most pitching strikeouts from 1978 to 1995

Between the 1978 and 1995 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 3,288 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1978 to 1995

	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	3,288	476	183	160	.534	476	3.29	84	27	0	3152.0	2,386	1,151	1,311	199	1,411	87	0	46	13,116	174	9.39	4.03	2.33	0.57	25.1	10.8	1.20	.269	3.74	90	2.90	80	6.81	263.5
2	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,450	542	253	185	.578	521	3.90	174	28	0	3778.1	3,529	1,638	1,795	385	1,367	58	10	99	15,931	204	5.84	3.26	1.79	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.28	96	3.93	95	8.41	92.8
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,333	349	182	98	.650	348	3.00	94	36	0	2533.1	2,143	845	939	175	750	82	0	41	10,352	64	8.29	2.66	3.11	0.62	22.5	7.2	1.14	.281	3.34	69	2.88	70	7.61	347.5
4	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,252	383	166	141	.541	380	3.81	79	18	0	2648.2	2,370	1,120	1,241	265	1,145	43	1	26	11,164	79	7.65	3.89	1.97	0.90	20.2	10.3	1.33	.282	4.22	90	3.79	89	8.05	135.5
5	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,993	573	182	183	.499	439	3.86	107	13	9	3278.2	2,900	1,405	1,602	341	1,383	140	64	31	13,944	152	5.47	3.80	1.44	0.94	14.3	9.9	1.31	.254	4.40	96	4.31	108	7.96	-116.2
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,973	410	165	137	.546	406	3.71	112	25	0	2826.1	2,752	1,166	1,276	282	769	97	1	41	11,798	68	6.28	2.45	2.57	0.90	16.7	6.5	1.25	.285	4.06	92	3.55	89	8.76	132.5
7	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	94	3.70	99	8.42	6.9
8	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,918	402	158	133	.543	375	3.49	112	31	2	2669.1	2,435	1,036	1,164	197	1,038	20	10	63	11,238	108	6.47	3.50	1.85	0.66	17.1	9.2	1.30	.277	3.92	96	3.49	95	8.21	50
9	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,897	564	216	167	.564	513	3.59	114	28	2	3553.1	3,421	1,416	1,579	333	1,008	102	20	58	14,821	75	4.80	2.55	1.88	0.84	12.8	6.8	1.25	.269	4.00	93	3.88	99	8.66	11.6
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,875	305	157	85	.649	303	3.10	67	23	1	2169.2	1,898	747	823	123	651	41	1	31	8,898	47	7.78	2.70	2.88	0.51	21.1	7.3	1.17	.286	3.41	86	2.76	75	7.87	217.6
11	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,836	496	174	187	.482	479	4.00	70	15	1	3106.1	3,157	1,381	1,555	355	963	93	7	99	13,262	92	5.32	2.79	1.91	1.03	13.8	7.3	1.33	.280	4.51	101	4.08	102	9.15	-20.1
12	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,827	323	138	108	.561	309	3.43	79	20	1	2230.2	2,034	849	977	190	783	20	6	68	9,306	89	7.37	3.16	2.33	0.77	19.6	8.4	1.26	.284	3.94	90	3.26	87	8.21	110.7
13	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,826	415	175	147	.543	414	3.69	74	16	0	2806.0	2,784	1,149	1,275	288	843	46	0	36	11,783	85	5.86	2.70	2.17	0.92	15.5	7.2	1.29	.284	4.09	89	3.77	94	8.93	74.8
14	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,742	798	152	127	.545	274	3.55	73	12	320	2499.2	2,400	985	1,068	264	494	48	456	65	10,273	13	6.27	1.78	3.53	0.95	17.0	4.8	1.16	.277	3.85	86	3.37	84	8.64	181
15	David Cone D. Cone	1,741	288	129	78	.623	259	3.17	50	21	1	1922.0	1,589	678	746	151	716	55	9	29	7,959	98	8.15	3.35	2.43	0.71	21.9	9.0	1.20	.272	3.49	82	3.30	84	7.44	135.1
16	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,741	523	168	129	.566	348	3.95	55	9	19	2629.2	2,499	1,154	1,259	264	1,034	62	87	46	11,251	119	5.96	3.54	1.68	0.90	15.5	9.2	1.34	.274	4.31	100	4.05	102	8.55	-26
17	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	96	3.72	94	9.17	59.5
18	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1,676	456	171	139	.552	391	4.09	72	18	6	2692.2	2,660	1,223	1,324	236	1,080	46	30	75	11,531	100	5.60	3.61	1.55	0.79	14.5	9.4	1.39	.285	4.43	104	3.93	100	8.89	2.8
19	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,673	618	148	150	.497	297	3.71	52	9	32	2546.0	2,434	1,050	1,169	256	753	64	168	93	10,687	44	5.91	2.66	2.22	0.90	15.7	7.0	1.25	.274	4.13	92	3.75	95	8.60	46
20	Mike Moore M. Moore	1,667	450	161	176	.478	440	4.39	79	16	2	2831.2	2,858	1,381	1,516	291	1,156	55	6	61	12,203	135	5.30	3.67	1.44	0.92	13.7	9.5	1.42	.284	4.82	105	4.26	101	9.08	-13.9
21	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,663	295	110	90	.550	288	3.35	25	9	1	1798.2	1,367	670	722	185	687	40	2	31	7,383	21	8.32	3.44	2.42	0.93	22.5	9.3	1.14	.246	3.61	91	3.52	93	6.84	43.1
22	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,642	424	175	135	.565	409	3.41	103	30	1	2845.0	2,514	1,079	1,194	219	1,017	124	7	35	11,844	51	5.19	3.22	1.61	0.69	13.9	8.6	1.24	.260	3.78	82	3.79	93	7.95	89.1
23	Kevin Gross K. Gross	1,629	434	129	149	.464	346	4.02	41	14	5	2333.0	2,338	1,043	1,147	207	916	74	32	73	10,090	47	6.28	3.53	1.78	0.80	16.1	9.1	1.39	.293	4.42	106	3.87	102	9.02	-19.7
24	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,624	218	99	64	.607	216	3.52	41	15	1	1459.2	1,125	571	638	118	755	66	2	9	6,182	57	10.01	4.66	2.15	0.73	26.3	12.2	1.29	.278	3.93	84	3.42	83	6.94	127.8
25	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,611	407	126	134	.485	340	4.06	58	15	0	2245.1	2,182	1,014	1,119	280	778	36	13	38	9,565	78	6.46	3.12	2.07	1.12	16.8	8.1	1.32	.277	4.49	99	4.01	98	8.75	21.2

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Astros	43	45	.489	2.0
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Wed 7/1	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM
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Between the 1978 and 1995 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 3,288 strikeouts.

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