most pitching strikeouts from 1973 to 1990

Between the 1973 and 1990 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,486 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1973 to 1990

	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	4,486	596	254	218	.538	593	3.17	185	48	1	4195.1	3,094	1,479	1,688	247	2,113	106	3	60	17,546	216	9.62	4.53	2.12	0.53	25.6	12.0	1.24	.269	3.62	89	2.90	81	6.64	331.7
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,044	563	236	197	.545	560	3.35	208	51	0	4107.1	3,825	1,528	1,699	353	1,118	133	1	55	16,964	97	6.67	2.45	2.72	0.77	17.9	6.6	1.20	.282	3.72	85	3.24	83	8.38	301.7
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,875	510	225	172	.567	496	3.37	158	31	1	3606.0	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
4	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,459	541	207	196	.514	520	3.58	137	32	1	3581.2	3,442	1,424	1,600	372	1,032	111	10	90	15,031	98	6.18	2.59	2.38	0.93	16.4	6.9	1.25	.278	4.02	93	3.63	93	8.65	104.5
5	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,301	548	221	190	.538	522	3.53	154	27	7	3735.1	3,557	1,465	1,675	337	1,405	86	17	54	15,843	139	5.54	3.39	1.64	0.81	14.5	8.9	1.33	.275	4.04	89	3.81	96	8.57	59.1
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,236	441	195	139	.584	437	3.09	128	40	0	3141.2	2,666	1,077	1,185	260	961	43	1	84	12,827	86	6.41	2.75	2.33	0.74	17.4	7.5	1.15	.258	3.39	83	3.27	88	7.64	151.2
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,215	515	222	162	.578	511	3.34	103	30	2	3524.2	3,161	1,308	1,439	343	888	49	3	54	14,451	68	5.66	2.27	2.49	0.88	15.3	6.1	1.15	.257	3.67	91	3.48	93	8.07	101.3
8	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,980	430	198	150	.569	408	3.73	154	24	0	3042.2	2,767	1,262	1,382	321	1,086	36	10	88	12,745	155	5.86	3.21	1.82	0.95	15.5	8.5	1.27	.262	4.09	93	3.91	95	8.18	75.7
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,972	731	186	169	.524	329	3.62	98	11	59	3083.2	2,613	1,241	1,423	298	1,366	137	229	39	13,059	144	5.76	3.99	1.44	0.87	15.1	10.5	1.29	.249	4.15	92	4.17	106	7.63	-81.7
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,938	604	169	140	.547	361	3.49	100	20	145	2815.1	2,625	1,091	1,181	291	659	61	201	71	11,605	25	6.20	2.11	2.94	0.93	16.7	5.7	1.17	.270	3.78	87	3.43	86	8.39	168.1
11	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,924	532	204	181	.530	510	3.39	97	22	5	3408.2	3,444	1,283	1,443	218	899	86	14	110	14,307	88	5.08	2.37	2.14	0.58	13.4	6.3	1.27	.289	3.81	89	3.25	86	9.09	205.2
12	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,826	446	157	156	.502	381	3.54	94	18	16	2771.2	2,701	1,091	1,219	209	868	50	37	74	11,606	51	5.93	2.82	2.10	0.68	15.7	7.5	1.29	.288	3.96	95	3.31	89	8.77	127.8
13	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
14	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,759	331	141	116	.549	320	3.31	107	29	2	2348.2	2,099	864	981	152	915	16	5	58	9,857	94	6.74	3.51	1.92	0.58	17.8	9.3	1.28	.278	3.76	93	3.28	91	8.04	76.8
15	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,714	396	176	109	.618	371	3.16	54	27	8	2513.0	2,273	882	981	194	801	58	16	50	10,422	47	6.14	2.87	2.14	0.69	16.4	7.7	1.22	.272	3.51	88	3.41	94	8.14	63.8
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,704	420	176	142	.553	401	3.42	112	23	1	2799.2	2,544	1,063	1,183	220	1,019	17	10	54	11,686	90	5.48	3.28	1.67	0.71	14.6	8.7	1.27	.266	3.80	95	3.56	97	8.18	29.3
17	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,694	369	156	140	.527	367	3.38	149	27	0	2713.0	2,624	1,018	1,157	217	716	46	2	59	11,191	68	5.62	2.38	2.37	0.72	15.1	6.4	1.23	.283	3.84	89	3.27	86	8.70	156.6
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	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
20	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,595	467	174	113	.606	356	3.29	54	13	21	2447.0	2,323	895	994	239	559	36	55	57	10,028	25	5.87	2.06	2.85	0.88	15.9	5.6	1.18	.274	3.66	87	3.41	90	8.54	101.5
21	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,557	390	166	123	.574	382	3.34	101	30	1	2666.2	2,337	989	1,097	205	937	118	4	32	11,078	47	5.25	3.16	1.66	0.69	14.1	8.5	1.23	.258	3.70	80	3.76	92	7.89	93.7
22	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,542	360	149	133	.528	348	3.60	125	24	0	2468.0	2,394	986	1,101	284	565	47	7	55	10,200	31	5.62	2.06	2.73	1.04	15.1	5.5	1.20	.272	4.01	93	3.63	95	8.73	51.1
23	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,525	538	189	156	.548	461	3.52	111	34	10	3132.1	3,195	1,224	1,412	207	883	39	40	102	13,223	83	4.38	2.54	1.73	0.59	11.5	6.7	1.30	.283	4.06	96	3.45	94	9.18	68.8
24	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
25	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	1,473	445	146	155	.485	413	3.68	78	30	1	2708.0	2,737	1,106	1,258	228	857	47	10	78	11,488	60	4.90	2.85	1.72	0.76	12.8	7.5	1.33	.282	4.18	105	3.73	107	9.10	-85.1

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