most mlb strike outs by 39 years old pitcher

Phil Niekro has struck out the most career batters by a 39-year-old pitcher, with 248 strikeouts.

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Data note: Player Age: player game data complete from 1908
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	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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	248	39	44	19	18	.514	42	2.88	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	7.94
2	Charlie Hough C. Hough	223	39	40	18	13	.581	40	3.79	13	0	0	285.1	238	120	159	36	124	19	0	1	1,231	12	7.03	3.91	1.80	1.14	18.1	10.1	1.27	.244	5.02	7.51
3	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	215	40	36	18	9	.667	36	3.43	1	0	0	236.1	233	90	95	23	59	8	0	7	993	5	8.19	2.25	3.64	0.88	21.7	5.9	1.24	.305	3.62	8.87
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	194	39	30	12	8	.600	30	3.34	1	0	0	178.0	119	66	72	14	82	4	0	5	729	15	9.81	4.15	2.37	0.71	26.6	11.2	1.13	.241	3.64	6.02
5	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	193	39	32	16	10	.615	32	3.04	5	1	0	210.1	171	71	72	24	49	10	0	3	842	3	8.26	2.10	3.94	1.03	22.9	5.8	1.05	.260	3.08	7.32
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	192	39	30	13	5	.722	30	3.78	0	0	0	190.2	171	80	87	14	67	6	0	4	797	10	9.06	3.16	2.87	0.66	24.1	8.4	1.25	.303	4.11	8.07
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	185	39	28	18	4	.818	28	1.75	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	5.97
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	183	39	30	14	12	.538	30	3.64	0	0	0	163.1	150	66	70	14	83	12	0	2	716	4	10.08	4.57	2.20	0.77	25.6	11.6	1.43	.321	3.86	8.27
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	183	39	31	15	7	.682	31	3.97	0	0	0	204.0	220	90	90	28	28	3	0	1	834	1	8.07	1.24	6.54	1.24	21.9	3.4	1.22	.324	3.97	9.71
10	Early Wynn E. Wynn	179	39	37	22	10	.688	37	3.17	14	5	0	255.2	202	90	106	20	119	9	0	5	1,075	5	6.30	4.19	1.50	0.70	16.7	11.1	1.26	.243	3.73	7.11
11	Chuck Finley C. Finley	174	39	32	11	15	.423	32	4.15	2	1	0	190.2	183	88	97	13	78	1	0	6	809	3	8.21	3.68	2.23	0.61	21.5	9.6	1.37	.313	4.58	8.64
12	R.A. Dickey	173	39	34	14	13	.519	34	3.71	1	0	0	215.2	191	89	101	26	74	14	0	2	914	5	7.22	3.09	2.34	1.09	18.9	8.1	1.23	.263	4.21	7.97
13	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	173	39	35	17	15	.531	31	2.61	20	4	1	258.2	241	75	97	15	55	5	3		1,062	4	6.02	1.91	3.15	0.52	16.3	5.2	1.14	.278	3.38	8.39
14	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	163	39	33	13	7	.650	33	3.58	1	0	0	229.0	214	91	104	14	79	0	0	7	964	11	6.41	3.10	2.06	0.55	16.9	8.2	1.28	.282	4.09	8.41
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	153	39	36	21	6	.778	36	2.84	6	2	0	250.2	240	79	99	11	70	2	0	8	1,030	5	5.49	2.51	2.19	0.39	14.9	6.8	1.24	.288	3.55	8.62
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	150	39	34	20	9	.690	34	3.37	0	0	0	200.1	214	75	85	17	31	8	0	3	819	4	6.74	1.39	4.84	0.76	18.3	3.8	1.22	.321	3.82	9.61
17	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	149	39	31	14	11	.560	31	4.12	3	0	0	205.1	181	94	105	30	58	12	0	4	855	8	6.53	2.54	2.57	1.31	17.4	6.8	1.16	.249	4.60	7.93
18	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	147	39	34	13	8	.619	34	3.32	4	2	0	230.2	198	85	89	28	50	9	0	4	931	3	5.74	1.95	2.94	1.09	15.8	5.4	1.08	.244	3.47	7.73
19	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	147	40	39	21	11	.656	32	3.43	19	4	2	262.1	248	100	110	23	67	3	5	9	1,084	1	5.04	2.30	2.19	0.79	13.6	6.2	1.20	.267	3.77	8.51
20	Hiroki Kuroda H. Kuroda	146	39	32	11	9	.550	32	3.71	0	0	0	199.0	191	82	91	20	35	7	0	0	820	13	6.60	1.58	4.17	0.90	17.8	4.3	1.14	.279	4.12	8.64
21	Don Sutton D. Sutton	143	39	33	14	12	.538	33	3.77	1	0	0	212.2	224	89	103	24	51	3	0	2	912	4	6.05	2.16	2.80	1.02	15.7	5.6	1.29	.289	4.36	9.48
22	David Wells D. Wells	138	40	31	19	7	.731	31	3.51	3	1	0	213.0	221	83	96	24	34	8	0	2	899	5	5.83	1.44	4.06	1.01	15.4	3.8	1.20	.283	4.06	9.34
23	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	137	40	35	15	14	.517	35	3.96	3	0	0	227.1	231	100	105	26	38	7	0	3	937	8	5.42	1.50	3.61	1.03	14.6	4.1	1.18	.281	4.16	9.15
24	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	134	39	34	14	15	.483	34	3.15	4	1	0	217.1	221	76	92	19	68	5	0	2	932	3	5.55	2.82	1.97	0.79	14.4	7.3	1.33	.286	3.81	9.15
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	133	39	18	7	8	.467	18	3.89	2	1	0	118.0	120	51	60	15	28	8	0	3	501	1	10.14	2.14	4.75	1.14	26.5	5.6	1.25	.331	4.58	9.15

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