most 200 strikeout seasons in mlb history by pitcher

Nolan Ryan played the most seasons with 200+ strikeouts, with 15 seasons.

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most 200 or more strikeout seasons in MLB history by pitcher

	NAME	SEAS	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	15	4,118	524	222	195	.532	521	3.15	181	47	1	3747.1	2,715	1,310	1,478	223	1,890	101	3	53	15,621	188	9.89	4.54	2.18	0.54	26.4	12.1	1.23	.268	3.55	88	2.84	79	6.52	322.8
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	13	3,813	425	228	104	.687	422	2.93	87	34	1	3012.0	2,302	982	1,106	267	1,074	150	2	18	12,271	80	11.39	3.21	3.55	0.80	31.1	8.8	1.12	.292	3.30	66	2.87	65	6.88	523.1
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	12	2,924	404	225	96	.701	404	2.77	101	40	0	2975.1	2,437	915	1,022	183	899	82	0	42	12,080	80	8.84	2.72	3.25	0.55	24.2	7.4	1.12	.282	3.09	63	2.74	65	7.37	494.3
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	10	2,390	355	182	108	.628	350	2.48	151	38	1	2727.1	2,145	753	828	194	744	43	4	67	10,885	69	7.89	2.46	3.21	0.64	22.0	6.8	1.06	.260	2.73	72	2.56	75	7.08	260.9
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	9	2,330	285	149	58	.720	285	2.88	11	5	0	1852.1	1,407	593	626	203	444	66	0	15	7,360	40	11.32	2.16	5.25	0.99	31.7	6.0	1.00	.279	3.04	70	2.87	70	6.84	256
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	9	2,257	304	159	75	.679	304	2.97	22	6	0	2042.2	1,621	675	726	217	534	50	0	13	8,189	51	9.94	2.35	4.23	0.96	27.6	6.5	1.05	.274	3.20	70	3.13	74	7.14	251.4
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	9	2,255	280	155	60	.721	278	2.61	42	14	0	1942.0	1,466	564	629	152	468	87	1	16	7,733	39	10.45	2.17	4.82	0.70	29.2	6.1	1.00	.275	2.92	58	2.63	61	6.79	382.3
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	9	2,171	318	177	98	.644	307	2.60	188	44	3	2545.2	2,038	736	827	163	791	72	8	63	10,361	66	7.68	2.80	2.74	0.58	21.0	7.6	1.11	.262	2.92	70	2.66	75	7.21	245.5
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	8	1,929	232	106	65	.620	232	2.98	15	3	0	1521.0	1,219	503	545	154	325	98	0	6	6,094	33	11.41	1.92	5.94	0.91	31.7	5.3	1.02	.297	3.22	70	2.75	66	7.21	239.6
10	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	8	1,832	298	132	122	.520	297	2.96	150	37	0	2310.1	2,082	759	861	184	570	68	1	28	9,412	44	7.14	2.22	3.21	0.72	19.5	6.1	1.15	.281	3.35	78	2.85	76	8.11	228.8
11	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	8	2,043	299	153	101	.602	299	2.91	130	30	0	2301.1	1,959	744	844	159	778	24	0	72	9,441	82	7.99	3.04	2.63	0.62	21.6	8.2	1.19	.280	3.30	79	2.78	76	7.66	217.8
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	8	1,799	312	160	117	.578	307	2.79	191	35	2	2517.1	2,130	779	890	189	665	55	4	80	10,159	78	6.43	2.38	2.71	0.68	17.7	6.5	1.11	.261	3.18	76	2.94	82	7.62	180.5
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	7	1,663	218	119	47	.717	218	2.25	22	12	0	1507.1	1,106	376	417	102	353	25	0	19	5,887	48	9.93	2.11	4.71	0.61	28.2	6.0	0.97	.268	2.49	60	2.51	65	6.60	225.7
14	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	7	1,701	289	127	103	.552	281	3.37	131	21	4	2117.0	1,945	792	870	210	626	57	6	40	8,776	70	7.23	2.66	2.72	0.89	19.4	7.1	1.21	.281	3.70	93	3.16	85	8.27	128.1
15	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	7	1,722	329	199	100	.666	269	1.56	241	51	12	2485.1	1,880	432	632	24	472	85	56		9,453	81	6.24	1.71	3.65	0.09	18.2	5.0	0.95	.260	2.29	54	1.93	66	6.81	272.4
16	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	6	1,526	193	98	38	.721	193	2.87	5	4	0	1211.2	930	387	419	136	295	31	0	1	4,788	31	11.33	2.19	5.17	1.01	31.9	6.2	1.01	.284	3.11	70	2.92	70	6.91	172.6
17	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	6	1,265	191	100	37	.730	191	2.79	8	3	0	1240.2	1,066	384	422	106	278	17	0	4	4,963	54	9.18	2.02	4.55	0.77	25.5	5.6	1.08	.291	3.06	70	2.89	72	7.73	156.5
18	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	6	1,358	199	86	56	.606	199	2.73	18	7	0	1394.1	1,176	423	486	96	356	43	0	3	5,616	87	8.77	2.30	3.81	0.62	24.2	6.3	1.10	.287	3.14	70	2.88	72	7.59	173.9
19	David Cone D. Cone	6	1,379	195	97	50	.660	186	2.98	30	13	0	1328.0	1,101	439	493	96	474	41	1	20	5,488	69	9.35	3.21	2.91	0.65	25.1	8.6	1.19	.287	3.34	78	2.92	75	7.46	142.6
20	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	6	1,531	241	132	84	.611	239	2.94	146	25	1	1875.0	1,624	612	678	169	361	35	2	45	7,531	31	7.35	1.73	4.24	0.81	20.3	4.8	1.06	.268	3.25	78	2.68	75	7.80	186.5
21	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	6	1,652	230	92	74	.554	214	2.74	80	17	8	1562.2	1,148	475	555	93	700	43	13	41	6,457	78	9.51	4.03	2.36	0.54	25.6	10.8	1.18	.266	3.20	79	2.61	72	6.61	174.3
22	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	6	1,339	225	140	55	.718	220	2.30	146	36	1	1818.1	1,491	464	553	140	295	24	5	37	7,175	24	6.63	1.46	4.54	0.69	18.7	4.1	0.98	.251	2.74	68	2.56	78	7.38	146.5
23	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	6	1,713	223	129	47	.733	211	2.19	115	35	5	1632.2	1,171	398	459	116	412	13	7	30	6,463	48	9.44	2.27	4.16	0.64	26.5	6.4	0.97	.251	2.53	63	2.16	65	6.46	219.8
24	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	6	1,394	239	102	73	.583	228	2.73	84	27	4	1693.1	1,439	514	579	147	375	80	9	48	6,867	15	7.41	1.99	3.72	0.78	20.3	5.5	1.07	.265	3.08	75	2.84	79	7.65	138.5
25	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	6	1,418	254	117	81	.591	237	2.77	107	26	6	1799.0	1,522	553	646	144	434	71	15	59	7,306	44	7.09	2.17	3.27	0.72	19.4	5.9	1.09	.263	3.23	79	2.86	84	7.61	111.8

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