most pitching strikeouts from 1971 to 1988

Between 1971 and 1988, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,419 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	4,419	603	254	229	.526	596	3.13	197	53	1	4188.0	3,086	1,455	1,664	234	2,214	115	4	63	17,599	212	9.50	4.76	2.00	0.50	25.1	12.6	1.27	.269	3.58	90	2.93	83	6.63	278.9
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,357	588	272	191	.587	573	3.27	206	43	1	4225.2	3,778	1,536	1,754	348	1,482	41	6	121	17,546	143	7.15	3.16	2.27	0.74	19.1	8.4	1.24	.278	3.74	88	3.20	87	8.05	221
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,296	584	244	217	.529	580	3.25	226	54	0	4298.0	3,951	1,551	1,726	367	1,177	133	2	61	17,697	101	6.90	2.46	2.80	0.77	18.6	6.7	1.19	.282	3.61	84	3.14	81	8.27	334.5
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,774	512	236	161	.594	507	2.97	162	47	0	3690.0	3,091	1,218	1,338	301	1,099	52	2	88	14,990	99	6.77	2.68	2.52	0.73	18.5	7.3	1.14	.259	3.26	81	3.12	85	7.54	215.8
5	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,638	628	252	216	.538	594	3.46	189	32	9	4286.1	4,059	1,650	1,899	386	1,528	94	22	63	18,094	157	5.54	3.21	1.73	0.81	14.6	8.4	1.30	.273	3.99	88	3.71	95	8.52	90.4
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,616	586	258	183	.585	581	3.20	133	43	3	4062.2	3,578	1,446	1,602	366	1,006	58	4	60	16,571	82	5.80	2.23	2.60	0.81	15.8	6.1	1.13	.256	3.55	88	3.31	90	7.93	161.2
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,198	474	188	174	.519	458	3.48	130	31	0	3181.2	3,025	1,231	1,391	326	892	94	6	75	13,313	85	6.22	2.52	2.46	0.92	16.5	6.7	1.23	.275	3.93	91	3.57	92	8.56	112.7
8	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,116	484	206	160	.563	463	3.24	141	35	1	3262.2	2,870	1,173	1,311	250	1,155	22	10	60	13,499	102	5.84	3.19	1.83	0.69	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.62	91	3.40	94	7.92	73.7
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,086	447	196	168	.538	444	3.18	192	34	1	3335.2	3,132	1,177	1,352	254	865	63	3	79	13,685	87	5.63	2.33	2.41	0.69	15.2	6.3	1.20	.276	3.65	85	3.17	85	8.45	199.6
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,069	506	174	179	.493	429	3.55	102	19	17	3100.1	3,016	1,222	1,366	235	971	57	42	85	12,992	67	6.01	2.82	2.13	0.68	15.9	7.5	1.29	.288	3.97	96	3.28	89	8.76	138.9
11	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,989	435	193	158	.550	423	3.47	178	32	0	3082.1	2,951	1,189	1,326	345	664	59	7	68	12,675	37	5.81	1.94	3.00	1.01	15.7	5.2	1.17	.271	3.87	90	3.47	91	8.62	107.8
12	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,851	506	194	175	.526	483	3.38	100	26	4	3242.1	3,274	1,219	1,374	195	843	85	14	103	13,584	87	5.14	2.34	2.20	0.54	13.6	6.2	1.27	.290	3.81	88	3.16	83	9.09	229.9
13	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,810	490	161	138	.538	361	3.61	100	20	64	2684.1	2,552	1,076	1,162	284	652	60	94	70	11,137	25	6.07	2.19	2.78	0.95	16.3	5.9	1.19	.272	3.90	89	3.52	88	8.56	137.9
14	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,789	573	203	174	.538	499	3.57	121	36	11	3387.1	3,421	1,342	1,547	216	1,038	52	41	113	14,356	97	4.75	2.76	1.72	0.57	12.5	7.2	1.32	.285	4.11	99	3.38	94	9.09	82.1
15	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	84	3.26	82	8.27	192
16	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,772	675	164	144	.532	267	3.54	88	10	59	2690.0	2,260	1,057	1,222	247	1,157	121	234	35	11,346	133	5.93	3.87	1.53	0.83	15.6	10.2	1.27	.250	4.09	90	4.02	102	7.56	-26.1
17	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,703	370	177	118	.600	348	3.59	133	21	0	2622.2	2,347	1,045	1,136	272	930	28	10	72	10,929	127	5.84	3.19	1.83	0.93	15.6	8.5	1.25	.260	3.90	89	3.88	93	8.05	83.7
18	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,645	427	209	123	.630	414	2.83	175	41	3	3112.2	2,670	980	1,099	238	980	34	7	30	12,680	55	4.76	2.83	1.68	0.69	13.0	7.7	1.17	.249	3.18	78	3.52	95	7.72	60
19	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,642	365	129	141	.478	349	4.01	62	16	0	2250.2	2,169	1,002	1,110	275	797	36	3	31	9,587	79	6.57	3.19	2.06	1.10	17.1	8.3	1.32	.277	4.44	99	3.97	97	8.67	28.5
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	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,528	267	118	90	.567	256	3.16	99	27	2	1948.0	1,691	685	780	122	740	14	5	48	8,105	75	7.06	3.42	2.06	0.56	18.9	9.1	1.25	.275	3.60	90	3.14	88	7.81	91
22	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
23	J.R. Richard	1,493	238	107	71	.601	221	3.15	76	19	0	1606.0	1,227	562	625	73	770	17	3	15	6,674	92	8.37	4.32	1.94	0.41	22.4	11.5	1.24	.267	3.50	92	2.85	82	6.88	114.7
24	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	1,491	480	151	136	.526	377	3.38	86	29	7	2652.0	2,497	996	1,112	193	799	20	35	58	11,025	62	5.06	2.71	1.87	0.65	13.5	7.2	1.24	.270	3.77	93	3.38	92	8.47	87.7
25	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,481	398	164	102	.617	347	3.23	53	13	16	2302.0	2,170	826	922	217	523	34	37	49	9,409	18	5.79	2.04	2.83	0.85	15.7	5.6	1.17	.273	3.60	86	3.37	90	8.48	103.1

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Fri 3/26	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	BOS	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	BOS	@	HOU	4:00 AM

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Final

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

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Burleson

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Stewart

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

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Moreno

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Arraez

Hit Leaders

191

Lopez

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Arraez

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Run Leaders

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OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Rumfield

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Bauers

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

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Nuñez

46

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Strikeout Leaders

252

Misiorowski

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Williams

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MLB 2026 Standings

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
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
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Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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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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