most pitcher strikeouts from 1980 to 1986

Between the 1980 and 1986 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 1,368 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	1,368	215	86	67	.562	215	3.12	34	12	0	1423.0	1,101	494	566	79	622	33	0	23	5,913	84	8.65	3.93	2.20	0.50	23.1	10.5	1.21	.268	3.58	92	2.90	85	6.96	82.8
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,357	218	98	69	.587	218	3.18	51	13	0	1570.2	1,419	555	644	106	540	8	0	45	6,524	69	7.78	3.09	2.51	0.61	20.8	8.3	1.25	.291	3.69	86	2.92	80	8.13	124.3
3	Mario Soto M. Soto	1,315	235	88	75	.540	193	3.26	67	11	4	1495.2	1,167	541	597	142	548	22	11	37	6,128	32	7.91	3.30	2.40	0.85	21.5	8.9	1.15	.250	3.59	88	3.33	91	7.02	56.2
4	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,274	210	99	68	.593	200	2.94	84	26	1	1554.2	1,295	507	589	86	540	10	4	40	6,363	54	7.38	3.13	2.36	0.50	20.0	8.5	1.18	.272	3.41	84	2.86	81	7.50	116.5
5	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,138	240	123	81	.603	240	3.55	100	18	0	1772.1	1,571	700	757	182	623	16	0	49	7,367	77	5.78	3.16	1.83	0.92	15.4	8.5	1.24	.257	3.84	89	3.85	93	7.98	54.1
6	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,084	218	80	84	.488	215	3.96	37	9	0	1397.1	1,328	615	687	166	481	22	0	16	5,916	54	6.98	3.10	2.25	1.07	18.3	8.1	1.29	.279	4.42	95	3.79	92	8.55	53.4
7	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,017	241	94	84	.528	236	3.27	78	20	1	1729.2	1,534	628	703	140	583	71	2	23	7,171	28	5.29	3.03	1.74	0.73	14.2	8.1	1.22	.260	3.66	78	3.73	91	7.98	66.3
8	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,008	188	81	69	.540	185	3.46	71	15	0	1363.0	1,270	524	583	131	361	40	1	19	5,633	24	6.66	2.38	2.79	0.87	17.9	6.4	1.20	.278	3.85	85	3.37	84	8.39	93.4
9	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	998	218	104	61	.630	205	3.63	53	10	1	1466.0	1,431	592	641	159	359	8	6	15	6,068	28	6.13	2.20	2.78	0.98	16.4	5.9	1.22	.280	3.94	93	3.52	89	8.79	72.4
10	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	974	220	82	78	.513	218	3.71	33	8	1	1380.2	1,360	569	654	114	475	28	1	48	5,909	51	6.35	3.10	2.05	0.74	16.5	8.0	1.33	.289	4.26	103	3.47	96	8.87	24.6
11	Bob Welch B. Welch	966	209	88	67	.568	207	3.16	36	16	0	1376.1	1,253	484	538	99	421	29	0	30	5,710	31	6.32	2.75	2.29	0.65	16.9	7.4	1.22	.275	3.52	90	3.23	91	8.19	46.9
12	Don Sutton D. Sutton	907	221	93	69	.574	220	3.36	25	8	1	1486.2	1,365	555	609	145	353	15	1	16	6,102	19	5.49	2.14	2.57	0.88	14.9	5.8	1.16	.261	3.69	90	3.51	92	8.26	45.3
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	876	230	93	70	.571	224	3.71	37	10	1	1496.1	1,476	617	696	145	610	20	4	11	6,394	37	5.27	3.67	1.44	0.87	13.7	9.5	1.39	.281	4.19	95	4.07	104	8.88	-24.6
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	872	227	85	72	.541	178	3.61	65	10	2	1402.1	1,234	563	632	134	522	43	22	14	5,849	69	5.60	3.35	1.67	0.86	14.9	8.9	1.25	.257	4.06	90	3.93	99	7.92	4.6
15	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	850	214	79	72	.523	212	3.50	39	9	1	1443.0	1,456	561	616	90	438	18	1	40	6,039	51	5.30	2.73	1.94	0.56	14.1	7.3	1.31	.294	3.84	95	3.30	90	9.08	57.3
16	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	825	237	76	84	.475	222	3.42	45	17	1	1487.2	1,473	565	660	112	401	27	5	41	6,220	24	4.99	2.43	2.06	0.68	13.3	6.4	1.26	.280	3.99	100	3.45	101	8.91	-10.4
17	Mike Witt M. Witt	821	201	71	59	.546	169	3.52	43	8	5	1228.1	1,146	480	540	92	424	36	18	24	5,138	42	6.02	3.11	1.94	0.67	16.0	8.3	1.28	.280	3.96	88	3.48	85	8.40	86.3
18	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	814	209	69	58	.543	160	3.95	36	11	6	1167.2	1,107	512	565	100	500	20	27	25	4,979	42	6.27	3.85	1.63	0.77	16.3	10.0	1.38	.284	4.35	101	3.79	97	8.53	17.4
19	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	805	215	68	87	.439	205	3.88	38	4	0	1348.2	1,358	582	673	146	395	38	3	39	5,738	35	5.37	2.64	2.04	0.97	14.0	6.9	1.30	.278	4.49	97	3.90	98	9.06	13.5
20	Bill Gullickson B. Gullickson	799	212	87	73	.544	207	3.43	37	8	0	1430.0	1,392	545	597	112	348	18	1	38	5,905	33	5.03	2.19	2.30	0.70	13.5	5.9	1.22	.277	3.76	95	3.39	93	8.76	39.2
21	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	793	232	97	82	.542	231	3.34	51	12	0	1555.0	1,453	577	669	102	550	22	1	26	6,533	95	4.59	3.18	1.44	0.59	12.1	8.4	1.29	.267	3.87	96	3.65	105	8.41	-37.7
22	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	772	205	74	78	.487	204	4.14	40	7	0	1347.2	1,393	620	670	149	272	24	0	32	5,638	7	5.16	1.82	2.84	1.00	13.7	4.8	1.24	.281	4.47	102	3.67	93	9.30	42.1
23	Len Barker L. Barker	769	162	60	63	.488	159	4.31	32	6	0	1028.0	983	492	539	77	367	12	1	13	4,372	43	6.73	3.21	2.10	0.67	17.6	8.4	1.31	.288	4.72	109	3.29	83	8.61	75.8
24	John Tudor J. Tudor	764	198	84	56	.600	186	3.20	43	14	1	1314.2	1,212	467	521	122	357	25	4	19	5,404	17	5.23	2.44	2.14	0.84	14.1	6.6	1.19	.264	3.57	81	3.64	96	8.30	21.2
25	Jim Clancy J. Clancy	756	223	86	88	.494	223	4.03	51	9	0	1433.0	1,400	642	708	144	518	17	0	7	6,092	47	4.75	3.25	1.46	0.90	12.4	8.5	1.34	.270	4.45	97	4.09	100	8.79	-0.8

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Rangers	78	78	.500
Astros	77	79	.494	1.0
Mariners	73	83	.468	5.0
Athletics	61	95	.391	17.0
Angels	60	96	.385	18.0

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Tue 9/22	HOU	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Wed 9/23	HOU	@	SEA	10:10 PM
Thu 9/24	HOU	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Fri 9/25	HOU	@	ATH	9:40 PM
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Crow-Armstrong

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Nationals	73	83	.468	19.0
Mets	71	85	.455	21.0
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