most pitching strikeouts from 1972 to 1989

Between the 1972 and 1989 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,583 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1972 to 1989

	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	4,583	605	260	225	.536	602	3.10	200	55	1	4275.1	3,123	1,473	1,682	243	2,196	109	3	62	17,882	225	9.65	4.62	2.09	0.51	25.6	12.3	1.24	.268	3.54	88	2.88	81	6.57	324.7
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,203	579	245	207	.542	575	3.25	217	54	0	4260.2	3,909	1,537	1,707	360	1,162	136	2	62	17,544	98	6.77	2.45	2.76	0.76	18.3	6.6	1.19	.280	3.61	83	3.17	82	8.26	321.6
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,185	551	252	182	.581	537	3.25	188	39	1	3952.1	3,503	1,428	1,634	325	1,384	36	6	110	16,375	131	7.25	3.15	2.30	0.74	19.5	8.5	1.24	.278	3.72	86	3.18	86	7.98	222.2
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,485	476	216	151	.589	472	3.07	141	43	0	3403.2	2,881	1,162	1,277	283	1,038	48	1	86	13,887	94	6.57	2.74	2.39	0.75	17.9	7.5	1.15	.259	3.38	83	3.22	87	7.62	171.2
5	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,465	586	237	202	.540	558	3.50	171	28	7	4017.2	3,811	1,561	1,787	359	1,458	91	18	57	16,993	149	5.52	3.27	1.69	0.80	14.5	8.6	1.31	.274	4.00	89	3.74	95	8.54	80.3
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,422	548	241	171	.585	544	3.25	121	39	2	3797.1	3,347	1,371	1,517	356	951	53	3	55	15,512	77	5.74	2.25	2.55	0.84	15.6	6.1	1.13	.255	3.60	89	3.39	91	7.93	129.2
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,345	507	198	188	.513	491	3.49	136	32	0	3405.1	3,252	1,320	1,496	347	966	102	6	83	14,268	93	6.20	2.55	2.43	0.92	16.4	6.8	1.24	.276	3.95	91	3.58	92	8.59	115.7
8	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,973	480	168	168	.500	405	3.58	98	19	17	2934.2	2,856	1,166	1,300	223	920	56	42	81	12,298	60	6.05	2.82	2.14	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.29	.289	3.99	96	3.28	89	8.76	136.5
9	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,962	538	211	183	.536	515	3.36	102	26	4	3450.2	3,469	1,287	1,449	213	897	87	14	107	14,444	88	5.12	2.34	2.19	0.56	13.6	6.2	1.27	.289	3.78	88	3.19	84	9.05	228.4
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,928	410	180	156	.536	407	3.21	178	32	1	3055.2	2,877	1,091	1,236	234	798	58	3	75	12,536	79	5.68	2.35	2.42	0.69	15.4	6.4	1.20	.278	3.64	86	3.19	85	8.47	188.5
11	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,865	541	165	138	.545	361	3.56	100	20	97	2742.0	2,584	1,086	1,172	289	655	61	140	70	11,343	25	6.12	2.15	2.85	0.95	16.4	5.8	1.18	.271	3.85	88	3.49	88	8.48	147.5
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,862	701	174	157	.526	297	3.59	93	11	59	2867.2	2,425	1,143	1,316	274	1,249	127	231	37	12,122	140	5.84	3.92	1.49	0.86	15.4	10.3	1.28	.250	4.13	91	4.10	105	7.61	-55.9
13	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,818	394	183	132	.581	372	3.66	143	21	0	2793.0	2,536	1,137	1,238	295	989	30	10	75	11,672	139	5.86	3.19	1.84	0.95	15.6	8.5	1.26	.262	3.99	91	3.90	94	8.17	77.1
14	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,815	445	182	152	.545	424	3.39	117	27	1	2950.2	2,661	1,110	1,238	231	1,067	18	10	57	12,292	92	5.54	3.25	1.70	0.70	14.8	8.7	1.26	.265	3.78	95	3.53	97	8.12	32.3
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	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,726	396	169	145	.538	384	3.55	148	29	0	2757.1	2,647	1,089	1,212	316	627	54	7	62	11,376	34	5.63	2.05	2.75	1.03	15.2	5.5	1.19	.269	3.96	92	3.59	94	8.64	62.5
17	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,698	567	198	169	.540	490	3.55	115	35	11	3316.2	3,364	1,310	1,510	220	963	49	41	104	14,021	89	4.61	2.61	1.76	0.60	12.1	6.9	1.30	.283	4.10	98	3.41	94	9.13	75.2
18	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,677	379	133	142	.484	363	4.03	62	16	0	2326.0	2,256	1,041	1,150	283	815	37	3	32	9,910	80	6.49	3.15	2.06	1.10	16.9	8.2	1.32	.278	4.45	99	3.97	98	8.73	25.9
19	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,644	298	128	103	.554	287	3.19	102	27	2	2144.2	1,876	760	869	133	838	16	5	54	8,957	81	6.90	3.52	1.96	0.56	18.4	9.4	1.27	.276	3.65	91	3.21	90	7.87	84
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	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,587	361	149	103	.591	336	3.18	52	25	8	2275.0	2,059	804	891	168	724	53	16	46	9,443	45	6.28	2.86	2.19	0.66	16.8	7.7	1.22	.274	3.52	89	3.33	92	8.15	74.9
22	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,532	420	167	107	.609	353	3.27	54	13	16	2367.1	2,236	860	958	228	539	34	40	52	9,683	20	5.82	2.05	2.84	0.87	15.8	5.6	1.17	.273	3.64	87	3.39	90	8.50	100.6
23	Doyle Alexander D. Alexander	1,498	544	188	168	.528	452	3.76	94	18	3	3275.1	3,271	1,367	1,496	318	960	52	56	60	13,767	73	4.12	2.64	1.56	0.87	10.9	7.0	1.29	.270	4.11	97	3.96	103	8.99	-38.7
24	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	1,492	354	125	123	.504	312	3.17	97	30	3	2326.0	2,245	818	952	159	623	26	22	69	9,636	65	5.77	2.41	2.39	0.62	15.5	6.5	1.23	.284	3.68	87	3.05	84	8.69	152.5
25	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	1,478	369	124	117	.515	355	3.90	41	10	1	2190.2	2,188	949	1,069	196	767	47	4	84	9,393	71	6.07	3.15	1.93	0.81	15.7	8.2	1.35	.288	4.39	105	3.65	98	8.99	19.5

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Between the 1972 and 1989 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,583 strikeouts.

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