mlb pitchers with the most strikeouts in the last five starts

Nolan Ryan had 763 games started in his career.

	NAME	GS	SO	G	W	L	W%	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	763	5,654	763	318	286	.526	3.14	222	61	0	5315.1	3,855	1,853	2,120	310	2,727	156	0	75	22,234	273	9.57	4.62	2.07	0.52	25.4	12.3	1.24	.265	3.59	6.53
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	596	4,818	596	300	162	.649	3.25	100	37	0	4075.0	3,273	1,472	1,653	402	1,478	186	0	37	16,793	109	10.64	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.7	8.8	1.17	.290	3.65	7.23
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	696	4,671	696	352	180	.662	3.09	116	45	0	4876.2	4,128	1,673	1,846	362	1,562	157	0	63	20,043	143	8.62	2.88	2.99	0.67	23.3	7.8	1.17	.283	3.41	7.62
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	697	4,104	697	325	231	.585	3.14	254	55	0	5115.0	4,544	1,786	2,045	396	1,786	52	0	143	21,211	174	7.22	3.14	2.30	0.70	19.3	8.4	1.24	.279	3.60	8.00
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	671	3,694	671	285	238	.545	3.23	242	60	0	4908.0	4,529	1,763	1,960	416	1,297	155	0	66	20,184	110	6.77	2.38	2.85	0.76	18.3	6.4	1.19	.281	3.59	8.31
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	633	3,634	633	309	197	.611	2.80	231	61	0	4733.1	3,891	1,471	1,619	371	1,364	75	0	114	19,119	119	6.91	2.59	2.66	0.71	19.0	7.1	1.11	.257	3.08	7.40
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	732	3,545	732	319	239	.572	3.17	177	58	0	5162.2	4,535	1,820	2,002	452	1,294	78	0	92	21,077	110	6.18	2.26	2.74	0.79	16.8	6.1	1.13	.260	3.49	7.91
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	532	3,463	532	261	147	.640	3.27	26	9	0	3452.1	2,912	1,255	1,358	357	968	114	0	26	14,087	95	9.03	2.52	3.58	0.93	24.6	6.9	1.12	.278	3.54	7.59
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	456	3,390	456	215	112	.657	3.17	12	5	0	2860.2	2,338	1,007	1,080	335	749	110	0	20	11,562	78	10.67	2.36	4.53	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.40	7.36
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	667	3,372	667	302	238	.559	2.99	303	53	0	5076.2	4,612	1,684	1,936	368	1,281	99	0	139	20,719	145	5.98	2.27	2.63	0.65	16.3	6.2	1.16	.272	3.43	8.18
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	722	3,366	722	351	221	.614	3.14	109	35	0	4912.2	4,613	1,713	1,928	346	970	135	0	177	20,007	70	6.17	1.78	3.47	0.63	16.8	4.8	1.14	.281	3.53	8.45
12	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	647	3,273	647	370	242	.605	1.66	524	110	0	5453.2	4,492		1,704	87	1,261	187	0			141	5.40	2.08	2.60	0.14		5.8	1.05	.260	2.81	7.41
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	693	3,181	693	300	249	.546	3.26	245	45	0	5059.2	4,650	1,831	2,123	453	1,648	113	0	72	21,103	202	5.66	2.93	1.93	0.81	15.1	7.8	1.24	.267	3.78	8.27
14	CC Sabathia	555	3,091	555	251	157	.615	3.70	38	12	0	3557.2	3,371	1,462	1,600	379	1,088	122	0	43	14,887	72	7.82	2.75	2.84	0.96	20.8	7.3	1.25	.293	4.05	8.53
15	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	583	3,082	583	277	215	.563	3.26	267	49	0	4331.0	3,963	1,567	1,743	458	936	83	0	100	17,660	61	6.40	1.95	3.29	0.95	17.5	5.3	1.13	.268	3.62	8.24
16	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	473	3,044	473	245	167	.595	2.85	255	56	0	3751.2	3,140	1,190	1,347	245	1,260	98	0	106	15,465	103	7.30	3.02	2.42	0.59	19.7	8.1	1.17	.268	3.23	7.53
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	408	3,032	408	208	96	.684	2.94	46	17	0	2718.2	2,143	887	973	232	704	136	0	26	10,942	60	10.04	2.33	4.31	0.77	27.7	6.4	1.05	.279	3.22	7.09
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	434	2,987	434	215	93	.698	2.50	25	15	0	2766.2	2,111	768	839	229	686	43	0	27	10,909	104	9.72	2.23	4.35	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.73	6.87
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	432	2,953	432	206	131	.611	3.41	83	20	0	3064.1	2,801	1,162	1,216	333	630	51	0	34	12,428	66	8.67	1.85	4.69	0.98	23.8	5.1	1.12	.292	3.57	8.23
20	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	536	2,907	536	220	151	.593	3.46	17	5	0	3296.2	3,114	1,269	1,364	359	736	75	0	22	13,490	96	7.94	2.01	3.95	0.98	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.72	8.50
21	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	524	2,812	524	268	148	.644	3.60	57	23	0	3510.0	3,364	1,405	1,505	367	765	60	0	28	14,334	71	7.21	1.96	3.68	0.94	19.6	5.3	1.18	.290	3.86	8.63
22	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	477	2,804	477	208	148	.584	3.37	53	16	0	3201.1	2,846	1,200	1,303	268	955	55	0	79	13,198	136	7.88	2.68	2.94	0.75	21.2	7.2	1.19	.283	3.66	8.00
23	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	506	2,752	506	215	171	.557	3.21	151	40	0	3592.1	3,245	1,280	1,434	359	922	156	0	85	14,857	44	6.89	2.31	2.98	0.90	18.5	6.2	1.16	.271	3.59	8.13
24	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	478	2,735	478	208	177	.540	3.32	194	41	0	3450.0	3,140	1,274	1,413	321	1,017	88	0	55	14,286	111	7.13	2.65	2.69	0.84	19.1	7.1	1.20	.278	3.69	8.19
25	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	597	2,734	597	235	224	.512	3.55	142	34	0	4075.2	3,910	1,607	1,811	423	1,202	127	0	109	17,108	111	6.04	2.65	2.27	0.93	16.0	7.0	1.25	.276	4.00	8.63