most pitching strikeouts by a pitcher on 100 innings since 1973

Since 1973, Nolan Ryan has fanned the most batters when pitching at least 100 innings, with 4,892 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a pitcher on 100 or more innings since 1973

	NAME	SO	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	4,892	4592.0	663	276	238	.537	660	3.21	189	50	1	3,388	1,636	1,868	273	2,294	124	3	60	19,195	236	9.59	4.50	2.13	0.54	25.5	12.0	1.24	.268	3.66	89	2.92	81	6.64	369.5
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,503	2985.0	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	12	5	0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,114	4240.1	588	244	209	.539	584	3.39	209	51	0	3,975	1,598	1,775	370	1,147	138	1	57	17,532	100	6.61	2.43	2.71	0.79	17.8	6.5	1.21	.282	3.77	86	3.26	83	8.44	299.8
10	CC Sabathia	3,093	3577.1	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	3473.0	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
12	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	3389.1	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
14	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,875	3606.0	510	225	172	.567	496	3.37	158	31	1	3,246	1,352	1,550	308	1,297	35	6	102	15,024	123	7.18	3.24	2.22	0.77	19.1	8.6	1.26	.280	3.87	89	3.30	88	8.10	168.7
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	3562.2	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
16	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	4188.1	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4,063	1,704	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	94	3.78	96	8.73	66.4
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,671	2162.1	406	153	93	.622	325	2.98	16	3	12	1,754	717	772	219	507	138	25	15	8,708	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	69	7.30	314.5
18	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	2898.2	450	194	126	.606	419	3.46	56	22	1	2,504	1,115	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	84	3.56	85	7.77	190.9
19	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	3197.1	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	87	3.90	88	8.64	189.7
20	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	4413.1	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	86	3.94	94	8.76	120.1
21	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	2698.0	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
22	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	2840.0	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	96	3.90	88	8.82	164.4
23	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,535	3461.2	565	247	188	.568	552	4.12	38	13	0	3,593	1,584	1,719	439	948	64	2	47	14,655	45	6.59	2.46	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.296	4.47	95	4.14	96	9.34	71.6
24	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	2729.2	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
25	A.J. Burnett	2,513	2731.1	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	24	10	0	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	97	3.86	92	8.30	97.3

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Since 1973, Nolan Ryan has fanned the most batters when pitching at least 100 innings, with 4,892 strikeouts.

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