most mlb strike outs by 38 years old pitcher

Randy Johnson has struck out the most career batters by a 38-year-old pitcher, with 336 strikeouts.

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Data note: Player Age: player game data complete from 1908
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	SO	Age	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	336	38	36	24	5	.828	36	2.62	6	3	0	264.2	209	77	87	27	73	15	0	1	1,062	5	11.43	2.48	4.60	0.92	31.6	6.9	1.07	.298	2.96	7.11
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	275	38	37	15	16	.484	37	3.11	8	3	0	283.2	277	98	117	20	84	3	0	10	1,183	13	8.73	2.67	3.27	0.63	23.2	7.1	1.27	.321	3.71	8.79
3	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	262	38	44	16	20	.444	43	4.03	20	2	0	330.1	315	148	166	26	164	8	1	12	1,428	17	7.14	4.47	1.60	0.71	18.3	11.5	1.45	.299	4.52	8.58
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	211	38	33	19	3	.864	33	3.61	0	0	0	222.0	202	89	94	26	76	5	0	1	926	9	8.55	3.08	2.78	1.05	22.8	8.2	1.25	.289	3.81	8.19
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	209	38	35	10	12	.455	35	3.80	4	0	0	232.0	205	98	108	12	95	9	0	8	983	14	8.11	3.69	2.20	0.47	21.3	9.7	1.29	.293	4.19	7.95
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	205	38	31	9	6	.600	31	4.34	0	0	0	172.0	149	83	85	28	63	18	0	0	728	4	10.73	3.30	3.25	1.47	28.2	8.7	1.23	.292	4.45	7.80
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	189	38	29	13	7	.650	29	3.42	0	0	0	171.0	146	65	67	28	39	8	0	0	691	2	9.95	2.05	4.85	1.47	27.4	5.6	1.08	.276	3.53	7.68
8	Kevin Brown K. Brown	185	38	32	14	9	.609	32	2.39	0	0	0	211.0	184	56	67	11	56	5	0	2	856	5	7.89	2.39	3.30	0.47	21.6	6.5	1.14	.289	2.86	7.85
9	Early Wynn E. Wynn	180	38	40	14	16	.467	34	4.13	11	4	2	239.2	214	110	115	27	104	6	6	3	1,016	3	6.76	3.91	1.73	1.01	17.7	10.2	1.33	.268	4.32	8.04
10	R.A. Dickey	177	38	34	14	13	.519	34	4.21	3	1	0	224.2	207	105	113	35	71	10	0	0	943	7	7.09	2.84	2.49	1.40	18.8	7.5	1.24	.265	4.53	8.29
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	173	39	33	14	6	.700	33	3.14	5	2	0	235.1	208	82	85	21	52	4	0	8	945	3	6.62	1.99	3.33	0.80	18.3	5.5	1.10	.269	3.25	7.95
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	170	38	34	15	12	.556	34	3.28	14	5	0	241.1	236	88	104	19	54	5	0	4	990	2	6.34	2.01	3.15	0.71	17.2	5.5	1.20	.292	3.88	8.80
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	154	39	33	16	10	.615	33	4.01	2	1	0	213.0	221	95	103	37	28	6	0	4	868	2	6.51	1.18	5.50	1.56	17.7	3.2	1.17	.286	4.35	9.34
14	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	152	38	38	15	14	.517	38	3.48	9	1	0	263.2	238	102	115	15	101	3	0	5	1,113	14	5.19	3.45	1.50	0.51	13.7	9.1	1.29	.265	3.93	8.12
15	Rich Hill R. Hill	150	38	25	11	5	.688	24	3.66	0	0	0	132.2	108	54	57	20	41	8	0	3	547	2	10.18	2.78	3.66	1.36	27.4	7.5	1.12	.268	3.87	7.33
16	Hiroki Kuroda H. Kuroda	150	38	32	11	13	.458	32	3.31	1	1	0	201.1	191	74	79	20	43	5	0	2	824	6	6.71	1.92	3.49	0.89	18.2	5.2	1.16	.282	3.53	8.54
17	John Lackey J. Lackey	149	38	31	12	12	.500	30	4.59	0	0	0	170.2	165	87	93	36	53	12	0	3	731	11	7.86	2.79	2.81	1.90	20.4	7.3	1.28	.268	4.90	8.70
18	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	147	38	34	10	15	.400	33	4.11	4	0	0	219.0	233	100	111	19	56	8	0	9	937	1	6.04	2.30	2.63	0.78	15.7	6.0	1.32	.303	4.56	9.58
19	Charlie Hough C. Hough	146	38	33	17	10	.630	33	3.79	7	2	0	230.1	188	97	115	32	89	9	0	2	958	16	5.70	3.48	1.64	1.25	15.2	9.3	1.20	.229	4.49	7.35
20	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	145	39	35	14	9	.609	34	3.99	3	0	1	234.2	219	104	119	25	69	11	1	7	988	2	5.56	2.65	2.10	0.96	14.7	7.0	1.23	.263	4.56	8.40
21	A.J. Burnett	143	38	26	9	7	.563	26	3.18	0	0	0	164.0	174	58	64	11	49	11	0	2	699	6	7.85	2.69	2.92	0.60	20.5	7.0	1.36	.336	3.51	9.55
22	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	142	38	36	11	14	.440	33	2.93	15	4	1	245.1	232	80	97	9	97	7	1		1,059	2	5.21	3.56	1.46	0.33	13.4	9.2	1.34	.277	3.56	8.51
23	CC Sabathia	140	38	26	8	7	.533	26	4.00	0	0	0	135.0	131	60	65	23	50	5	0	0	581	1	9.33	3.33	2.80	1.53	24.1	8.6	1.34	.298	4.33	8.73
24	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	135	38	34	9	14	.391	34	3.55	5	2	0	231.0	201	91	104	18	86	4	0	5	962	10	5.26	3.35	1.57	0.70	14.0	8.9	1.24	.255	4.05	7.83
25	Don Sutton D. Sutton	134	38	31	8	13	.381	31	4.08	4	0	0	220.1	209	100	109	21	54	5	0	2	925	2	5.47	2.21	2.48	0.86	14.5	5.8	1.19	.264	4.45	8.54

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