most pitching strikeouts from 1965 to 1982

Between 1965 and 1982, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 3,494 strikeouts.

	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	3,494	487	205	186	.524	453	3.11	188	50	3	3324.1	2,389	1,149	1,311	181	1,921	92	13	47	14,041	169	9.46	5.20	1.82	0.49	24.9	13.7	1.30	.264	3.55	89	3.02	86	6.47	184.9
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,434	587	285	184	.608	569	3.00	242	52	1	4275.0	3,716	1,426	1,616	320	1,440	45	7	120	17,596	142	7.23	3.03	2.38	0.67	19.5	8.2	1.21	.275	3.40	83	2.99	84	7.82	275.3
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,225	659	291	233	.555	630	3.03	294	50	4	4838.1	4,407	1,628	1,885	346	1,244	97	15	145	19,775	143	6.00	2.31	2.59	0.64	16.3	6.3	1.17	.273	3.51	84	2.99	84	8.20	312.1
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,137	525	264	156	.629	519	2.68	208	54	1	3900.1	3,151	1,163	1,276	296	1,118	55	5	100	15,677	97	7.24	2.58	2.81	0.68	20.0	7.1	1.09	.258	2.94	76	2.85	82	7.27	274.2
5	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,096	631	278	217	.562	565	3.30	266	48	7	4333.1	3,966	1,589	1,764	465	951	78	36	111	17,695	60	6.43	1.98	3.26	0.97	17.5	5.4	1.13	.267	3.66	86	3.24	87	8.24	223.7
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,931	591	258	193	.572	574	3.05	168	56	5	4137.1	3,556	1,404	1,553	326	1,059	63	12	90	16,823	87	6.38	2.30	2.77	0.71	17.4	6.3	1.12	.260	3.38	90	3.00	88	7.74	187.1
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,776	695	257	220	.539	561	3.15	224	43	29	4402.2	3,991	1,543	1,813	373	1,340	105	79	80	18,264	193	5.67	2.74	2.07	0.76	15.2	7.3	1.21	.265	3.71	83	3.41	91	8.16	164.1
8	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,537	509	194	173	.529	445	3.45	179	35	8	3262.0	3,025	1,249	1,385	308	979	82	30	66	13,571	109	7.00	2.70	2.59	0.85	18.7	7.2	1.23	.281	3.82	97	3.17	87	8.35	170.4
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,376	411	169	150	.530	406	2.96	159	42	0	3021.0	2,715	995	1,117	217	821	75	3	49	12,362	66	7.08	2.45	2.89	0.65	19.2	6.6	1.17	.282	3.33	80	2.84	77	8.09	289.7
10	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,311	554	219	168	.566	468	3.32	178	46	14	3359.1	2,981	1,240	1,359	333	1,057	47	48	51	13,853	23	6.19	2.83	2.19	0.89	16.7	7.6	1.20	.262	3.64	88	3.46	92	7.99	113
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,269	520	191	183	.511	451	3.26	132	30	15	3346.1	3,120	1,211	1,361	249	1,051	59	37	111	13,883	76	6.10	2.83	2.16	0.67	16.3	7.6	1.25	.280	3.66	90	3.19	89	8.39	147.2
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,177	345	180	117	.606	335	2.74	195	44	3	2735.0	2,271	834	933	174	853	62	5	84	11,174	70	7.16	2.81	2.55	0.57	19.5	7.6	1.14	.265	3.07	76	2.75	80	7.47	209.2
13	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,174	539	263	145	.645	507	2.80	211	53	4	3853.2	3,241	1,199	1,334	290	1,275	38	12	36	15,693	82	5.08	2.98	1.71	0.68	13.9	8.1	1.17	.248	3.12	78	3.46	94	7.57	92.3
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,138	354	124	116	.517	296	3.05	94	20	12	2160.0	1,653	733	838	141	1,093	52	31	67	9,098	117	8.91	4.55	1.96	0.59	23.5	12.0	1.27	.266	3.49	87	2.97	82	6.89	154.4
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,012	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,919	422	191	138	.581	411	3.13	141	37	2	2970.1	2,591	1,034	1,160	215	993	20	2	57	12,218	84	5.81	3.01	1.93	0.65	15.7	8.1	1.21	.262	3.51	89	3.27	91	7.85	103.5
17	Tommy John T. John	1,844	549	235	160	.595	518	3.03	143	43	3	3595.0	3,443	1,210	1,409	210	955	73	14	74	14,827	133	4.62	2.39	1.93	0.53	12.4	6.4	1.22	.275	3.53	85	3.18	87	8.62	196.5
18	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,844	716	228	178	.562	489	3.38	136	24	15	3549.2	3,660	1,334	1,564	299	783	68	84	99	14,854	84	4.68	1.99	2.36	0.76	12.4	5.3	1.25	.283	3.97	93	3.33	91	9.28	132.5
19	Rudy May R. May	1,744	520	151	151	.500	360	3.43	87	24	12	2603.2	2,292	993	1,135	198	946	41	69	55	10,812	65	6.03	3.27	1.84	0.68	16.1	8.7	1.24	.266	3.92	98	3.37	94	7.92	60.8
20	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,728	484	142	135	.513	340	3.70	94	18	7	2569.1	2,416	1,055	1,202	233	1,003	90	70	65	10,948	118	6.05	3.51	1.72	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.277	4.21	104	3.64	100	8.46	1
21	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	1,625	344	130	99	.568	295	2.86	98	27	14	2230.1	1,719	709	812	174	831	40	30	44	9,120	70	6.56	3.35	1.96	0.70	17.8	9.1	1.14	.240	3.28	83	3.28	92	6.94	68.3
22	Rick Wise R. Wise	1,608	481	183	178	.507	447	3.68	138	30	0	3058.1	3,149	1,250	1,414	254	779	41	13	81	12,844	46	4.73	2.29	2.06	0.75	12.5	6.1	1.28	.285	4.16	100	3.39	94	9.27	77
23	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	1,601	451	174	150	.537	410	3.49	127	31	3	2867.1	2,787	1,111	1,273	249	910	49	18	70	12,069	98	5.03	2.86	1.76	0.78	13.3	7.5	1.29	.274	4.00	96	3.56	98	8.75	24.7
24	Woodie Fryman W. Fryman	1,586	619	141	152	.481	322	3.75	68	27	58	2408.1	2,359	1,003	1,129	186	889	68	159	79	10,275	68	5.93	3.32	1.78	0.70	15.4	8.7	1.35	.288	4.22	104	3.43	98	8.82	21.5
25	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	1,571	419	180	125	.590	372	3.08	171	36	7	2732.0	2,451	936	1,079	213	785	11	27	56	11,161	51	5.18	2.59	2.00	0.70	14.1	7.0	1.18	.261	3.55	90	3.26	94	8.07	64.3

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Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

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Thu 3/25	LAA	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Sat 3/27	LAA	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sun 3/28	LAA	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 3/29	LAA	@	TBR	4:00 AM
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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