most pitcher strikeouts from 1899 to 1984

Between the 1899 and 1984 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,874 strikeouts.

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	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,874	546	231	206	.529	512	3.10	198	54	3	3704.1	2,666	1,276	1,463	202	2,091	100	13	52	15,605	180	9.41	5.08	1.85	0.49	24.8	13.4	1.28	.264	3.55	89	3.00	86	6.48	208.7
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,872	657	313	207	.602	639	3.04	251	55	1	4787.2	4,207	1,615	1,837	354	1,603	48	7	137	19,743	166	7.28	3.01	2.42	0.67	19.6	8.1	1.21	.278	3.45	83	2.98	83	7.91	318
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
4	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,509	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,403	593	288	181	.614	586	2.80	223	60	1	4368.0	3,568	1,358	1,488	341	1,265	61	6	108	17,617	112	7.01	2.61	2.69	0.70	19.3	7.2	1.11	.257	3.07	78	2.96	84	7.35	272.7
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,208	655	280	218	.562	638	3.14	173	56	5	4570.1	3,989	1,593	1,765	371	1,164	71	12	94	18,660	93	6.32	2.29	2.76	0.73	17.2	6.2	1.13	.261	3.48	91	3.06	88	7.86	200
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,048	771	284	238	.544	625	3.19	231	44	29	4835.0	4,437	1,714	2,002	407	1,528	111	82	83	20,134	202	5.67	2.84	1.99	0.76	15.1	7.6	1.23	.268	3.73	84	3.45	92	8.26	166.6
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	3.19	87	8.33	188.5
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,669	468	195	167	.539	462	3.00	176	46	0	3422.1	3,079	1,141	1,277	244	939	91	3	57	14,026	77	7.02	2.47	2.84	0.64	19.0	6.7	1.17	.281	3.36	80	2.88	77	8.10	328
13	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
14	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	570	266	162	.621	484	3.25	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	1,764	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
15	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2,507	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,496	593	216	205	.513	509	3.33	137	32	17	3740.0	3,528	1,382	1,552	276	1,164	68	43	118	15,563	87	6.01	2.80	2.14	0.66	16.0	7.5	1.25	.281	3.73	91	3.22	89	8.49	161.5
17	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
18	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,461	898	283	237	.544	625	3.45	180	31	17	4530.1	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	116	19,023	128	4.89	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	93	3.41	91	9.18	165.8
19	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
20	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,365	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	87	3.46	92	7.94	117.1
21	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
22	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,357	676	286	245	.539	609	3.41	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	4.52	1.73	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6
23	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,334	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	289	49	16	4564.0	4,291	1,796	2,037	338	1,775	64	67	36	19,408	51	4.60	3.50	1.31	0.67	12.0	9.1	1.33	.265	4.02	94	3.64	97	8.46	56.4
24	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2,311	405	193	142	.576	339	2.16	260	50	5	2947.1	2,443	706	1,057	37	797	114	53		11,653	74	7.06	2.43	2.90	0.11	19.8	6.8	1.10	.287	3.23	75	2.02	71	7.46	261.7
25	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,303	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8

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Rangers	78	79	.497
Astros	78	79	.497
Mariners	73	84	.465	5.0
Athletics	62	95	.395	16.0
Angels	60	97	.382	18.0

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Wed 9/23	LAA	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Thu 9/24	LAA	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Fri 9/25	LAA	@	SEA	10:10 PM
Sat 9/26	LAA	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Sun 9/27	LAA	@	SEA	3:10 PM

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Nationals	74	84	.468	18.5
Mets	72	85	.459	20.0
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Brewers - y	98	59	.624
Cubs	87	70	.554	11.0
Pirates	80	77	.510	18.0
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