most strikeouts by pitcher from august 1, 1966 to april 21, 1996

Between August 1, 1966 and April 21, 1996, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

	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	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,114	725	329	244	.574	706	3.22	254	55	2	5188.2	4,637	1,855	2,121	410	1,823	52	8	149	21,557	178	7.14	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.04
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,492	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.39
4	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
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,434	750	315	248	.560	733	3.26	174	57	5	5129.1	4,550	1,859	2,045	458	1,312	79	12	102	21,000	108	6.03	2.30	2.62	0.80	16.4	6.2	1.14	.260	3.59	7.98
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,278	800	314	268	.540	715	3.35	245	45	23	5294.0	4,933	1,968	2,276	474	1,764	117	56	79	22,187	214	5.57	3.00	1.86	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.269	3.87	8.39
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,087	613	281	220	.561	591	3.33	267	49	1	4388.0	4,051	1,622	1,801	465	965	83	12	107	17,942	61	6.33	1.98	3.20	0.95	17.2	5.4	1.14	.269	3.69	8.31
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,011	621	275	233	.541	614	3.05	283	49	3	4682.0	4,296	1,587	1,840	344	1,202	92	7	132	19,157	133	5.79	2.31	2.50	0.66	15.7	6.3	1.17	.272	3.54	8.26
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,702	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	8.73
10	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
11	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	205	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	8.40
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,664	174	240	44	16,168	180	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	7.77
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,360	354	182	101	.643	353	3.02	94	36	0	2563.0	2,173	860	957	179	769	85	0	42	10,493	65	8.29	2.70	3.07	0.63	22.5	7.3	1.15	.281	3.36	7.63
14	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,298	911	192	160	.545	361	3.47	100	20	328	3143.2	2,925	1,213	1,313	324	716	67	473	85	12,935	26	6.58	2.05	3.21	0.93	17.8	5.5	1.16	.273	3.76	8.37
15	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,274	387	167	142	.540	384	3.80	80	18	0	2679.0	2,394	1,132	1,253	267	1,154	43	1	26	11,282	80	7.64	3.88	1.97	0.90	20.2	10.2	1.32	.282	4.21	8.04
16	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,210	443	170	156	.521	387	3.40	169	31	4	2896.2	2,695	1,094	1,213	270	856	65	24	61	12,027	97	6.87	2.66	2.58	0.84	18.4	7.1	1.23	.281	3.77	8.37
17	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,838	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	7.91
18	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,082	489	202	152	.571	426	3.31	164	40	10	3073.1	2,747	1,131	1,237	302	955	43	37	47	12,673	19	6.10	2.80	2.18	0.88	16.4	7.5	1.20	.263	3.62	8.04
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,043	512	251	144	.635	496	2.83	206	53	3	3717.2	3,158	1,167	1,295	284	1,195	36	8	35	15,148	78	4.95	2.89	1.71	0.69	13.5	7.9	1.17	.248	3.14	7.65
20	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,033	614	234	177	.569	532	3.60	120	28	6	3775.1	3,628	1,511	1,684	349	1,088	112	40	62	15,752	82	4.85	2.59	1.87	0.83	12.9	6.9	1.25	.269	4.01	8.65
21	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	9.10
22	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
23	Tommy John T. John	1,965	669	263	207	.560	635	3.37	149	41	1	4273.2	4,378	1,601	1,843	271	1,114	89	17	87	17,871	171	4.14	2.35	1.76	0.57	11.0	6.2	1.29	.285	3.88	9.22
24	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,931	407	158	134	.541	378	3.48	112	31	2	2687.0	2,449	1,040	1,168	201	1,043	20	10	63	11,306	108	6.47	3.49	1.85	0.67	17.1	9.2	1.30	.277	3.91	8.20
25	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,907	628	220	191	.535	547	3.64	127	39	11	3669.2	3,734	1,483	1,701	245	1,127	59	41	118	15,581	109	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	9.16