most career strikeouts from a pitcher over the age of 40

Randy Johnson has struck out the most career batters by a 40-year-old pitcher, with 275 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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	275	33	14	13	.519	33	2.70	5	3	0	229.2	163	69	79	18	43	10	0	1	898	3	10.78	1.69	6.40	0.71	30.6	4.8	0.90	.263	3.10	6.39
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	270	34	8	16	.333	34	2.76	0	0	0	211.2	154	65	75	14	87	4	0	2	873	10	11.48	3.70	3.10	0.60	30.9	10.0	1.14	.281	3.19	6.55
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	210	32	15	10	.600	32	4.13	1	1	0	205.0	199	94	101	24	60	7	0	3	866	13	9.22	2.63	3.50	1.05	24.2	6.9	1.26	.310	4.43	8.74
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	208	44	21	20	.512	44	3.39	23	1	0	342.0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	8.18
5	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	185	28	12	8	.600	28	2.91	0	0	0	173.1	158	56	61	14	38	2	0	6	709	9	9.61	1.97	4.87	0.73	26.1	5.4	1.13	.306	3.17	8.20
6	Charlie Hough C. Hough	174	34	15	16	.484	34	3.32	10	0	0	252.0	202	93	111	20	126	12	0	1	1,067	10	6.21	4.50	1.38	0.71	16.3	11.8	1.30	.248	3.96	7.21
7	Charlie Morton C. Morton	167	30	8	10	.444	30	4.19	0	0	0	165.1	154	77	85	23	65	18	0	1	701	2	9.09	3.54	2.57	1.25	23.8	9.3	1.32	.306	4.63	8.38
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	165	36	15	11	.577	36	2.80	11	0	0	266.1	248	83	95	12	70	4	0	10	1,086	6	5.58	2.37	2.36	0.41	15.2	6.4	1.19	.283	3.21	8.38
9	Early Wynn E. Wynn	158	36	13	12	.520	34	3.45	12	4	1	237.1	220	91	105	20	112	4	2	2	1,025	1	5.99	4.25	1.41	0.76	15.4	10.9	1.40	.274	3.98	8.34
10	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	150	30	11	13	.458	29	3.38	12	2	0	218.2	221	82	99	12	53	0	1		918	1	6.17	2.18	2.83	0.49	16.3	5.8	1.25	.297	4.07	9.10
11	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	149	32	13	9	.591	32	3.16	1	0	0	199.2	181	70	72	18	53	6	0	1	814	6	6.72	2.39	2.81	0.81	18.3	6.5	1.17	.277	3.25	8.16
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	144	27	13	8	.619	27	3.22	0	0	0	162.1	139	58	63	18	45	5	0	0	669	5	7.98	2.49	3.20	1.00	21.5	6.7	1.13	.265	3.49	7.71
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	134	35	16	11	.593	33	3.17	6	1	0	238.2	223	84	103	22	69	8	0	6	993	10	5.05	2.60	1.94	0.83	13.5	6.9	1.22	.264	3.88	8.41
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	131	32	15	7	.682	32	3.82	0	0	0	198.0	202	84	94	22	62	6	0	7	842	1	5.95	2.82	2.11	1.00	15.6	7.4	1.33	.290	4.27	9.18
15	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	130	30	17	9	.654	30	2.98	2	2	0	193.1	208	64	69	16	31	2	0	0	802	1	6.05	1.44	4.19	0.74	16.2	3.9	1.24	.308	3.21	9.68
16	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	129	33	21	7	.750	33	3.27	1	0	0	215.0	199	78	83	19	66	8	0	3	897	0	5.40	2.76	1.95	0.80	14.4	7.4	1.23	.267	3.47	8.33
17	R.A. Dickey	126	33	11	11	.500	33	3.91	2	0	0	214.1	195	93	97	25	61	11	0	1	884	9	5.29	2.56	2.07	1.05	14.3	6.9	1.19	.257	4.07	8.19
18	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	123	40	22	14	.611	36	3.27	21	4	0	272.1	256	99	108	26	68	3	3	3	1,116	3	4.06	2.25	1.81	0.86	11.0	6.1	1.19	.257	3.57	8.46
19	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	121	35	11	13	.458	35	3.83	4	1	0	225.1	211	96	108	24	107	5	0	6	983	21	4.83	4.27	1.13	0.96	12.3	10.9	1.41	.258	4.31	8.43
20	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	119	34	14	15	.483	34	4.31	0	0	0	209.0	223	100	111	20	34	1	0	7	862	1	5.12	1.46	3.50	0.86	13.8	3.9	1.23	.295	4.78	9.60
21	Kaiser Wilhelm K. Wilhelm	113	47	13	17	.433	27	4.03	11	1	5	243.2	263		141	10	81	0	18			6	4.17	2.99	1.40	0.37		20.1	1.41	1.278	5.21	9.71
22	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	112	34	11	16	.407	34	4.59	3	0	0	210.0	223	107	124	32	68	14	0	2	916	11	4.80	2.91	1.65	1.37	12.2	7.4	1.39	.277	5.31	9.56
23	Johnny Niggeling J. Niggeling	112	26	12	10	.545	26	2.26	18	4	0	219.1	164	55	66	5	82	6	0		894	6	4.60	3.36	1.37	0.21	12.5	9.2	1.12	.231	2.71	6.73
24	Eddie Plank E. Plank	109	42	18	16	.529	27	2.53	16	4	3	249.0	215	70	91	3	61	6	13			4	3.94	2.20	1.79	0.11		7.2	1.11	.318	3.29	7.77
25	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	107	31	13	10	.565	31	3.54	2	0	0	203.2	196	80	86	18	57	1	0	10	857	2	4.73	2.52	1.88	0.80	12.5	6.7	1.24	.264	3.80	8.66

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