527	378	2.95	149	41	0	2814.0	2,526	922	1,037	206	761	70	3	47	11,515	62	7.15	2.43	2.94	0.66	19.4	6.6	1.17	.281	3.32	8.08

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