most pitching strikeouts from 1968 to 1985

Between the 1968 and 1985 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,077 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1968 to 1985

	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	4,077	579	241	217	.526	546	3.13	202	54	3	3933.1	2,866	1,369	1,566	213	2,183	109	13	59	16,571	193	9.33	5.00	1.87	0.49	24.6	13.2	1.28	.266	3.58	90	2.99	86	6.56	223.7
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,706	619	297	203	.594	616	3.05	238	52	0	4609.2	4,035	1,560	1,780	345	1,568	45	1	138	19,015	156	7.24	3.06	2.36	0.67	19.5	8.2	1.22	.276	3.48	83	3.02	84	7.88	293.1
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,367	593	288	179	.617	585	2.82	211	59	1	4355.2	3,567	1,365	1,506	344	1,256	64	5	108	17,581	117	6.96	2.60	2.68	0.71	19.2	7.1	1.11	.257	3.11	78	2.99	84	7.37	280.7
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,994	679	283	235	.546	637	3.28	228	44	12	4708.0	4,340	1,716	1,974	417	1,537	100	29	73	19,648	175	5.72	2.94	1.95	0.80	15.2	7.8	1.25	.269	3.77	85	3.53	93	8.30	143.2
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,937	615	272	201	.575	603	3.14	157	52	4	4338.0	3,795	1,513	1,678	359	1,114	62	10	79	17,725	91	6.09	2.31	2.64	0.74	16.6	6.3	1.13	.259	3.48	89	3.14	89	7.87	184.6
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,875	505	212	183	.537	499	3.01	200	51	0	3716.0	3,343	1,244	1,398	267	1,014	100	3	58	15,229	81	6.96	2.46	2.84	0.65	18.9	6.7	1.17	.280	3.39	80	2.90	77	8.10	359.2
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,796	558	256	204	.557	544	3.38	245	45	1	4014.2	3,755	1,508	1,672	428	860	77	9	96	16,446	59	6.27	1.93	3.25	0.96	17.0	5.2	1.15	.271	3.75	88	3.27	87	8.42	212
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,706	567	254	210	.547	562	3.08	260	45	2	4280.1	3,954	1,463	1,698	314	1,099	86	5	113	17,525	116	5.69	2.31	2.46	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.273	3.57	84	3.10	85	8.31	252.9
9	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,545	603	222	207	.517	524	3.34	140	33	17	3817.0	3,613	1,418	1,591	287	1,179	71	42	117	15,891	89	6.00	2.78	2.16	0.68	16.0	7.4	1.26	.282	3.75	91	3.23	90	8.52	159.1
10	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,075	474	199	151	.569	445	3.26	143	37	2	3186.2	2,802	1,156	1,292	244	1,108	23	11	58	13,174	98	5.86	3.13	1.87	0.69	15.8	8.4	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.37	93	7.91	82.1
11	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,967	492	245	137	.641	476	2.80	203	52	3	3598.2	3,064	1,119	1,245	270	1,144	36	8	35	14,659	72	4.92	2.86	1.72	0.68	13.4	7.8	1.17	.249	3.11	77	3.46	93	7.66	96.5
12	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,964	395	151	137	.524	345	3.38	156	25	3	2610.2	2,440	979	1,092	247	768	57	20	54	10,842	88	6.77	2.65	2.56	0.85	18.1	7.1	1.23	.281	3.76	94	3.19	87	8.41	136.9
13	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,806	376	147	144	.505	361	3.34	120	27	0	2571.2	2,400	954	1,085	251	707	82	5	54	10,701	66	6.32	2.47	2.55	0.88	16.9	6.6	1.21	.274	3.80	88	3.45	91	8.40	101.5
14	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1,795	434	184	137	.573	393	3.38	152	38	3	2794.1	2,517	1,050	1,145	273	874	41	18	42	11,541	17	5.78	2.81	2.05	0.88	15.6	7.6	1.21	.262	3.69	87	3.54	92	8.11	89.2
15	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,715	518	192	157	.550	455	3.44	123	37	10	3145.2	3,110	1,203	1,381	179	1,001	47	36	107	13,310	96	4.91	2.86	1.71	0.51	12.9	7.5	1.31	.283	3.95	97	3.27	92	8.90	102.7
16	Rudy May R. May	1,684	505	148	147	.502	341	3.43	85	23	12	2498.0	2,203	953	1,091	192	880	38	70	55	10,357	58	6.07	3.17	1.91	0.69	16.3	8.5	1.23	.266	3.93	98	3.35	93	7.94	70.2
17	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,640	453	131	126	.510	315	3.67	88	18	7	2408.1	2,247	981	1,119	227	946	81	70	61	10,247	110	6.13	3.54	1.73	0.85	16.0	9.2	1.33	.275	4.18	102	3.67	100	8.40	-2
18	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,631	403	194	130	.599	396	3.20	161	35	1	2880.0	2,467	1,025	1,134	320	760	43	4	42	11,672	41	5.10	2.38	2.15	1.00	14.0	6.5	1.12	.241	3.54	93	3.69	104	7.71	-55.1
19	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
20	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	1,621	399	158	152	.510	393	3.17	129	37	2	2837.2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	3.19	88	8.31	137.7
21	Tommy John T. John	1,607	534	219	165	.570	509	3.31	131	32	1	3512.1	3,570	1,290	1,486	217	926	67	12	66	14,660	139	4.12	2.37	1.74	0.56	11.0	6.3	1.28	.283	3.81	89	3.35	88	9.15	171.6
22	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,535	248	126	86	.594	240	2.72	145	31	2	1980.1	1,667	598	671	110	632	43	4	70	8,119	47	6.98	2.87	2.43	0.50	18.9	7.8	1.16	.268	3.05	75	2.69	79	7.58	158.1
23	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,527	401	153	139	.524	380	3.39	77	18	4	2554.2	2,593	961	1,089	151	702	63	14	90	10,734	70	5.38	2.47	2.18	0.53	14.2	6.5	1.29	.295	3.84	87	3.10	81	9.14	198.9
24	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1,520	609	194	173	.529	425	3.45	99	27	16	3130.1	2,985	1,200	1,354	229	1,094	52	82	61	13,175	146	4.37	3.15	1.39	0.66	11.5	8.3	1.30	.268	3.89	100	3.72	107	8.58	-94.2
25	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	1,516	361	125	126	.498	318	3.18	97	30	3	2363.0	2,276	835	970	161	638	26	23	69	9,789	68	5.77	2.43	2.38	0.61	15.5	6.5	1.23	.284	3.69	87	3.05	84	8.67	153.5

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